Today's Verse: God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. (The Holy Bible : New International Version. electronic ed. Grand Rapids : Zondervan, 1996, c1984, S. 2 Co 5:19) We all know that Jesus did not come to condemn the world, but to save the world so that we might be reconciled with God.

Today's Comments: It is through Christ, and no other, that we are reconciled to God. The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church Katharine Jefferts Schori has implied that there are other ways to God besides through Jesus Christ. Yet, the Bible, I believe, tells us otherwise. Perhaps, as I would like to hope, those people who are not Christians and who we regard as social examples and wonderful people will be given the chance to meet Jesus and believe in Him at some point in life or during death. But, that would be the only way that I might imagine that they could be reconciled to God. We, as Christians, cannot be all things to all people. We must commit ourselves in faith to Jesus' message of reconciliation. And we must commit ourselves to Him as our only mediator and advocate.