Christ on a Pie Chart

By Jenny Brewer

It is really hard to wrap your mind around the differences between Christ's message and the church's message, so I made a spreadsheet. I made a row for every verse in the Red Letters, and assigned each verse a subject heading. Then, I converted the spreadsheet to a pie chart. I did this because I wanted to see what Jesus talked about most. I think a case can be made that the issues he hit hardest were the things He thought were most important.The Red Letters comprise about 1890 verses. A whole lot of this is taken up with miracles, prophecies, and "I am" statements-- which are important, but they are not direct instruction. 1385 verses of the Red Letters are Christ's direct moral instructions to His followers.The instructions that Christ hit the hardest are: "be humble," "don't be a hypocrite," "don't be materialistic," "obey the spirit of the Law above the letter," and "many are called, but few are chosen." The sins of drunkenness and adultery comprise a little over two-tenths of one percent of Christ's message. Humility takes up close to twenty percent.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1482325691
• ISBN13: 9781482325690
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 38 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.1" x 6.0"