If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.
Three ways people seek transcendence without God--drugs, sex, and crowds. Ministers denounce drugs and sex but seldom the danger of crowds.- E. Peterson. The ecstasy of the crowd, the 'inner ring', the being with the few that really KNOW what's going on.
#1 Pure capitalism says all your money belongs to you; #2 pure Marxism says all your money belongs to the State; #3 Christianity says all your money belongs to God (1 Chron 29), and we should be radically generous with it as Jesus was with his riches. (2 Cor 8-9)