Are you up for a dare?
Recently, at First Christian Church, the Ragamuffin Movie appeared on the screen.
Those that watched the movie saw the value of having a loving father and the impact an earthly father had on a child's life.
To lay a little framework, Rich Mullins is now dead. As part of his journey in search of God, he found a Ragamuffin named Brennan Manning, the author of the Ragamuffin Gospel, who had a message specifically for the beaten up, bedraggled, and burned out.
A Ragamuffin would consider "The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door and deny Him by their lifestyle" to be true.
Now, your dare, quoting from the movie, God would say "I dare you to trust that I love you". That is your dare. In the face of nominal Christianity ... what I call American Churchianity ... , God stands there daring YOU to believe that He loves you. Forget Religiousity; embrace the Relationship He offers.
Are you up for a dare?
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