do, do, do...DONE

Since I've been reading something other than gothic mysteries and British historical fiction...I have some tidbits to share. 

From King's Cross by Tim Keller:
The gospel of Jesus Christ is an offense to both religion and irreligion.  It can't be co-opted by either moralism or relativism.  The "traditional values" approach to life is moral conformity - the approach taken by the Pharisees.  It is that you must lead a very, very good life.  The progressive approach, embodied in the Herodians, is self-discovery - you have to decide what is right or wrong for you.  And according to the Bible, both of these are ways of being your own savior and lord.  Both are hostile to the message of Jesus.  And not only that, both lead to self-righteousness...The gospel does not say, "the good are in and the bad are out," nor "the open-minded are in and the judmental are out."  The gospel says the humble are in and the proud are out.  The gospel says the people who know they're not better, not more open-minded, not more moral than anyone else, are in, and the people who think they're on the right side of the divide are most in danger.


Elsewhere, Keller refers to all religions of the world as "advice"...each one has it's list of do, do, do, and don't, don't, don't...but Christianity, in its true form, is not advice.  It is news.  And the news is DONE!  The law has been fulfilled by Jesus and we are fully accepted.  It is DONE!