Half Truths - Part 3: God Said It, I Believe It, That Settles It ???

Week 3 of a 5 week series on “Half Truths”, or what I call, “Bumper Sticker Christianity,” debunking common Christian cliche’s that tend to do more harm than good.

This week, my wife Rev. McKenzie Sefa reflects on the danger of using the “God Said It” line as a way of shutting down difficult conversations and manipulating Scripture to say whatever we want it to mean.

The Bible is a complex text that includes multiple voices wrestling together with how to discern God’s will in their context. Instead of taking random verses to use as weapons, perhaps we should first consider the larger narrative of scripture, and even more, how our particular claim aligns with the life and teachings of Jesus, the Living Word.

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Half Truths - Part 2: God Won’t Give You More Than You Can Handle ???

Week 2 of a 5 week series on “Half Truths”, or what I call, “Bumper Sticker Christianity,” debunking common Christian cliche’s that tend to do more harm than good.

This week we are looking at the saying, “God won’t give you more than you can handle?”

Join us as we explore how this saying takes the biblical text out of context and creates significant problems in people’s understanding of God when things are indeed more than they can handle.

The truth: God helps us handle everything we’ve been given. God’s grace is sufficient for us.

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Podcast Intro recorded by Ariana Sefa

Half Truths - Part 1: Everything Happens for a Reason ???

This week begins a 5 week series on “Half Truths”, or what I call, “Bumper Sticker Christianity,” debunking common Christian cliche’s that tend to do more harm than good.

This week we begin with the famous line, “Everything Happens for a Reason”, exploring the nature of God’s will, especially when it comes to suffering and evil.

How do we make sense of pain and suffering in a world where a good God is presumably in charge?

Join me as we reflect on the truth that not everything happens for a reason, but God can make meaning out of everything that happens.

Podcast Intro recorded by Ariana Sefa