What would Jesus do: Remember that one? Just in case you missed the 90’s, that was the Christian youth catch phrase to end all others. There were backpacks, bracelets, t-shirts, teddy bears, pencils, bumper stickers, and the list goes on. If it could be printed, it was.
The question wasn’t new. “What would Jesus do” is asked by the characters in the short novel In His Steps by Charles Sheldon. The locals of a small church congregation are challenged to ask this simple question before making any decision of consequence, and their lives are changed in the process. The only problem, of course, is that we cannot always know for certain what Jesus would do in a particular circumstance. What then? Continue reading
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Isaiah prophesied of the coming Messiah, saying that a virgin would conceive and have a child, and his name would be called Immanuel. When Matthew quotes Isaiah he adds that Immanuel means “God with us.” That’s the true meaning of Christmas.
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There are many people who are big fans of Jesus that fall just a little short of understanding him. I’ve spoken before of Hippie Jesus, Smiley Jesus, Mr. Rogers type Jesus, but that’s not what I’m talking about here. There have been a gazillion (pretty sure that’s the actual number) books on the “historical” Jesus. There’s now lots of those, too. I’m talking about people that have read or listened to things Jesus said and consider him to be a great guy. I’m talking about people who know that Jesus loved everybody, talked about peace, refused to stone the woman caught in adultery, fed the 5,000 and raised Lazarus. Yet at the same time those people ignore his command to “take up the cross” and follow. They almost get Jesus. 
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