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MUD AND THE MASTERPIECE

17 Jul 2015

MUD AND THE MASTERPIECE

Mud field notes

John Burke -author

If you talk to people who seem far from God, many tend to admire Jesus, but often they can’t stand his followers. Jesus still has an intriguing and mysteriously attractive pull on people, but many Christians create a repelling force. That’s troubling especially when you consider the people of Jesus’ day felt a magnetic attraction towards him, but were repelled by the condemning religious leaders….

Maybe the reason why people today are drawn to Jesus but not his followers is because many Christians are NOT like Jesus. We don’t really see what Jesus sees in others; we don’t really feel the way Jesus felt toward people straying far from God, living messy lives. Christians can subtly become pharisical without even realising it.

– an extract from Mud and the Masterpiece.

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