I love singing this song in evangelical settings and watching people’s faces as they wrestle with what it is saying. On one hand, I’m saying, “Jesus is the only way,” and everyone feels comfortable with that, but then I also include those telltale words of liberalism, “there’s more than one way,” and that makes everyone very nervous. The statement is true, however, and entirely biblical. I’m merely saying that there is only one way to God, and that is Jesus; but there are a myriad of ways to Jesus — probably as many ways as there are people who get there. And all we are saying in this stimulating discussion of Muslims and Christians is that one of those ways might just be by way of Islam. In other words, a person could start out as a Muslim and end up as a believing Christian. Whether they choose to outwardly convert to Christianity, or stay within the Muslim tradition, they are still believing Jesus is the son of God who died for their sins on the cross, which makes them a Christian in my book.
We have been engaging in a very important conversation here at the Catch. It’s a conversation that is drawing together east and west — millennial and boomer — in some very exciting ways. It is a conversation that I believe holds a kernel of prophetic proportions to come.
My neighbors across the street have three lemon trees in their front yard that every year at this time are loaded with fruit — more fruit than they could possibly use, and they have encouraged us to come over and pick from their trees any time we want.
Want to be a child of God? Be a maker of peace. Bring people together. Join in conversations that unite and heal, not those that divide. Think before you speak: Is what I’m about to say going to build someone up or tear someone down? Is what I’m about to do going to bring people together or push them apart? Is it constructive or destructive?
I’m going to brag a little. No, not about me or someone in my family, but about my old college roommate.
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