Steve Durand - October 8, 2017
A Hill Worth Dying On, Part 2 - Galatians 2:11-21
Since the Garden of Eden, one of the constants in our world has been the reality of warfare. There have been big wars and small wars, lengthy wars and relatively brief wars. World wars, civil wars, wars of independence, religious wars, preemptive wars, undeclared wars, and cold wars.
But there has been a particular war or battle that has been raging for more than 2,000 years or so that has largely been overlooked. It’s a battle that, from its inception, had enormous implications for the early Christian church, and it’s a battle that continues to this day. This particular battle is not some trifling political debate, nor is it a mere disagreement or misunderstanding about preferences. And the stakes for this battle have never been higher.
What is this particular war, and why should it matter to us today?
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This Week's Sermon: "Our Only Boast"
We may not freely admit it, but all of us are adept at one thing: boasting. We boast every day, whether publicly or privately, about seemingly anything and everything: family, possessions, abilities, achievements, grades, social connections – you name it. You may even be inwardly boasting right now about the fact that you don’t boast as much as other people do!
The point is that we all boast about, or take pride in, something. And what we choose to boast about actually says a lot more than we realize about who we are at our core, about what we really value, what drives and defines us, what validates us and makes us feel more significant, and even what gives us hope.
There are lots of things – even legitimately good things – about which we can choose to boast. But can you say that you are daily boasting in the one thing that matters more than anything else in life?
