Christians need to lead the world in sacrificing what they want to impose on the world and embrace what they can offer to the world.
We need to get over the "Jesus is the only way thing" so that we can present and live the "Jesus is the only way truth".
The way of Jesus is the way of love and peace. All who covenant to live in love and peace are living the Jesus way even if they do not name him as savior and Lord. Just like many who name him savior and Lord, do not live the Jesus way, so many who have been judged and prejudged by the narrow definition of the way of Jesus do live the Jesus way.
Soren Kierkegaard said, "To know the truth and not be (live) the truth is to embellish that very truth with error".
The way of Jesus is not any particular religious or church way though some try to define it so. The way of Jesus is a way of being and living that embodies the qualities of the divine Self in all of us as the image of God namely: calmness, compassion, courage, and creativity.
I believe more than ever that "Jesus is the only way" but the way is narrowly and broadly defined as opposed to imposed in a narrowly defined way.
No fooling.
About Me
- Don Paine
- I am a pastor and a clinical psychotherapist. My life's passion is defining healthiness from a human perspective and paralleling it to the holiness of God, divine perspective. Shifting perspectives creates a paradigm that is alongside of rather than over and against. The parakalein of God and the paradoxes of humanity are redefined. Humanity is all about winning and yet we are losing ground everywhere. Divinity is all about letting go of the desire to win and the fear of loss. The Divine embraces the world with loving care regardless of anything.
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