The Christian Religion Often Stops at the Cross

It is on the Cross that Jesus gave up His life. And so often that is where we stay, religiously, religion-like. Therefore Christ becomes this concept. This historical figure. This martyr. Christ is simply some uber-political martyr whose namesake we carry into the world these years later. All our acts are in remembrance of our worthy fallen leader. Our service is founded upon the death of our model man.

At least, that's how often we seem to be living this life in our churches. There is little difference in doing something FOR Christ as maybe an athlete doing something for a sibling who met an untimely end. Or maybe a grandparent, or parent, or good friend, or maybe some guru of some sort. Often the doing FOR is more founded upon the memory than the living NOW reality of Christ.