We are currently in a series entitled, Age of Rage, exploring the feelings, emotions, and tensions

of our current cultural moment. The goal is to diagnose and address feelings of dissonance,

resentment, anger, loneliness, and anxiety––diagnose and address with the gospel and ask how

the Church can respond. We’ve been rooted in the book of Galatians and the Apostle Paul

doesn’t mince words in his diagnoses of our deepest problems he says we’ve trusted in false

gospels, rival “good news” stories.

What are these rival good news stories about? If you peel back all the layers and get to the very

bottom of it all the rival stories are the “gospel of self;” stories that put the weight of salvation,

fulfillment, and flourishing on our shoulders. On the one hand that is appealing because it

smells like freedom, but the truth is a ““gospel of self”” leads to reduction, exploitation, and

anxiety.

Jonny Morrison preaches week 3 of our Age of Rage sermon series.