This Sunday we kicked off a brand new teaching series called, “A Word on Reality.” For the next few weeks we are going to be working through 1 John and taking a close look at his invitation to be a part of the real world and what it looks like when we do. In this first part of the series we talked about what needs to happen before any movement in this direction can take place. Keep reading to find out what this is.
A Vibrant Realism
Have you ever tried to teach someone who thought they knew what you were talking about better than you did? How’d that go? It was pretty frustrating, wasn’t it? You probably kept trying to tell them one thing or another, but you could tell they weren’t really listening. Maybe they were hearing, but not listening. Then, when you sent them out to put whatever it was into practice they failed. Miserably. But then, instead of getting mad at themselves for not being a very good student, they got all upset at you for not teaching them well enough. The problem was: While they thought they were living within the bounds of reality on whatever the issue was, you knew they weren’t. But, because of their deeply ingrained false belief, they weren’t willing to listen. Have you ever been there? Read the rest…
