Boasting in the Cross
Burying Bad Religion - Part 6 - Bad religion produces self-righteousness and arrogance. The Gospel produces humility and holiness. The legalists who were opposed to Paul were motivated by a desire to avoid persecution. Paul didn’t care what the world (religious or secular) thought of him. How can we get there? Only through the Gospel.
The Sermon on the Mount is often acclaimed (even by non-Christians) as the greatest moral teaching ever presented. It dares us to dream of the world-changing things that could happen if we began to walk like Him.
If we are the Temple where redemption happens, what is our plan to draw people to Him? The answer is to relearn an ancient, almost forgotten practice: Hospitality. In a time when loneliness is an epidemic, when few people know their neighbors, something as simple as a meal together can be the starting place for something beautiful to happen.
