In fact, when we listen to the church today, at least in the West, we are often left with impression that Christianity actually has very little to do with truth. Christianity is only about feeling better about ourselves, about leaping over our difficulties, about being more satisfied, about have better relationships, about getting on with our mothers-in-law, about understanding teenage rebellion, about coping with our unreasonable bosses, about finding greater sexual satisfaction, about getting rich, about receiving our own private miracles, and much else besides. It is about everything except truth. And yet this truth, personally embodied in Christ, gives us a place to stand in order to deal with the complexities of life, such as broken relations, teenage rebellion, and job insecurities. . David F. Wells
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Today, when we think of God, we think of the Judeo-Christian concept of God. But in the past, people thought differently about God. They thought of him as the Creator of the world. The real truth for them was that God is life.

This life is good and loving, and that's it. There is nothing else to talk about. And this life is greater than anything else.

What I mean by that is that if you are born with a certain kind of life, you are more likely to have more love, understanding, confidence, passion, leadership qualities, creativity and so on.

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