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Most people keep a pot of anger on low boil. But you aren’t most people. Look at your feet. They’re wet, grace soaked. Jesus has washed your feet. He has washed the grimiest parts of your life.

To accept grace is the vow to give it. You don’t endorse the deeds of your offender when you forgive them. Jesus didn’t endorse your sins by forgiving you. The grace-defined person still sends thieves to jail and expects the ex to pay child support. Grace sees the hurt full well. But it refuses to let hurts poison the heart.

Where grace is lacking, bitterness abounds. Where grace abounds, forgiveness grows. So go ahead. Set your feet in the basin. Let the hands of God wipe away every dirty part of your life. Then look across the room and wash someone else’s feet.  Let grace begin—and continue—in you.

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Episode 2.102

In this episode of Cults, Michael and Zach examine the Amish—a unique Anabaptist tradition known for simplicity, separation from modern culture, and strong community life. Rather than asking whether the Amish are a different religion, the episode focuses on a more precise question: how their theology and practice align with the biblical gospel and the authority of Scripture.

The discussion walks through Amish beliefs across key areas including theology proper, Christology, and especially soteriology, where concerns begin to emerge. While the Amish affirm historic Christian doctrines about God and Christ, their understanding of salvation often emphasizes obedience, community membership, and conformity to the Ordnung, with less clarity around justification by faith alone and assurance of salvation.

From there, the episode explores authority and practice—highlighting how Scripture, tradition, and community expectations function together, often elevating extra-biblical rules to binding status. Topics such as technology restrictions, shunning, and pacifism are examined not just culturally, but theologically. The episode concludes with a brief comparison to Mennonites and a balanced assessment of both strengths and concerns.

The takeaway is straightforward: the Amish preserve important elements of historic Christianity, but where authority shifts toward tradition and salvation becomes tied to performance, the clarity of the gospel and the sufficiency of Scripture are put at risk.

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