​49. Shrewd as Serpents

I finished The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill podcast.

Dude. What a twisted web we weave.

American evangelical Christianity makes me sick to my stomach. I’m not talking about Christ’s Church. I’m talking about the phony machine that pretends to play her.

It has brought so many people to their knees. Depression, suicide. Leaving the faith completely.

It’s a satanic deception that needs to be stopped.

It’s curious though, the way we let figureheads manipulate us.

Yes, I said “let.”

We’re to be shrewd as serpents as Christ followers (Matthew 10:16). We’re to let no man adulterate God’s word, let alone use it against us.

I remember learning in seventh grade social studies (of all places) this concept of giving people authority. Our teacher pointed out that the only reason the queen of England is the queen of England is because we’ve decided to believe that.

Woah.

Maybe it’s time we take the Gospel back, the true word of God. Maybe it’s time we deconstruct our faith on a daily basis, stripping it bare until what we believe is what the Word says and not the other way around.

Maybe it’s time we untangle that web.