What it means to be a Christian

by drwinn on December 3, 2009

I admit, I’m a Tom Wright fan. Here’s a quote from his book Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense.

Made for spirituality, we wallow in introspection. Made for joy, we settle for pleasure. Made for justice, we clamor for vengeance. Made for relationship, we insist on our own way. Made for beauty, we are satisfied with sentiment. But new creation has already begun. The sun has begun to rise. Christians are called to leave behind, in the tomb of Jesus Christ, all that belongs to the brokenness and incompleteness of the present world. It is time, in the power of the Spirit, to take up our proper role, our fully human role, as agents, heralds, and stewards of the new day that is dawning. That, quite simply, is what it means to be Christian: to follow Jesus Christ into the new world, God’s new world, which he has thrown open before us. (237)

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1 Roy December 4, 2009 at 8:49 am

I love this vision of LIFE in God’s New Creation. Leaving behind the brokness in the tomb of Jesus and joining Him in His new Life, New Creatoin in His Kingdom. Great quote

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