Thoughts and Prayers: The Religion Thread

To people who see the two testament as parts of the same covenant, Jesus fulfills the Old Testament law.

 

Methodists revivaling at Asbury again.

Asbury Professor: We’re Witnessing a ‘Surprising Work of God’

 

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They are not for the benefit of Jesus, is what quant meant. They’re evangelism.

 

Understood. It's a language thing.

These commercials sell Jesus. The Jesus brand.

Hence, they are advertisements for Jesus.

In the same way some car commercials are advertisements for Chevrolet.

 

People mount the oddest hobbyhorses when it comes to religion ...

That said, I've found the campaign (which has been going on for several months) to be quite compelling. I understand it's not been universally lauded even in Christian circles -- Hey, what is? -- but I'm OK with the evangelism.

 

They’re not quite the same. But they were both on TV.

The spots are well made and provocative.

 

Is this a campaign to get me to go to church?

He Gets Us simply invites all to consider the story of a man who created a radical love movement that continues to impact the world thousands of years later. There are many churches and Christian groups that can help people who are spiritually open to understand more about who Jesus was and why his words and life are relevant today.

Whether you consider yourself a Christian, a believer in another faith, a spiritual explorer, or not religious or spiritual in any way, we invite you to hear about Jesus and be inspired by his example.

For some people, that inspiration might evoke curiosity about what Jesus taught. Some might even want to have a conversation with someone about spirituality or join a local class about the Christian faith at a local church. And so, we offer those options, but that’s not our mission.

Some people will want to read accounts of Jesus’s life from the Bible at their own pace and on their own terms. We have reading plans that make that possible too. But there are never any strings attached.

We hope to be the voice of a movement — of people who have considered his story and found it deeply and personally transformational. For some, it has been a religious experience, and for others, it’s simply a call to strive to love others better.

No matter what your response is to his story, we encourage you to explore it from a new perspective.

 

I find them rather expected. Christianity is fundamentally dangerous to the secular political world. That’s why Communist governments immediately suppress it.

 

Yep. I don’t necessarily agree with all of the approach, but it’s rooted in the idea that, once you start learning, reading and conversing about Jesus, you’re going to want to know more in a way that eventually gets you in a church.

But the thing is a general awareness campaign about Jesus, too.

 

I think the setting is what has people talking.* A Super Bowl commercial.

That said, it's been a dozen years since the Tebow / Focus on the Family spot.




*which means it was a success