Getting Started

I want to start off by saying that I really think we need to get back to the basics. If anyone has spent any time reading the Bible, I think you will agree that man has done a wonderful job of perverting religion for their own gain. I do think we need to get back to basing our relationship with Christ on the teachings of the Bible. I know, a lot of people will say how do we know what is in the Bible today was not distorted along the way. This is what we do know. Clement and Irenaeus both agree that the Gospels have been together as a book since not long after the death and resurrection of Christ. It is true that the books that have been found were written in Greek, not Aramaic, but Greek was the language of the times, and widely distributed literature would most likely be in Greek. The letters that followed later by Paul, and John, are all well accepted as true text.
That being said, it is clear to me that the Bible is the key to leading a good Christian life. Not what Oprah has to say, or the latest "new age" religious figure might be spouting. The words that Jesus spoke are as true and full of meaning today, as they were when he spoke them. If we would listen to the teachings of Christ, and work to apply them in our lives, our world would become much less complicated.

Peace,
Rev. T