{"id":312,"date":"2011-10-21T11:46:09","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T11:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners\/?p=312"},"modified":"2018-07-20T21:07:54","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T21:07:54","slug":"weird-jesus-sayings-continued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners\/2011\/10\/weird-jesus-sayings-continued.html","title":{"rendered":"Weird Jesus Sayings Continued&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I haven&#8217;t forgotten. \u00a0After a brief hiatus we&#8217;re continuing our exploration of the weird \u00a0things Jesus said. \u00a0And, there are plenty of them. \u00a0We&#8217;ve only scraped the surface in our big \u00a0dig.<\/p>\n<p>Thus far we&#8217;ve asked the questions that we couldn&#8217;t ask in church, like, &#8220;Was Jesus racist?&#8221; or &#8220;Was Jesus crazy?&#8221; \u00a0We&#8217;ve discovered Jesus&#8217; potential as a Renaissance Man and poked holes in \u00a0prevailing stereotypes about his manhood. \u00a0Jesus, contrary to popular opinion, wasn&#8217;t &#8220;macho.&#8221; Just really cut with great abs and still in touch with his sensitive side. \u00a0Manly but \u00a0comfortable having deep conversations with women. \u00a0A rare combination. \u00a0(What can I say? \u00a0I&#8217;m in love.)<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow we&#8217;ll look at another weird saying: &#8220;For everyone will be salted with fire. \u00a0Salt is \u00a0good; but if salt has lost its saltiness, how can you season it? \u00a0Have salt in yourselves, and be at \u00a0peace with one another.&#8221; \u00a0Stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p><em>If you can put up with the cheesy voice-over at the beginning, this is one artist&#8217;s worshipful depiction of Jesus, and it&#8217;s otherwise quite moving: \u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jesus Painting\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8M4_IlbaZHA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I haven&#8217;t forgotten. \u00a0After a brief hiatus we&#8217;re continuing our exploration of the weird \u00a0things Jesus said. \u00a0And, there are plenty of them. \u00a0We&#8217;ve only scraped the surface in our big \u00a0dig. 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