

As the theologian B.B. Warfield noted many years ago, there is a tendency to either minimize or maximize Jesus' emotions when we consider his humanity. The one tendency runs the risk of giving us a somewhat cold and remote Jesus who could not possibly sympathize with us in all our weaknesses. The other may be in danger of offering us a Jesus so crassly human that he could scarcely win our highest reverence. But the Jesus presented to us in the gospels is deeply relatable, yet compellingly admirable. As we start the Lenten season, please join us Sundays at our 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. worship services for a new sermon series called The Emotional Life of Jesus, which will draw us near to the authentic Jesus as we consider the emotional life of our Lord.
Despite our background or familiarity with the Bible, we all have questions about the Christian faith. It has become increasingly more difficult to separate authentic Christianity from its counterfeits and to know where to turn to make sense of how Jesus' message applies to our own lives and to the issues of our day. Christianity is oftentimes twisted and distorted by people with their own agenda, which makes it all the more difficult to figure out who Jesus really is and what he's all about. But what if the true message of Christianity is quite different than what we had always thought? Let's reconsider Jesus, together. Send us your questions at seniorpastor@centralchurchnyc.org.