I don't take Jesus seriously...

Quoted from Jesus Today – a Spirituality of radical freedom
By Albert Nolan
Pg (XVII)

On the whole we don’t take Jesus seriously – whether we call ourselves Christians or not. There are some remarkable exceptions, but by large we don’t love our enemies, we don’t turn the other cheek, we don’t forgive seventy times seven times, we don’t bless those who curse us, we don’t share what we have with the poor, and we don’t pull our hope and trust in God. We have our excuses. I am no saint. It is not meant for everybody, surely? It’s a great ideal, but it’s not very practical in this day and age.

My proposal will be that we learn to take Jesus seriously, and that it is precisely in this day and age that we need to do so.

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