Emphasis Preaching Journal

The Buddhist approached a hotdog vendor and said, "Make me one with everything." The Buddhist gave the vendor a $20 bill and waited. Finally he said, "Where's my change?" The vendor replied, "All change must come from within."

That is the Buddhist philosophy -- that change comes from within, and at first glance, we might agree with that. But, as Christians, we have discovered that an individualistic attitude toward our ability to change is full of inadequacies.

We are not an independent people. We are dependent. It is a lie when we are told we can