“Do You Believe in Jesus?” by JW-Jeong
I was taken by this critique in particular:
“What this piece speaks to me is the sickening state that modern western christian culture is in; where sermons intend to do no more than to satiate and encourage the self-obsessed consumerist worldview we’ve had spoon fed to us from our earliest years of cognizance. This culture is a religious one in every sense of the term: the very ideology that assumes that the sporadic participation in vain traditions merits a sense of piety which one can use to both patronize others and blind his or herself to personal imperfections and struggles.”
A fine post and a graphic image, Matt. I’ve been blogging on Statements of Faith today: usage and abusage. I’m left with a couple of critical thoughts – the absence of a living, breathing Jesus and the disfiguring narcissism that demands our hired hands look and sound just like us. Considered alongside our bloated consumerist culture it’s a deadly combination.
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Few words… very good post.
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challenging, thank you
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