Moderate and liberal Christians, unite! Reclaim Jesus, reclaim God, reclaim Christianity from the evangelical Christian Right! Just as Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of Wittenberg Castle Chapel in 1517 to speak up against the abusive practice of the sale of indulgences for the forgiveness of sin, so it is time for moderate and liberal Christians alike to speak out against a new set of abuses threatening to undermine the very fabric of Christianity. In other words, it is time for a new set of 95 Theses for the 21st Century: Reclaiming Jesus.

Twittering Jesus 5

March 8, 2010 - 11:21am — todonnell

We continue where we left off, pretending to be Jesus twittering to his tweets 140 characters at a time. So far we have made it through his first twenty messages on our way to a total of forty. Halfway there. Today our focus is on good guys and bad guys. As is often the case, it's not always so easy to tell them apart.

21. The Good Samaritan: These three guys – a priest, a rabbi, and a nobody -- walk past a street person lying in the gutter in obvious distress. The priest sighs and mumbles a prayer. The rabbi joins in. The nobody stops to help.

22. The Wedding Banquet Parable: The Kingdom of God is like inviting all your friends to a party, and they come up with all sorts of lame excuses for not coming. So you reach out to others. Keep reaching out, and they will come. Party on, dude.

23. The Greatest Commitment: “Love thy God with all your heart, mind, and soul, and the way to do that is by loving your neighbor as yourself.” It’s two sides of one coin – one commitment.

24. Woe to the Hypocrites: Woe to all the phonies, especially the religious ones who put ritual over relationship; those who exclude, instead of include; those who seek power, instead of peace.

25. Dining with Zacchaeus: The tax collector, Zacchaeus, climbed a tree to see me. They call him a sinner. I had dinner with him. They didn’t like that. But he did. Me, too.

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