Reverse Jesus

For pharisees "repentence precedes acceptance, with Jesus it's the other way round" says Rowland Croucher, Baptist minister and self-described ex-pharisee.

Pharisees are people who say "You conform to our view, our understanding of what the bible says, then you'll be acceptable round here". Jesus says "I accept you. Now let's work on the process of change, maybe."

Obviously doing the opposite of Jesus is not great. But sometimes it's just because we don't fully remember what Jesus was about.

When preaching, Rowland sometimes asks what Jesus said to the woman caught in adultery. He says he can read people's lips "Go and sin no more" and they've forgotten that Jesus said something before that. "I do not condemn you".

[Source: Podcast]
(Rowland Croucher about 6 minutes in)

Pagan Christianity

This book looks interesting. Its description says:

Church life analysts Frank Viola and George Barna trace the origins of the modern church 'service' that most Christians take for granted, and find that very little of it has any roots in the New Testament. A provocative and eye-opening critique of 'doing church'.

Should be an interesting read. Might explain some of the church customs that directly contradict Jesus.