April 10, 2025

No one can tell another what they should/must believe,
how they must live/what they must do.

Jesus was killed for Blasphemy,
or, more to the point, for turning over the tables
of the moneychangers in the Temple.

That's telling another what they better not believe/do.

And Jesus called his followers to "Pick up your cross
and follow me!" 

As if to say, "Don't worry about those who can crucify you!
Think your own thoughts and do what you know is called for!
No matter what!"

How can anyone claim to be a Christian
who is not being persecuted for heresy?

This is a question that goes to the heart of what we are about.

Are we capable of thinking for ourselves no matter what 
that stirs up, and doing what we know to be the right thing for us to do, or, do we toe the line and believe/do what we are told?

And who can be said to be carrying "their own cross"
if they are but doing what they are told?

Who is the authority for what we believe, say and do?