Jesus
Last weekend I was voted into an interim pastoral role in the local church I’ve been attending. I’m pretty excited to be involved in the work of God in my local community in this way. As part of the meeting where the vote happened some conversation emerged around a book AccessTheStory is selling on our website, and apparently it led to a bit of a kerfuffle (I wasn’t in the room!) As a consequence I’ve been asked to share a statement with the church on what I believe about Jesus. As I consider making a statement, it’s likely to be a response to a different question. I’m not so much concerned with what people think about what I believe about Jesus. My priority is the question that Jesus (through his interaction with Peter) is asking me: ‘Who do you say that I am?’ And my response to his question is more far more than mental assent, it is a whole of life desire that goes like this: I yearn for my life to reveal you as the ‘Anointed One’. That you are the ‘Son ...
