We Have Been Mentored From

Jesus Is Challenging That When Addressing "who Is Your Neighbor" And He Has A Lot Of Hard Things To Say About Family, "unless You Hate Your Own Family You Are Not Going To Be A Disciple." He Is Challenging The Limits Of Our Compassion And Our Love As If Someone's Kid Suffers It Should Be As Devastating To Us As If It Were Our Own Kid. That Is What The Early Church Said.

To All My Nonbelieving, Sort-of-believing, And Used-to-be-believing Friends: I Feel Like I Should Begin With A Confession. I Am Sorry That So Often The Biggest Obstacle To God Has Been Christians.

I Do Believe That The Church Is God's Primary Instrument For Ushering In The Kingdom (god's Dream) On Earth As It Is In Heaven, But God Is Not Limited To Use Only The Church, Or Only Christians For That Matter.

So If The World Hates Us, We Take Courage That It Hated Jesus First. If You're Wondering Whether You'll Be Safe, Just Look At What They Did To Jesus And Those Who Followed Him. There Are Safer Ways To Live Than By Being A Christian.

I Am Sorry That So Often The Biggest Obstacle To God Has Been Christians. Christians Who Have Had So Much To Say With Our Mouths And So Little To Show With Our Lives. I Am Sorry That So Often We Have Forgotten The Christ Of Our Christianity.