Larry Crabb says in Connecting "The centre of the Christian life, we should remind ourselves, is not about killing anything. The route to life is death, but the centre of life , the point of Christianity, is living together in the enjoyment of God. We die in order to live."
This is fantastic because every now and then some ridiculous legalistic religious hard-core christian fanatic pops up and accuses us of preaching life, prosperity blah blah when we should be preaching repentance, death to self etc.
Crabb is saying death is the route to the destination of life. I'd rather sell the destination - relationship with God, eternal life, freedom, blessing, peace, abundance and then when someone signs up and says they'd like to go there, then tell them the route. The other religious freaks have it arse about. They try and go hardcore and sell the route! That's like telling people to get on the bus. The bus has no windows. It's made only of steel. There are steel benches. No airconditioning or heating. No toilet on the bus. The ride will be extremely bumpy and slow. There is no TV on the bus. The bus is not clean. There are some bars on the window. Would you go on the bus? No! But if I told you it was a safari bus in the best wildlife park in Africa, you'd be on the bus in a flash. I'm happy to tell you about the bus, but only after I've told you about the wonders and splendor of the safari park.
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