tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354626964012460623.post5430105011402429168..comments2023-03-28T15:30:45.255-04:00Comments on Hammer and Nail: Is Following Jesus Really That Easy?Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07306854704766653209noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354626964012460623.post-83250092981259022902008-04-04T20:03:00.000-04:002008-04-04T20:03:00.000-04:00Brian,I agree with you about Christian T-shirt com...Brian,<BR/><BR/>I agree with you about Christian T-shirt companies. Christ's sacrifice is such a wonderful message; I wonder why that isn't good enough for some people.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07306854704766653209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354626964012460623.post-37415512288038128342008-04-04T20:01:00.000-04:002008-04-04T20:01:00.000-04:00Rhea,We, my self definitely included, could probab...Rhea,<BR/><BR/>We, my self definitely included, could probably all benefit from taking time to think about exactly how we share the gospel. We certainly don't want to send the message that the gospel is something different than it is.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad that you are sharing faithfully. It's exciting to hear.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07306854704766653209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354626964012460623.post-50256137574777580722008-04-04T18:55:00.000-04:002008-04-04T18:55:00.000-04:00I saddens me that Christian T-Shirt companies lack...I saddens me that Christian T-Shirt companies lack creativity such that they have to plagerize other people's ideas instead of coming up with their own...<BR/><BR/>Sadly too, I used to wear these kinds of shirts but fortunately have grown up since then...<BR/><BR/>ps. I think the people who came up with the "God's Gym" T-Shirt got sued by the Gold's Gym company they were mimicking at the time. I guess some haven't learned their lesson just yet.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11912653730884160224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354626964012460623.post-38187214861755788832008-04-04T18:53:00.000-04:002008-04-04T18:53:00.000-04:00I had never thought before how when Jesus is prese...I had never thought before how when Jesus is presented as simply "having a great life for you" He's then being presented as simply an option....perhaps an "upgrade" if you will. Not that I present Jesus that way to others, but I never realised just HOW dangerous the Gospel of simply "your best life now" really is/was. That's good insight.00https://www.blogger.com/profile/05537409519473805118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354626964012460623.post-68125307065631352782008-04-04T15:41:00.000-04:002008-04-04T15:41:00.000-04:00Alan,You make a great point about how many of toda...Alan,<BR/><BR/>You make a great point about how many of today's evangelism presentations make Jesus seem optional. Think of the eternal damage that is caused by presenting Christ this way. I wish all tracts/presenations began with creation and the fall. Then they should quickly get to the law and our complete inability to keep it. That should get a lost person's attention.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07306854704766653209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354626964012460623.post-67704844447525587092008-04-04T15:39:00.000-04:002008-04-04T15:39:00.000-04:00Rhea,I agree with you that we don't have to earn s...Rhea,<BR/><BR/>I agree with you that we don't have to earn salvation, and in that sense it is easy.<BR/><BR/>When the gospel is presented like this T-shirt suggests, I find that sin is rarely mentioned. Jesus just comes across as a good idea.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07306854704766653209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354626964012460623.post-8075463761622257222008-04-04T13:54:00.000-04:002008-04-04T13:54:00.000-04:00All of this "Jesus Junk" really angers me. Not onl...All of this "Jesus Junk" really angers me. Not only does the "God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life" make it sound easy, it also makes it sound optional. "If that just isn't for me then that's ok," but it's not ok, it is a command "repent and believe" and those who do not are tormented eternally in hell. No, it is not easy and to look to a T-shirt for assurance is surely a lie straight from the mouth of Satan.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01152987444260369287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354626964012460623.post-63449762249627424922008-04-04T12:25:00.000-04:002008-04-04T12:25:00.000-04:00My hope is that the "point" the shirt (and the per...My hope is that the "point" the shirt (and the person it) is trying to make is that salvation is "easy" in that it's through Jesus....we don't have to do 5,498 things to somehow earn our salvation. It is a free gift from God through Jesus.<BR/><BR/>I totally agree with what you're saying though. We were just talking about that the other night at a Bible study I attend...one of the speakers talked about how "The Good News" (the Gospel) always starts with bad news--we're sinners.00https://www.blogger.com/profile/05537409519473805118noreply@blogger.com