Those famous words – from Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth – remind us of the power of guilt and how often we get stuck there, unable to internalize God’s grace. This week, as we continue our sermon series on grace, we’ll explore how to move beyond guilt to a place of genuine grace.
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Thou Shalt Not!
From the time we were kids, we’ve been hearing about The Commandments – all kinds of religious rules we’re supposed to keep. Do this, don’t do that! And that’s how most religious people live. Yet the Bible says that there is a better way to live a spiritual life – that “Christ is the end […]
Our Worst Fear
We want to belong, to be loved, to fit in. But we live in a conditional world: “You will belong if. . . .” Behind every “if” is an expectation. Our greatest fear is that we will fail to meet those expectations and be cast out. This week we’ll look at a dramatic Gospel story […]
The Danger of Religion
In one of his famous statements, Jesus worried aloud that many of the people of his day were “twice as bad” after they got religion than before. Why is that? What are the risks of being a “good religious person”? Those are some of the questions we’ll explore this week as we continue our sermon […]