They lied to you about being a Christian.

When you first "joined the club" they promised you'd be set free. But let's get honest, you're not free. In fact, you're religious, afraid, guilty, and bound. What's worse, now that you've been in the club a while, you're stuck pretending you're better than you are. And worse than that, you prefer the security and rules of your self-imposed boundaries.

It's time for a change. You need Scandalous Freedom.

On the Scandalous Freedom Podcast, Steve Brown disabuses you of your confusion about freedom, grace and forgiveness. Real Christianity calls us to live beyond the boundaries, bolstered by the assurance that we cannot fall beyond God's love. And real freedom…that's just plain scandalous.

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"The Church is a whore…

Erik July 2nd, 2007

…but she is my mother." - St. Augustine

How did Christians get so religious? Where did we go wrong? How is it that being forgiven has made us feel so guilty, being loved has made us so uptight, and being free has made us so bound? How did sinners who have been forgiven repeatedly become judges?

The Church really is a mess, but be careful…that's Jesus' wife we're talking about. No matter how jacked up she is, a man will put his foot down if you start talking bad about his old lady.

With that in mind, on this edition of the Scandalous Freedom Podcast, Steve Brown begins to take a look at how (and why) institutionalized religion can be a hard taskmaster.

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2 Responses to “"The Church is a whore…”

Joshua July 18th, 2007

"religion can keep you from God" amen and even when its self imposed from years of well developed bad habits. I find myself these days spending most of my time on re-wiring those nasty default mechanisms and seeing Christ with clear eyes.

BOBBY HOLT July 24th, 2008

I THANK GOD 4 YOUR TEACHING. ITHELPS ME 2 REMOVE THE PHARASEE IN ME. GOD BLESS YOU AND ALL THAT PLAYED A PART IN THIS TEACHING PRODUCTION. GOD LOVES U AND SO DO I. BOBBY

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