UNTIL HE BRINGS ME HOME

You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:24-26

if you’ve watched “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus”

I literally just saved a draft of a post on this same topic last night, but Kevin DeYoung is my superior in every way. Therefore, I commend this to you:

The Gospel Coalition: “Does Jesus Hate Religion? Kinda, Sorta, Not Really.”

Read it. Read it carefully.

EDIT:

Upon reading through most of the comments that have been posted thus far on this particular blog, I’d just like to note two things:

The unity in the body of Christ does not entail always refraining from correcting. In fact, what distinguishes the body of Christ is the deep, profound, divinely enabled love that produces humble and gentle correction. That is because correct correction is that which points people to biblical balance and the gospel of Christ.

And I do not think DeYoung disagrees with the spirit of the video. I think he is encouraged and joyously celebrates it. But the “general feel” or gist or motive is not enough. We need to rightly handle the Word. As he notes, the connotation of “religion” has moved past works-based salvation, which is what Christ opposes, to encompass all works/institutions/rules/regulations/obedience/biblical conduct/grace-motivated discipline. We’ve got to keep that in mind.

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