Church Voices

I am not impressed with people who say they believe the Bible. Because you can make the Bible say a great many things that don’t really matter all that much. In fact, you can even make the Bible say things that are corrosive and harmful.

You can make the Bible say that God wants to make you rich.
You can make the Bible say that God wants you to drink the poisoned kool-aid.
You can make the Bible say that God wants you to stockpile weaponry and fight the ATF.

The worst, though, isn’t the obviously damaging teachings like those above. The worst, for me, is when I hear people I know, like, respect, and even love saying, teaching and preaching from the Bible in ways that leave out Jesus Christ entirely.

What you end up with is moralizing, lecturing, and sometimes even admirable teachings.

But you don’t end up with Jesus. And without Jesus you miss out on healing. Salvation. Grace. Rest. Church.

Without Jesus we are all prodigals, penniless in a distant land, hungry, starving, desperate.

With Jesus we are sons and daughters of the living God.

Everything we do, and say should point to Jesus, the Christ.

Baptism? Christ.
Feeding the poor? Christ.
Communion? Christ.
Preaching? Christ.

And the Bible?
Christ.
Christ.
Christ.