I completely agree with Lenny. Religions seem the same only if you (1) gloss over all the details, like viewing people from far away so they all look alike or (2) rely on selective perception - pick and choose a few concepts that seem to agree while ignoring the differences. 

If I was about to travel up the Amazon River, I'd need to do a lot of preparation - since I'd be putting my life at risk. I shouldn't expect a second chance.  I'd do some web searching and book reading. I'd ask other people what they thought. But I'd primarily depend on an expert, experienced guide - someone who had actually been there! The Bible indicates that my ultimate destination will be heaven or hell. I'd like to go to heaven. Who can I trust to guide me there? Jesus is the only authoritative guide - since He is the only one who has been there and back.

The Bible quotes Jesus as saying, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me" [John 14:6]. Was He kidding when He said this? Could He have meant something else?

Thank you Pastor Lenny for updated the web site and posting your new message.  Every Sunday morning you never fail to pique my curiosity and spark my spirit with your preaching on the words of Jesus Christ.  My membership at RBCC has been an exciting and inspiring time. I hope this will lead to attracting new people to come to our nontraditional church and check it out.  The food for the body is good too!!!!

Joyce and I recently returned from a week abroad. How nice to return to the USA, the greatest country in the world. Are all countries alike? Well, yes in the sense that they all have borders and governments, but my country is the best. That's why people actually die trying to get here. All religions are not the same, either. I'm not going to condemm another for following a different path. It's just not for me, thanks, I'm committed to Jesus. Hear that? Committed, joined, yoked. If I start buying into the notion that all religions are the same, I run the risk of becoming a religious tourist. I'll give Hinduism a whirl next year, then maybe I'll swing over and check out a little Islam for a while. But faith is not about sampling the dessert cart or trying on different pairs of pants. it's about digging in there and believing, loving, having faith. Then, and only then, can you feel the warmth of God's love for us.