Our goal is to have the right proportion of these two.

The parable of the talents is really a parable about taking risks.

Jesus in daily life, not just the afterlife.

Colossians 1:19-20

And how is the church called to be different?

Also had a bit on the reality that our citizenship is in heaven and some implications for our engagement of politics and power and that our culture becoming post-Christian might be a positive thing for the church because the church's holiness and power has usually proportionally gone down right along with the cost of true allegiance to Jesus.

1700 years ago a pastor named Augustine saw something I bet you and I also experience: people can disappoint us to the point of wanting to throw away our faith.

Layer 1 - The Lie

Layer 2 - The Wound

Layer 3 - Where Was God?

Layer 4 - The Exchange

Layer 5 - Repentance & Forgiveness

Layer 6 - The Truth

It isn't excusing. It isn't sweeping under the rug. And God doesn't expect us to do it without experiencing his love and comfort.

I had this encounter a few years back and it changed my life! I made all new friends, got to know local churches, pastors, people I didn't know before!

A story about Dr. Bob Tuttle