Life4seekers

Frequently Asked Questions:

Bad News? Good News!

Life’s a bitch and then you die

Life is good!
Love is at the centre of all things!

God made all things good and even when things get messed up God works to restore them and make them even better.

Even the pain of death is transformed in God’s love to the possibility of happiness for ever

There is no God

Every person has a ‘God-shaped’ hole. The desire for God is part of who we are.
If we have the courage to reach into our souls we shall feel that hunger for God and if we open our hearts, God will feed that hunger with the wonders of his love.

Christians hate the world and condemn every person in it as a sinner

God so loved the world that he sent his only son Jesus.
Jesus takes the reality of our wrong doings and mistakes onto himself so that we can be free to enjoy life in all fullness.

Christians enter into the mystery of Easter: Jesus dies for us and is raised to new life so that we can die to sin and be raised to new life in Jesus and through the Holy Spirit.

The Church is corrupt and full of hypocrites

The people of God’s Church have the full range of human failings, some of which are deeply scandalous. However, the Church is also the place where we can honestly face up to our errors and grow through them with God’s help. When we admit we are wrong, Jesus can forgive us.
The Church is the community of faith who celebrates the good news of Jesus.

I am not good enough to be a Christian

Join the club! Only Jesus was perfectly good yet he shares his goodness with us who are less than perfect.

There is no hope in a world of violence, oppression, exploitation and greed. The little people will always suffer.

Jesus shows us a vision of the Kingdom of God, a kingdom of love, justice and peace.
God is on the side of the poor.

Millions of men and women of good will can work together to join in God’s project of establishing just relationships in every field of life and enjoy harmony and peace.

Christ may be OK, the Christian Church is dreadful

Of Course!
Jesus is much better than his people.

But to be truly ‘me’ I need other people. I need to be in relationship with others.

In the Church ‘me’ becomes ‘we’.

In the Church God offers us the special gift of his grace through the sacraments.

As God’s people in the Church we worship together and can offer the sacrifice of thanks and praise which is our highest calling.

Prayer is a waste of time

God enables us to rise above our fears and worries and enter into a wonderful intimacy in prayer. In prayer we are marvellously close to God and to other people.
Through prayer our lives and the world can be transformed.

Prayer is the best possible use of time.