Pilgrim Soldier

I’m currently reading Brian Mclaren’s The Secret Message of Jesus which is an interesting read. It’s the first of his books I’ve read and he makes a number of interesting points.

As I’ve been reading, I’ve found my thoughts going off at a tangent at times as something Mclaren writes triggers another idea! As this blog is first and foremost a place to record my thoughts excuse me if this makes no sense!

The earliest Christians were of course known simply as “Followers of the Way” and for them it truly was a way of life rather than a set of rules to restrain life. It wasn’t about a life controlled by the fledgling Church, but instead was about freedom to follow the way of life that Jesus had lived and taught.

If we lived lives that mirrored this understanding then maybe our churches wouldn’t be emptying at the rate they are. We shouldn’t be concentrating on the eternity that comes at some point in the future, but on the new life that came at our point of conversion.