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March 23, 2025
Message Series: Bad Religion
Message Title: Shutting the Door to the Kingdom
Scripture: Matthew 23:13, Luke 11:52, Matthew 12:22-32, Mark 7:1-13, Matthew 9:9-13, Luke 7:36-39, John 8:2-11, John 5:36-39, Luke 24:15
Speaker: Ryan Ashley
Music Worship: Trent Mullikin
Teaching Quotes:
Woe is an expression of impending judgement unless you change course.
3 ways their example and their teaching hindered people:
They rejected Jesus as God’s Messiah
They missed the point of Torah/Nullified Torah
How they used Torah
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*Harmful Theology
*Missing the Point
How should we read/use the Bible?
With Humility – “I stand under the text, not over it.”
With Gentleness – “I could be wrong/I can be questioned.”
With Joyful Conviction – “I believe this, but I don’t demand that you do.”
With Curiosity – “I always have something more to learn.”
With Reciprocity – “I will always have something to learn from you.”
With Invitation – “We are co-students learning together.”
With Patience – “Playing the long game together.”
With Graciousness – “Me/My community is the object of the text.”
Jesus-ly – “Keep the main thing the main thing by focusing on the beauty of Jesus."
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The goal of the Bible is not to get it right, or to not get it wrong.
The goal of the scriptures is to create a Jesus shaped community.
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