Crosswalking: Jesse's Jesus Can't Save Him

While crosswalkintg on the corner of Harrison and Locust, in Davenport, Iowa, Tony met a man named Jesse. Jesse was walking home from the local chiropractic college. As Jesse approached the corner, he told Tony he appreciated what he was doing. Tony asked him if he worshiped locally. Jesse said he did. When Tony asked what church he attended, Jesse replied, "The Church of Jesus Christ."

"Of Latter-Day Saints?" Tony asked.

Jesse hesitantly affirmed what Tony suspected.

What followed was a 40-minute conversation at the end of which Tony called Jesse to repent of his belief in the heresy of "eternal progression." Tony also tried to assure Jesse that the Jesus in whom he professes faith cannot save him for the same reason his Jesus cannot condemn him. Jesse's Jesus doesn't exist outside of his mind.