But no matter what our present circumstances seem to be saying to us and no matter how loud our enemy says to us “Has God really said?”, Sunday is coming.
If you’re thinking about walking away from Jesus and his people because you just can’t be good enough long enough, watch this message from Steve first. You’ll hear the hopeful truth that if you don’t leave and you don’t lie about your darkness, your sin won’t be wasted.
Capital-R Religion once provided a space to come clean and maybe even be absolved of shortcoming and guilt. Church wasn’t busy.
Give yourself some time to reflect on what we see revealed in the gospels. Remember that at Pentecost, Jesus is our Bread. Remember that at Passover, Jesus is our Lamb. Remember that at Tabernacles Jesus is our Home.
How can we possibly believe in the actual resurrection of Christ? How do we know it even happened at all? The implications, either way, are earth shattering.
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us.
I remember the first time it dawned on me that a dead man got out of a grave. It made the hair stand up on my head. (Those were the days when I had hair.)
You might not know the word Seculosity, but you’ve definitely experienced it! It’s David Zahl on this episode of Steve Brown, Etc. talking about his new book, Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do about It.
Treating our fellow brethren with the love of Jesus Christ is written in the very bloodstream of God. And you can find it all over the New Testament. To put it another way, theology doesn’t have to be a bloodsport. It can be a civil and intellectually honest conversation. And it should be.
