nomad
March 24th 2005, 06:14 PM
I posted this because i was reading 'a christian history of america' (gaustad) and found this:
"What I am going to propose now is something which ought not to appear unusual or at all impossible of execution. Yet I am aware that it will be so regarded by a large number, perhaps, of the members of this church. But in order that we may have a thorough understanding of what we are considering, I will put my proposition very plainly, perhaps bluntly. I want volunteers from the First Church who will pledge themselves, earnestly and honestly for an entire year, not to do anything without first asking the question, 'What would Jesus do?' And after asking that question, each one will follow Jesus as exactly as he knows how, no matter what the results may be."
This was published serially in 1896 by Charles M. Sheldon.
Now I always though the "what would jesus do" thing was kind of a 90's fad. I guess it still was, but i was kind of surprised to see that it's just a revival of things from the century before.
Are there other examples of this? What else 'new' is repetition of the old?
"What I am going to propose now is something which ought not to appear unusual or at all impossible of execution. Yet I am aware that it will be so regarded by a large number, perhaps, of the members of this church. But in order that we may have a thorough understanding of what we are considering, I will put my proposition very plainly, perhaps bluntly. I want volunteers from the First Church who will pledge themselves, earnestly and honestly for an entire year, not to do anything without first asking the question, 'What would Jesus do?' And after asking that question, each one will follow Jesus as exactly as he knows how, no matter what the results may be."
This was published serially in 1896 by Charles M. Sheldon.
Now I always though the "what would jesus do" thing was kind of a 90's fad. I guess it still was, but i was kind of surprised to see that it's just a revival of things from the century before.
Are there other examples of this? What else 'new' is repetition of the old?