What are we are teaching within the walls of the church. I cannot get over the amount of people that feel formulas for Christianity are adequate for salvation. Where is the relationship with Christ in the formula? Where is the accountability to grow in our trust and faith? Why do we think we can convert the world in just 5 simple steps?

Can we not see that as wonderful as tracts are, we are simplifying what took the disciples of Jesus years to comprehend? Think about this, even though they where selected by our Savior, they continued to mess it all up, but they had a personal and real relationship with Jesus and yielded to the Holy Spirit.

Thank God for GRACE, it surely bridges the gap between mankind and God.

I will leave you with a quote from Donald Miller from his book “Searching for God knows what”. The quote emphasizes and more accurate and biblical view of what we should really become as a Christian.

“You are the bride to the Bridegroom, and the Bridegroom is Jesus Christ. You must eat of the flesh and drink of His blood to know Him, and your union with Him will make you one, and your oneness with Him will allow you to be identified with Him, His purity allowing God to interact with you, and because of this you will be with Him in eternity, sitting at His side and enjoying His companionship, which will be more fulfilling than an earthly husband or an earthly bride. All you must do to engage God is be willing to leave everything behind, be willing to walk away from your identity, and embrace joyfully the trials and tribulations, the torture and perhaps martyrdom that will come upon you for being a child of God in a broken world working out its own redemption in empty pursuits.”

Humbling words,

God Bless