Did Jesus make it a routine practice to insult to people around him? In this message, Alistair helps us make sense of a problematic encounter between Jesus and a Gentile woman with a significant concern.
It could be the plot for a movie: An oppressed nation is looking for a liberator, but there’s a plan in the works to kill him before he can act. An innocent man dies willingly for guilty men. People are coming back to life from the dead and a body disappears. Centuries' worth of prophesies are about to be fulfilled, but not in the way anyone expected…and conspiracies and political intrigue surround it all. By any measure, the final days of Christ’s life and the weeks and months immediately following his resurrection are filled with strange and perplexing events, themes, ...
Having just demonstrated that tradition must bow to Scripture, Jesus turns to the question of purity versus defilement. Since we know that Christianity is rational, historical and empirical, we must define “uncleanliness” and what makes us clean and right before God.
In this passage of Mark, Jesus points out to the Pharisees how they follow the law of their traditions over the law of scripture. This reminds us that many times in our attempts to keep God’s law, we, like the Pharisees, tend to develop our own rules and regulations – and we think that by keeping them, that we’re actually keeping God’s law!
What is the basis of authority? Does it lie solely in Scripture or is it Scripture and a little bit of tradition? How much of a role should tradition play? As we continue with Part Two of “Scripture and Tradition,” we consider an example of what can happen when we allow our traditions to become more important than God’s Law.
Our culture has become increasingly preoccupied with living forever. But the Bible tells us that we have a created beginning and an appointed death. In part two of the message, “Gospel Conversations”, Alistair unpacks how Christians should remember this themselves, and then how to share the reality of these two truths with friends and co-workers.
What do you know and believe about God? Your theology will come out in how you talk to others about your relationship with him. Alistair explores how our knowledge of God should affect every aspect of our lives, with some very practical steps on sharing Christ with others.
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