That triumphal barnburner of an Easter hymn, Jesus Christ Has Risen Today – Hallelujah, this morning will rock the walls of Toronto's West Hill United Church as it will in most Christian churches across the country.
But at West Hill on the faith's holiest day, it will be done with a huge difference. The words “Jesus Christ” will be excised from what the congregation sings and replaced with “Glorious hope.”
Thus, it will be hope that is declared to be resurrected – an expression of renewal of optimism and the human spirit – but not Jesus, contrary to Christianity's central tenet about the return to life on Easter morning of the crucified divine son of God.
Generally speaking, no divine anybody makes an appearance in West Hill's Sunday service liturgy.
**mouth agape**
This...is....um...I don't know what to make of it. How can you call yourself a Christian if you don't allow Him in the service? Isn't that the whole point of going to church and having Him in your life? To praise him?
I'm a Christian, although I don't go to church as much as I should -- the idea of religion versus faith is a whole other post, possibly one of my weekly essays. But if you don't preach the basic tenents of the faith...you're NOT a Christian. Period.
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