I came across this quote in a book I was reading (The Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne) and it made me think about my life as a follower of Christ. Maybe it might stir something in you as well. "If you ask most people what Christians believe, they can tell you, "Christians believe that Jesus is God's Son and that Jesus rose from the dead." But if you ask the average person how Christians live, they are struck silent. We have not shown the world another way of doing life. Christians pretty much live like everybody else; they just sprinkle a little Jesus in along the way. And doctrine is not very attractive, even if it's true. Few people are interested in a religion that has nothing to say to the world and offers them only life after death, when what people are really wondering is whether there is life before death. As my teacher Tony Campolo used to ask, "Even if there is no heaven and there were no hell, would you still follow Jesus? Would you follow him for the life, joy, and fufillment he gives you right now?" ~ Shane Claiborne
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With the Christian divorce rate running just a fuzz higher than the nonchristian divorce rate, I would say that this post is right on target. We Christians have not shown the world a new way of living.
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