The Christian Preoccupation with Jesus
My name is Don and I am a Christian. One of the things you’ll learn about me in this booklet is that I find Jesus pretty fascinating. Now this may not come as a surprise to you. Christians the world over, though they vary greatly in appearance and culture and their churches have different shapes and different sounding songs … Christians the world over can’t seem to stop talking about Jesus. You ever notice this? Sometimes this can seem a bit overdone. You ever sit next to someone on a plane who just wants to talk about Jesus the whole time? Or have a stranger knock on your door because they want to talk to you about Jesus? This preoccupation with Jesus can begin to feel a bit simplistic and naïve after a time.
There’s a story of a young child at a “Children’s Moment” during church. The pastor, sitting with the children begins by asking: What’s small and brown and lives in your yard and likes nuts? One small child raises his hand: Well, it sounds a lot like a squirrel, but I’m gonna go with … Jesus?!” Let’s be honest: it’s not only children that can be like this. Christians are kind of all about Jesus.
Who is Jesus