The Buddha and the Greek philosophers like Socrates were famous for their teaching 300 years before the public ministry of Jesus Christ.  Since the first century, there have been many teachers who have impacted humanity.  Mohammed, Joseph Smith and Gandhi to name a few. Why don’t we simply synthesize all their teachings and make one big religion? Is Jesus more important than those other men?  Who says? There is a pluralism that is healthy and there is a pluralism that is very unhealthy.  Appropriate consideration of the historical and cultural contributions made by some the world’s great people, men and women, is a worthwhile pursuit. However, one will find conflicting statements and presuppositions that lead to confusion and very different behaviors. We sometimes hear, “All roads lead to Heaven.” The problem is, some of the aforementioned are not even sure there is a road. To be blunt, to simply put Jesus among the great teachers of the world and not recognize His unique place is heresy.  C.S. Lewis made it very simple for us, he wrote that “Jesus Christ is either a lunatic, a liar or the Lord.”  To deny His claims of deity and preeminence implies that He either knew He was lying, making Him a liar, or He didn’t know He was lying, making Him a lunatic. Following a liar or a lunatic is not a good strategy for this life or the one to come. Admittedly, there have been some great teachers in human history but there has only been one God-Man, the Lord Jesus Christ. Let’s gather to worship Him in spirit and in truth and scatter to proclaim His gospel.