MOST FOLKS THINK CHRISTIANITY IS AN OUTDATED RELIGION. BUT IT TURNS OUT IT IS NEITHER OUTDATED NOR A RELIGION. IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT WHEN MOST OF US READ THE WORD CHRISTIANITY WE REALLY NEED "RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION," AND A BAD ONE AT THAT. SURPRISINGLY, WHEN THE WORD WAS FIRST COINED IT REFERRED TO SOMETHING MORE SIMPLE AND PROVOCATIVE AND SHOCKING.
FOR STARTERS, JESUS WAS NOT A CHRISTIAN. HE NEVER ASKED ANYONE TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN, NEVER BUILT A STEEPLED BUILDING, NEVER DREW UP A THEOLOGICAL TREATISE, NEVER WORE RELIGIOUS GARMENTS...HE SIMPLY CALLED PEOPLE TO FOLLOW HIM. JESUS ISN'T THE PROUD FOUNDING FATHER OF CHRISTANITY. HE ISN'T EVEN THE PATRON SAINT OF CHRISTIANITY.
DON EVERT AUTHOR OF, "JESUS WITH DIRTY FEET"
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