Hard Words, But True

John 5-6

Jesus never felt the need to make his message easier for the people to accept... he knew no way other than to speak the truth. If I had to choose only a single area where the church of today has failed, I think that watering down the truth... twisting the truth... substituting the world's truth for God's truth has taken the church farther from Jesus than anything else. Jesus proclaims that the world's approval means nothing to him... he seeks only God's approval, even if all of his disciples should walk away. And the church of today, we seem to seek the approval of all age groups, all people everywhere without offending any. I'm not suggesting that we intentionally insult others, that is not consistent with the love that Jesus commanded that we have. However, we need never water down the truth of the gospel. An article in Friday's Wall Street Journal talks about the perils of wannabe cool Christianity... using sex, lies and videotapes to woo 20-somethings. Somehow, I don't think Jesus would be impressed.