The Church of the Laughing Jesus

Quick shout out to the VSU Red Hots & Co-Ed cheerleaders: Both won National Championships this weekend in Daytona!

Now, about The Church of the Laughing Jesus.....

My friend Natalie Webb heard about this "Laughing Jesus" this morning at the bridal shower. After doing a bit of research, I quickly learned how passionate these followers are! What I gather from the little I have read, is that it's a movement of people that are trying to educate Christians that the "original Christians were inspired men & women who saw how good life could be if we would just wake up & live in love". They claim that contemporary Christians see Jesus as a "man of sorrows", that we see a distorted image of Jesus being tortured to death on a cross.

I by all means think that the Christ that I follow was a laughing Jesus, a light-hearted Jesus, a teaching Jesus, a compassionate Jesus. But it is also important to remember that He most certainly was tortured to death on a cross to pay for your sins and mine. It was the ultimate sacrifice of love.

Matthew 24:46 says, "He told them, "This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. "

Happy Easter and laugh on!