Jesus, our honorary chairman

At A Place for the God-Hungry, Jim Martin asks some biting questions about following Jesus:

I do know it is possible for a church to live for months and years and rarely mention the name of Jesus. He sort of becomes an honorary figure. Jesus stops being the one who we look to as our leader who we are seriously following. We may do little more than give him a polite nod.

Far too often preachers, pastors, elders and other church leaders do not seriously grapple with the implications of the Jesus' life. Consequently, they do not seriously grapple with what he wants the church to do. What would our churches be like if we were to come at some of these decisions with open Bibles and seriously look at the way of Jesus. Would the decision come out differently?

Good questions. I recommend reading the whole post. Jim, by the way, has also posted an outstanding essay on Deadly Silence.