Is Jesus REALLY "My Homeboy"?

I don't get offended by most of the jokes aimed at Christians--at least told at our expense--for three reasons:

1. The guy in my mirror.
2. If it walks, looks, & quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck.
3. Honesty is STILL the best policy.

Let me explain what I mean.

1. The guy in my mirror...

I tend to take myself WAY too seriously! But when I look into the mirror, what I see looking back at me is just downright funny sometimes! And there's nothing quite as liberating as being able to laugh at yourself!

2. If it walks, looks, & quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck.

The thing that makes a joke funny is often the element of truth in it. At let's be honest... We deserve a good bit of the fun poked at us.

3. Honesty is STILL the best policy...

I'd rather someone be honest in their rejection of Jesus or their disagreement with my portrayal of Him than for them to conceal it by saying & doing the "right" religious things. Religion almost killed me, & I've noticed that people don't get free of religion's deathgrip until they let go of their pretense.

I've also noticed something else...

Sometimes people poke fun of Jesus not because of who Jesus is, but because of how we portray Him.

I'm not the most-persuasive person in the world, but when I meet someone like that, my heart leaps inside of me & I desperately want to share with them the Jesus that I know & love!

I don't meant the "religious" Jesus hanging in a frame in somebody's house or around somebody's necklace, or on their T-shirt, I mean the One that reached down into the pit & pulled me out, even though I was anything but deserving of it!

I'm STILL not deserving of it!

If I had the chance to sit down with them & share my heart with them, I'd tell them why Jesus is NOT the weak, wimpy, masochistic, ignorant, pacifistic fool I so often see Him portrayed as.

I'd show them how Jesus is like NO ONE else there has ever been!

I'd show them how Jesus is NOT just some religious leader!

I'd show them how Jesus is truly unique... And why they should care.

In fact, I think I will... Beginning this Sunday!

It's a new series called, "Unique: Who Is Jesus... And Why Should I Care?"

If you don't have a church you call home, will you be my guest, please?

If you have friends &/or family who aren't interested in religion but are hungry for something real, will you bring them & be my guest, please?

We are Inspire, & we meet in the Rivertown Theater at 325 Minor Street in Kenner, Sundays at 10am.

I hope to see you there... Because God has MUCH more for you to experience in this life!