This was part one of the discussion we had on the recent events in Charlottesville. It is an introduction using the parable of the good Samaritan as a potential framework to help us make sense of these things. The answer to the lawyers second question holds a key to really understanding what happened in Charlottesville (and scenes like them).

1. Charlottesville - -intro.the Good Samaritan

These were some of the concluding thoughts to our discussion on the recent events in Charlottesville. Hopefully they are meaningful to you as you search to make sense of things like this in light of the gospel of Christ.

2. Charlottesville - -concluding Thoughts

Working through the parable of "the rich fool" this sermon seeks to explore the question of why Jesus came and what that means for us. This is a critical question because the answer informs why we are here. What were we put here for?

All We Have

I just want to give you a background to the profile name. It's taken from a quote from C.S. Lewis: 
"No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good. A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is.  . . . You find out the strength of a wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down. A man who gives in to temptation after five minutes simply does not know what it would have been like an hour later. That is why bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered life by always giving in. We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it: and Christ, because he was the only man who never yielded to temptation, is also the only man who knows to the full what temptation means--the only realist."
I believe that Jesus of Nazareth, through His life and teachings, offers a perspective that is unavailable anywhere else. Because He endured He speaks from a vantage point that is unique, profound, powerful, and necessary. This soundcloud page is my feeble attempt to bear witness to this reality. 

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