When I started the “Dangerous Christianity” series, I neglected to explain what the series is actually about! So here goes…

To me the term ‘dangerous christianity’ is the intersection of two distinct ideas.
1. Today’s Christianity promotes traditions, and pet doctrines. Churches spend their efforts teaching about, or against, doctrines like healing, fasting, baptism, tongues, and prosperity. These at best are distractions from the life and power that Christ offers. To consume ourselves with what amounts to a selfish gospel is dangerous! It’s dangerous to us, and to those around us. While we create a god that has nothing to do with Christ, our friends and neighbors live in death, longing for a hope that is nowhere to be found in our lives! This kind of Christianity is dangerous!

2. When we move away from this selfish gospel and pursue a real God who is a rewarder of those who seek Him, we find that He offers a fulfilled yet dangerous life! Scripture tells us of a God that calls us to far more than we ever dreamed. He also warns that in order to follow Him, He demands everything! He demands our life, our hopes, our dreams, and our total obedience. We see throughout Scripture examples of the times that He called ordinary people to do the impossible. For them, and for us, taking the step of faith to obey His call would seem to be nothing short of dangerous! But the resulting relationship with our God is more than worth it!

The intersection of those two concepts is where this series lies. Comparing the dangerous selfish gospel with the dangerous power-filled life in God we can see in the contrast where we are and what God offers.