Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: dhosek@euler.claremont.edu (Don Hosek) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Christianity: easy or hard (was Re: Use of God's money) Message-ID: Date: 21 Apr 91 05:47:53 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Harvey Mudd College Lines: 30 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , tblake@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Thomas Blake) writes: > In article Jeremy.Gibbons@prg.oxford.ac.uk (Jeremy Gibbons) writes: >>Nobody ever said Christianity was easy. > Well, except maybe Jesus... > Matthew 11:28-30 > > 28 "Come to me, all of you who are tired from carrying heavy loads, > and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke and put it on you, and learn > from me, because I am gentle and humble in spirit; and you will find > rest. 30 For the yoke I will give you is easy, and the load I will put > on you is light. (TEV) Of course, he also said it was hard: Luke 13,24: "Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough." No wonder non-Christians think we're nuts--we are! :-) -dh Don Hosek dhosek@ymir.claremont.edu Quixote Digital Typography 714-625-0147