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The Traps of Religion
Hope Alliance Bethlehem
English - March 11, 2018 05:00 - 44 minutes - 20.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsChristianity Religion & Spirituality hope alliance church sermon teaching bethlehem bible gospel jesus relevant Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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To many people, religion seems harmless. And yet both Jesus and Paul are very careful to warn about the traps of religion. Paul, who met Jesus in the midst of an impressive religious life, is determined to remind his readers that the only thing that matters is knowing Jesus. The rest amounts to nothing. In the gospel, we discover that hard as we try we can never rise high enough to meet God, but more importantly we find a God who loves us so much that he comes down to meet us.