My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness;
I dare to make no other claim
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.
On Christ, the solid rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
“My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less”
Text: Edward Mote (1797-1874)
What happens when you take Christ out of Christianity?
You get “sinking sand”.
Religion news blog Getreligion.org reported today on a recent news article in Canada’s National Post about “What Christianity Without Christ Looks Like”. The article itself is pretty fair and balanced, but all the while it proves what a quicksand of meaninglessness Christianity becomes when Christ and the means of grace are taken out of the picture.
Here’s a link to the report from GetReligion.org. A link to the actual news article from the National Post is included in the article.
Here’s also another item I’ve been meaning to share from Cyberbrethren on The Poverty of Liberal “Pastoral Care”. What does Christianity or Christian pastoral care become without Christ? More “sinking sand” for souls in desperate need of a Savior!
May Christ Crucified and Risen ever remain your focus, heart and message, dear Reader!
(Photograph © Andrew Dunn, 24 September 2005 (cc-by-sa-2.0).)
