Have you ever felt like it is your specific job to set everyone else straight? We often mistake being the "salt of the earth" with a duty to act as the morality police or to fiercely guard religious traditions. But when we look closely at the life of Jesus, we see Him constantly turning those very traditions on their heads—not to be rebellious, but to reach the people on the margins.
We explore the tension of what it really means to preserve the world around us. What if our calling isn't to enforce rules, but to preserve the inherent worth of every person we meet? We dig into the difficult reality that salt cannot do its work without contact. You cannot influence a world that you refuse to touch, even if that contact threatens your reputation.
This conversation invites you to reconsider your impact. It challenges you to stop forcing your own "flavour" on others and instead listen well enough to bring out the beauty God has already placed within them. It is a call to move beyond judgment and into a life of restorative love.
Episode link: https://grace-community.church/lesson/salt-light-and-the-upside-down-kingdom
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Have you ever felt like it is your specific job to set everyone else straight? We often mistake being the "salt of the earth" with a duty to act as the morality police or to fiercely guard religious traditions. But when we look closely at the life of Jesus, we see Him constantly turning those very traditions on their heads—not to be rebellious, but to reach the people on the margins.
We explore the tension of what it really means to preserve the world around us. What if our calling isn't to enforce rules, but to preserve the inherent worth of every person we meet? We dig into the difficult reality that salt cannot do its work without contact. You cannot influence a world that you refuse to touch, even if that contact threatens your reputation.
This conversation invites you to reconsider your impact. It challenges you to stop forcing your own "flavour" on others and instead listen well enough to bring out the beauty God has already placed within them. It is a call to move beyond judgment and into a life of restorative love.
Episode link: https://grace-community.church/lesson/salt-light-and-the-upside-down-kingdom
This week's Life Story features an insightful and heartwarming conversation with guest speaker Tiffany. She explores the personal, often challenging, but ultimately transformative journey of faith. Tiffany opens up about her own story, from growing up in a Christian home to wrestling with her faith in her twenties, highlighting the difference between simply knowing about Jesus and truly knowing him through personal experience. She beautifully explains how teaching children about faith has deepened her own relationship with God, illustrating this with a powerful analogy about Jesus "going first" to help us navigate life's difficult moments.
The conversation takes an even deeper turn as Tiffany shares the emotional and spiritual struggles of adopting her son, who came from a background of trauma. She candidly discusses her prayers for a change in circumstance, and how God has challenged her to adopt the defiant faith of the Hebrew boys in the fiery furnace, saying, "even if he doesn't." This powerful refrain has helped her to hold the outcome of her situation loosely and trust in God's goodness, regardless of the circumstances. Tiffany's moving testimony, which also touches on her own experience with a serious illness and her father's miraculous recovery from leukaemia, is a testament to the idea that faith is a journey of wrestling, learning, and ultimately experiencing God's presence, not just in the easy times, but especially in the most challenging moments.
Episode link: https://grace-community.church/lesson/the-story-of-tiffany-rambo
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Have you ever felt like it is your specific job to set everyone else straight? We often mistake being the "salt of the earth" with a duty to act as the morality police or to fiercely guard religious traditions. But when we look closely at the life of Jesus, we see Him constantly turning those very traditions on their heads—not to be rebellious, but to reach the people on the margins.
We explore the tension of what it really means to preserve the world around us. What if our calling isn't to enforce rules, but to preserve the inherent worth of every person we meet? We dig into the difficult reality that salt cannot do its work without contact. You cannot influence a world that you refuse to touch, even if that contact threatens your reputation.
This conversation invites you to reconsider your impact. It challenges you to stop forcing your own "flavour" on others and instead listen well enough to bring out the beauty God has already placed within them. It is a call to move beyond judgment and into a life of restorative love.
Episode link: https://grace-community.church/lesson/salt-light-and-the-upside-down-kingdom
