Amazingly how easy it is to start talking to people you don’t really know about spiritual things. During the conversation at a dinner party on the weekend I was asked about what i thought about ‘the Secret’ and I thought to myself “Oh shoot.. do i be polite or just go for it”? So I went for it and said “It’s a load of crap”!
Benny Hinn and Joyce Meyer came up in the same conversation which I thought was equally interesting… as they were all seemingly ’lumped together’ which I could totally understand but lets not go there either, as I don’t have much time for either of them.
I did make the point though that what I understand what Jesus was about and what I see ‘the Church of St.Evangelical’ doing are two totally different things.
What brought the conversation to a head was my comment “God’s love is unconditional. The love that a parent has for their kids is amazing. Well how much more is God’s love towards us?”
There is nothing you can do to earn it, there is nothing you can say to get away from it. Atheist, Hindu, Muslim Buddhist, Evangelical Christian, Catholic, Scientology. Bible says Jesus died for all. It says ‘all’. Not just a select few.. ‘all’.
So I challenged the person to instead of looking to ‘the secret’ for a comforting thought why not the Bible? “OMG.. you’re so right, I never thought of that….” came the reply.
I left the dinner party thinking.. people are hurting and people are searching… I don’t have all the answers, I have a lot of questions… and all you have to do is open up and be honest with people… but then most church leaders i have met don’t like my questions…
