One Good Reason

This Sunday, we are concluding our sermon series on "Three Good Reasons Not to be a Christian." We have been looking at some of the ways that the church has failed to live up to the mission that God has set for us. We have looked at how the church has failed to incorporate the learnings from science into its theology, how it has been too judgmental when it should have been gracious, and how the church has bought in to our culture's love of violence. However, this week, we talking about why it is good to be a Christian. Ultimately, Jesus Christ did for the world what it could not do for itself. He "put the world to rights" to quote N.T. Wright, and he inaugurated in a new kingdom. Yes, the church has failed throughout its history. The church has also produced Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King, Jr., William Wilberforce, John Wesley, and many, many others. It is through the church that God's gracious love is manifest. "God is love, and those in abide in love abide in God." That is the truth that the church must live into, and with God's help, we will.

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