- If you just tell someone something, he’ll either agree or disagree and usually move on.
- If you ask him a good question, perhaps he’ll even disagree with the self he was five minutes ago — if he’s brave.
- In my small group today, Jason asked us the question: “If Christianity, with all its rules, is impossible, why even bother?” Jesus says that lusting after someone in your mind is just as bad as adultery (Matthew 5:27-28, NLT. It’s the same selfish mark on your heart, isn’t it?
A lot of people think Christians are bound to all these stupid rules that kill fun. But we don’t have to obey them. As if we were slaves to rules or something. The sinful nature — the wrongful tendencies we live with as humans — is the real slavery.
If you don’t know Jesus, you have to give in to your sin. (You’ve felt this before, this weakness and helplessness to do the right thing. It sucks.) BUTT Jesus paid our debt to sin and set us free. That’s why He did that whole cross thing! So we can (number one) be with him, since he loves us more than any father or boyfriend, and (number two) so we can do good if we want. Since we’re free.
This is something you can’t really do without Jesus, because you’re either doing good to feel good, or to try to justify yourself as a good person. (And even if you do good, and there’s no afterlife, it will be meaningless, since everyone will just die and cease to exist in the end.) People who have been set free by Jesus are free to do good, if they want, because Jesus freely did the most good for them already. He already saved the world. Only God can save the whole world. So you’re off the hook. Sorry, that was a long one.
- How would the world be different if we called Christians “ambassadors” instead of “believers?” 2 Corinthians 5:20, NLT
- One of the best ways to lose weight is to LIVE. You know you’re LIVING — yes, it must be written in all caps — you know you’re doing it right if your life is so abundant you forget you were trying to lose weight in the first place. P.S. You’re beautiful already. Just fix your eyes.
- All religions claim different things. Therefore, they can’t all be true. For instance, either there is a god, or there isn’t — or many gods — but there can’t be a god and no god(s) and many gods all at the same time.
- If atheists end up being right in the end, then I’m wrong. Or maybe we’re both wrong. But we can’t both be right. Do you agree or disagree? (Hint: you can’t answer “both” just to make friends.)
- If all we do is agree, nothing will ever change.
- If all we do is disagree, nothing will ever change.
- When you ignore God, He doesn’t tisk-tisk at you. He’s just bummed because He knows you’re missing out on whatever magic trick He’s trying to show you. Listen and believe, and you’ll have a lot more fun. Don’t poop parties.
