In this lesson, Mike looks at “gray areas,” those areas where rules are not appropriate, and Christians have to consider the impact of their actions on others.
Enduring trials is “pure joy?” Surely not. Perhaps our struggle with this idea is the thought that “joy” equals “happiness.” In this lesson, Callahan explores this and other powerful ideas presented in James 1.
We are, in many ways, like Mephibosheth – broken and subject to death – but we have gained our freedom, because “anyone who has died has been freed from sin” (Romans 6:7). But Christian freedom is based on the decision to first…die.
Whatever it is, it seems clear that our souls cry out for it. But if freedom is only about getting what I want or doing what I want, is that really freedom – or just selfishness?