Background: The Fifth Gospel
[audio:http://www.dodgevilleumc.org/pastor/sermonbrowser/?download&file_name=01-17-2010-TheFifthGospel.mp3|width=90%] I was absolutely floored this week when one of my colleagues made this statement in an email: “I don’t think the world needs Jesus. I think the world needs compassion and justice, sometimes named ‘God’ – and for some that connection happens through Jesus. I think most of us can’t take Jesus, frankly. We accommodate the Gospel and Jesus’ witness. I think the world might need people who have a servant heart as Jesus did; people who pursue their spiritual life as Jesus did … people who welcome all as Jesus...