What lens do you wear?
By Ess-Jee
Rautenbach We are living in
very interesting times. And the way we perceive the Bible and Christ is key to
how we construct our lives and make decisions. The way we view the Gospel is
also a great prediction of how we perceive marriage, divorce, re-marriage and
separation. In this article, I will try to show you that in our generation we
can get three types of Gospels. Most Christians fall in one of
them. The Analogy of
three Gospels can also be seen as what type of lens you are looking through.
Your lens is the filter you look through -- at the Bible, Jesus, etc. This lens
also determines the way you experience other believers and how you will act in
certain situations. It is also the core of your belief system. Frank Viola names
the three Gospels in His book, “Reimaging Church,” and he discusses them in
detail. For this article’s purpose, I only touch on them shortly, just to give
you an idea of why we do what we do. “A man's morality will almost always
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