Click on this image to shop and maybe buy a print of this cartoon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>I remember in 1982 when I watched the film Gandhi and he said, as he did in real life, \u201cI like your Christ. I do not like your Christians.\u201d<\/em> It had a powerful impact on my seminary mind.<\/p>\nWe all know we resist real, substantial change. We don\u2019t mind adjustments so much. Renovations. But deconstruction and reconstruction\u2026 what the bible calls death and resurrection\u2026 well, we avoid that by all means.<\/p>\n
Most of us use Jesus as a consultant rather than a resident.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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