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What if the most dangerous place in all of Scripture isn't a battlefield or a moment of temptation, but a worship service?
In this episode of After the Message, Chad unpacks one of the most sobering moments in the Gospels: Palm Sunday. The crowds are celebrating. The palm branches are waving. The praise is loud. And Jesus is weeping.
Not because they rejected Him, but because they were right in front of Him and still missed Him entirely.
Using Jesus' parable of the two sons in Matthew 21, we confront the gap between what we say to God and what we actually do and asks the question most of us would rather avoid: Are you the son who says yes and never goes, or the son who says no, changes his mind, and actually shows up?
This episode is for anyone who has been doing all the right religious things and still feels like something is off. It's a challenge to stop honoring God with your lips while your heart stays right where it is and a reminder that the will of the Father is accomplished not by the one who says the right thing, but by the one who actually goes.
By Chad SwaringenWhat if the most dangerous place in all of Scripture isn't a battlefield or a moment of temptation, but a worship service?
In this episode of After the Message, Chad unpacks one of the most sobering moments in the Gospels: Palm Sunday. The crowds are celebrating. The palm branches are waving. The praise is loud. And Jesus is weeping.
Not because they rejected Him, but because they were right in front of Him and still missed Him entirely.
Using Jesus' parable of the two sons in Matthew 21, we confront the gap between what we say to God and what we actually do and asks the question most of us would rather avoid: Are you the son who says yes and never goes, or the son who says no, changes his mind, and actually shows up?
This episode is for anyone who has been doing all the right religious things and still feels like something is off. It's a challenge to stop honoring God with your lips while your heart stays right where it is and a reminder that the will of the Father is accomplished not by the one who says the right thing, but by the one who actually goes.