It seems that the challenge of the bible isn’t what it means. Okay, that is tough. It’s hard to understand what the bible is saying in lots of places. But the basic message is pretty clear. The bible is talking about loving and caring for our neighbor. It is about recognizing God as the only feasible center of our lives. Stuff like that. The question isn’t ‘What do all the individual passages about this mean?’, it’s ‘How will I do that?’ And that isn’t a debate question, it’s an action issue. Just do it. Afterward go to bed thanking God for a chance to try, asking forgiveness for what you messed up or missed, and a hint about how to do it tomorrow.
What do you have to know to follow Jesus? If you know that God loves you, and everyone else in the world, then you know enough to be dangerous.
Go be dangerous.
Precarious Pastor 