What if we have it all wrong, when we look at the cross, and our minds skip over it, as a blip along the way to resurrection and victory? What if the whole point of the cross is that it's not the path to winning, but the path to losing? Maybe Jesus wants us to embrace losing and weakness, and reject the whole idea of gaining at other's expense? By Pastor Lars Hammar
"You Don't Work, You Don't Eat" - Things Jesus Didn't Say
Learning to love Jesus without checking your brain at the door. Week 5 is going to continue our discussion of being an active, critical thinker in tandem with having a deep relationship with one's faith. This week will start a little sub-series of "Being an Un-Fundamentalist Christian" with "Things Jesus Didn't Say", looking at some popular beliefs about Jesus that are not actually in the Bible. This week it's about the belief that Jesus would condone making people starve to death if they aren't able to find work. The quote "Anyone unwilling to work should not eat" is actually not from Jesus, but is taken from 2 Thessalonians 3:10, and is not even written by the Apostle Paul, but by an unknown writer under Paul's name. We'll explore the context of that particular verse, and contrast it with what we know of Jesus' own actions and teachings around food and hunger.
Livestreamed February 10, 2002 by Pastor Lars Hammar of Lord of Grace Lutheran Church in Marana, Arizona.
