Why Jesus is worth saving

This coming Sunday we will continue our look at the "Saving Jesus Redux" series with a focus on Chapter 12, "Why Jesus is worth Saving."

From the accompanying text:

"The bottom-line is this: most Christians have grown up idolizing the Christ of the creeds and the Christ of faith without giving the Jesus of history much attention, let alone his due. So herein lies the “saving” part. Bernard Brandon Scott says,

“I think the historical Jesus counts now like he’s never counted before. What I’m not convinced ought to survive is Christianity. In fact, I’ve become more and more convinced that Christianity is the enemy of Jesus. When people ask me if I’m a Christian, I almost always say I’m a follower of Jesus—and I’m not sure that’s compatible with being a Christian.”

"Ouch!

"Jesus needs saving because his philosophy of life, what he taught, how he lived, and how he related to the Divine offer profound insights into the problem of human existence. We can adore and confess to the Christ of the creeds, but we can’t emulate the Christ of the creeds. For that, we need Jesus of Nazareth, the teacher, the sage, the prophet, the mystic—the human being."

Please join us at 9:45. Warm, loving childcare is provided.