Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Image Makeover
Does Jesus need an image makeover? Brian D. McLaren, a hotselling Christian author and founder of the Cedar Ridge Community Church, thinks so.
"When we present Jesus as a pro-war, anti-poor, anti-homosexual, anti-environment, pro-nuclear weapons authority figure draped in an American flag, I think we are making a travesty of the portrait of Jesus we find in the gospels," McLaren said recently.
"When we present Jesus as a pro-war, anti-poor, anti-homosexual, anti-environment, pro-nuclear weapons authority figure draped in an American flag, I think we are making a travesty of the portrait of Jesus we find in the gospels," McLaren said recently.
