Sometimes I just get tired of all the new spiritual ideas floating around. So many people seem to have their own ideas about salvation, repentance, sacrifice, heaven and hell, and a whole host of other topical issues, and sometimes these ideas have no bearing on reality while they are paraded around as being the truth of Christianity. I have seen people who say it is O.K. to not repent and you'll be saved (Jesus says we have to repent if we are to be saved); people who say there is no Hell (Jesus says lots of people are going to Hell), people who say that Christ's sacrifice means everyone goes to Heaven, Christian or not (Jesus says only a few will be saved). People who say that it is O.K. to sin and we shouldn't strive for perfection because it is unreachable (this is just crazy). People who say that living lives of immoral sex, drunkenness, cheating and homosexuality are all acceptable (our lives aren't to be dominated by sin but to be dominated by Christ and pursuing righteousness).

These are just a few examples of how "New-Age" Christianity has become in our recent times. We have all but lost the eternal truths of love, sacrifice, repentance, striving for righteousness, obedience to Christ. Sometimes it gets to me. We don't need anymore new ideas, we don't need any new hip analogies. What we need to do is return to what the Gospels actually say. We need to return to what Christ actually says. I often get caught up in the craze for new ideas, but God quietly tells me to return to the old and ancient truths, because those have survived because they are true.