Sermon: Divine Moderation

10/03/2024 40 min

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Episode Synopsis

Is Christianity REALLY a religion of moderation? With so many taking pride in how extreme they can live their faith, we may be losing sight of what Solomon tells us in Ecclesiastes... to "not be overly righteous" nor "overly wicked". There is a string of "moderate" stances taken throughout the Bible, despite all the cherry-picked verses many like to place on a pedestal, devoid of important context. Christ refuses to take a political stance when challenged with the prospect of Roman taxes. Peter admonishes us to be peaceable and "honor the emperor". So how do we reconcile this with the rhetoric so often espoused by many for "radical Christianity"? Well, where was Christ "radical"? Look no further than his commandments in John 13: to love one another. Christ's love represents the one truly radical area of his life which tells us exactly where we should focus on living to the extreme.