I think and say in my substack "The GOD Thing" that even Christians do not worship the same God. I have students who ask me if I believe in God. I ask them to tell me what/who they think God is, and I'll tell them if I believe in that God. We'll not get very far as long as we are blind to this fact. A lot of "Christians" do not worship a God of love, grace, benevolence, and so forth. Thus, the Sermon on the Mount is ignored or spiritualized into meaninglessness, and they've never heard of the fruit of the Spirit. The prophetic witnesses are ignored or used to prove their fantasy that Israel had to be founded and the Temple rebuilt for Jesus to return.
I think and say in my substack "The GOD Thing" that even Christians do not worship the same God. I have students who ask me if I believe in God. I ask them to tell me what/who they think God is, and I'll tell them if I believe in that God. We'll not get very far as long as we are blind to this fact. A lot of "Christians" do not worship a God of love, grace, benevolence, and so forth. Thus, the Sermon on the Mount is ignored or spiritualized into meaninglessness, and they've never heard of the fruit of the Spirit. The prophetic witnesses are ignored or used to prove their fantasy that Israel had to be founded and the Temple rebuilt for Jesus to return.