Selection #2 From “I became a Christian and all I got was this lousy shirt”
“A relationship with Jesus is better than a religion with Jesus, but still, I don’t think Jesus was talking about us just having a relationship with him.
For instance, this one time, Jesus said, “Abide in me. and I in you.” … To abide in means to live within. Jesus says he wants me to live inside of him, and that he will live inside of me. That doesn’t sound like a relationship to me.” (33)
The author goes on to create this fascinating, and occasionally intentionally goofy comparison. He says that abiding is much more like a fetus in its mothers womb. He says that if we could interview the fetus, it might concede that it has a relationship with its mother, but that the connection is much deeper than mere relationship.
The above quote is from the book listed in the title of this posting. It’s a book we’re going to be reading together as a church. I found it an interesting statement.
What do you think? Should we long for MORE than a relationship with Jesus?
March 7, 2008 at 9:56 am
saw this interview online:
http://thechristianmanifesto.wordpress.com/2008/03/07/an-interview-with-vince-antonucci-author-of-i-became-a-christian-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt/
March 7, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Thanks David!!!
That was really cool… One of my favorite things about that interview was the link to his blog, which I found quite interesting.
Have you read the book? What did you think?