Uncle Noah Straight Talk

Only 17% of the population of the United States attends any religious service on a regular basis!
    This in no way measures the relevancy of Jesus. It only measures the inadequacy of Christians telling the story of Jesus.
    The truth is, Jesus is the most important, powerful person that every lived on this earth. No other man has inspired the world to change the calendar to start from his birth. History verifies that Jesus lived and was known as a wise teacher who healed the sick, raised the dead, cast out demons, was illegally tried, was crucified, raised from the dead and appeared to hundreds of witnesses after his resurrection. He gave up equality with God to sacrifice his life for his enemies!
     There has been more literature and music written about Jesus than any other man in history. And, the Bible is the only reliable, continuous history of the world from creation to the Ist century…and was written to show the relevancy of Jesus. It is the most popular book of all time. 
    But, the issue is not Just that Jesus is extremely relevant. It is that most folk have not heard that the historical death, burial and resurrection of Jesus proves he is the actual Son of God. If folk understood the significance of this fact, the historical result would be repeated. Believers would live transformed lives and enemies would mobilize against The Way…sometimes violently.
    The obvious enemies of Jesus are openly campaigning to make Jesus irrelevant…and are for the most part succeeding. But, arguably the most dangerous enemies of Jesus are hidden within Christendom. The practical definition of Christendom is division, and it is not Christianity…it is pseudo Christianity.    
    Can we blame folk for not seeing Christianity as relevant…when they see so many examples of division, immoral leadership, compromise and irrelevant behavior.
    Until the church becomes the bold, compassionate, transformed, united body of Christ, Jesus will continue to be perceived as irrelevant.
    When will this change?

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