How do we avoid strangling the Word of God in our lives with our own desires and the ideas of the world? That’s the subject of tonight’s Steadfast.
Often times the leaders that seem to draw us in are actually just being self-interested. How do we tell real servant leadership from the show of it?
Legalism seems to be daunting but we keep following legalistic leaders. Why do we do that and what does God call us to instead?
We’re good at looking pure—saying the right things, following the right rules, putting on the kind of life that earns approving nods—and that’s precisely the trap Jesus names in Matthew 5:8 when he calls the pure in heart blessed, not the pure in appearance.
What do we do when it appears that to do good towards others conflicts with following God’s law? Is it bad to do good?
We often struggle to understand the difference between legalism and keeping God’s Law. So did the Pharisees. To understand this difference, we must consider what God’s Law says and what it is meant to do.
Who is the real lawbreaker? The Pharisees thought Jesus was. In this series we’ll turn to Luke 5 and 6 to think about God’s Law, legalism and restoring grace.