I am the life truth and way3/10/2024 ![]() 11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works themselves. ![]() How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. From now on you do know him and have seen him." 8 Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us." 9 Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. 7 If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. No one comes to the Father except through me. ![]() How can we know the way?" 6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. 4 And you know the way to where I am going." 5 Thomas said to him, "Lord, we do not know where you are going. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. John 14:1 "Let not your hearts be troubled. Let’s listen to the passage and begin with prayer. Christ says something here, in John 14:1-14 that is more politically incorrect, the basis for the comments by Tony Dungy. Today, we continue our series on the “I AM” sayings of Jesus. In other words, the writer said, “Whatever, dude.” You say there’s a “way.” Who’s to say your way is better or right? African-American head coach or not, how dare you? But there are many different ways to follow the Lord, and Dungy's isn't any better than yours. Tony Dungy says he follows the "Lord's way," and more power to him. By ignoring these important distinctions, Dungy and his devotees echo the worst aspect of modern American identity politics: You're either black, or red, or yellow, or "Christian," and there's just one way to be that. And lots of them see the world very, very differently than Tony Dungy does. Christians are every bit as diverse as America itself. Huh? Weren't any prior Super Bowl coaches Christian? I'm troubled by the implication that Dungy's version of Christianity is the only "real" or legitimate one. Dungy, following the game, made this comment: “Lovie Smith and I not only the first two African Americans, but Christian coaches showing that you can win doing it the Lord’s way.” Here’s what Jonathan Zimmerman of the Philadelphia Inquirer said in response: Tony Dungy, who led his Indianapolis Colts to a Super Bowl victory this past February, got the “whatever” reaction shortly thereafter. To claim that something is absolutely true and absolutely demands a response isn’t cool today. It reveals an overall attitude toward truth claims in our age. It might be uncertainty, reflecting an overall relativistic, postmodern mindset. You need Him,” we get, “Whatever, dude.” It might be disrespect. This, of course, gets applied to religion as much as anything. I tell you, “Yoga does wonders,” and you say, “Whatever.” In other words, if that works for me, then fine. ![]() I tell you to do your homework, and you say, “Whatever!”īut it also just expresses overall uncertainty. Now that term can certainly be one of disrespect. I must have heard the word “whatever” 30 million times! And most of you would have been in middle school about that time. Back in around 1996, I was in between things, and I was doing some substitute teaching for middle schools down in Springfield. “Whatever, dude!” That, my friends, is no doubt the mantra of my generation and younger. Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life (John 14:1-14)
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