• The Question: Is there a difference between what the Bible says and your personal convictions?
• The Problem: Not being true to our own beliefs.
• The Informing Text: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13
• The Big Idea: Personal convictions – are your standards higher/lower than Jesus’ standards?

This week we’ll continue with last week’s discussion as we dive into the first and biggest Christian myth of all – that being religious can in some way make us acceptable to God.

BTW: Some of the discussion from last week continues online! Check the pre-post below this one for comments and feel free to post your own responses and/or additions.  Click on the little brown box with the number in it in the upper right hand corner of the post to see comments.  *NOTE* When you post something it won’t appear until I, the moderator (Mike) approve the post. Posts must be approved because of all of the spam-posts that appear. If the posts weren’t moderated, there’d be advertisements for all kinds of stuff on here (use your imagination. You wouldn’t believe what I have to delete every week that never makes it. Just think of what’s in your email spam-box!) So, anyway, after I approve your post it will appear. Jump on in!

• The Question: How do religious myths get started anyway & what’s the big deal?
• The Problem: If religious people are getting it wrong, others will miss out on reality.
• The Informing Text: In Luke 4, Jesus preaches a sermon in the town where he grew up, attacking the racism, self-righteousness, & nationalism of the hearers, enraging them to the point that they attempted to throw him off a cliff.
• The Big Idea: The myths that compel people to reject Jesus are based in 4 types of selfishness:

1. Control
2. Greed
3. Familiarity
4. Comfort

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