I just want to be real.

I'm sorry if I ever was  'that Christian" with the disdainful attitude as the first bottle of beer opens, thinking I'm "holier than thou."

I'm flawed in more ways than I'll ever know.

Whenever, people ask for prayers they'll always say "personal problems" or "problems with lust." I guess there is nothing wrong with that, but what holds us back from truly confessing?

Fear that people will look at us different. But that's the gospel isn't it? That I am so flawed but made perfect. How powerful would that be if people didn't confess with fear, but confessed freely.

Wouldn't this reflect how the true gospel? That we confess we are so guilty, but we are still accepted wholly by God. Only then will we experience true grace!

How powerful would that be?

"How are you doing?"
"I'm struggling with pornography."
"You're a Christian?"
"I'm a terrible person, but I know that made clean through Jesus Christ?"

Why do we act like perfect people, like the church is only a place for holy people?

He who has ears to hear, let him hear. Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.


Jesus doesn't say that the holy and righteous heard him. It was the tax collectors and sinners that HEARD him. Let this church be filled with sinners, for they will be the ones who will HEAR.

So, Rich let's be real.