Sometimes we're tempted to think that we are self-made people. I have earned this. I have done this.
Revenge feels good if someone hurts us. Our natural reaction is to try to pay them back, to make them feel that same sort of pain that we felt.
The Old Testament is full of these rules, these customs and rituals that seem so foreign to us today.
They say there are two seasons in Minnesota, winter and road construction. And have had to painfully deal with road construction over these past number of months.
Today, I want to share with you part of a verse from the book of Romans. And it's not even a whole verse.
It's a silly story, but it is fun to think that we have someone who does the worrying for us here and we don't have to pay for it at all.
We were once in darkness. We once had a filter covering our vision, like a filter on the end of a camera.
I've said for years that my favorite Bible passages from Second Timothy Chapter two, verse 13
Any time we look to our selves to try to cover up who we are and what we are and what we have done wrong, the result is catastrophic.
Where you sit matters. And what I mean by that is the people you allow to have an influence over you truly matters.
How do you explain the Christian faith to someone? One approach might be to focus on natural law, to focus on conscience and to point people ultimately to Christ and what he has done for them.
Do you know anyone who's a backseat driver? Have you ever been a backseat driver?
