Jesus Good... Church Not-So-Much

That's pretty much the conclusion of the people at Hungry Beast. When the Bible Society and the churches launched their Jesus campaign last year, this was the segment on the ABC's news/satire programme.


Clearly they're bagging out the Catholic church, but the quote about Jesus was interesting...

What's not like about the message of Jesus: compassion, tolerance, good deeds?

Do you reckon churches could learn from this, and quit banging on about how great their denomination is? Any collection of mere human beings is (by definition) not perfect - and is bound to make mistakes, poor decisions, and fall short of the ideals it hopes for.

Perhaps there's a case for being a bit more humble when it comes to ourselves (and our organisations) and leaving the focus on Jesus and his message.

Apart from being less self-righteous, it's also much more credible.