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September 8, 2024
Rev. Dr. Neil Thomas
Thou Shalt Not Be a Jerk
It doesn’t matter how you label your religious affiliation, tradition, or the building where you gather or the creed you recite or who gets the credit on your timeline. If it doesn’t substantially or partially compel you to be more compassionate, more loving, more aware of people’s pain, and more moved to alleviate it, it’s probably not made of God stuff and it’s not going to matter to the vast majority of human beings you encounter, who consider religion to be at best superficial and at worst, toxic.

If God is Love, Don't Be a Jerk

What if upon Jesus’ return his first question to us is: “I asked you to do one thing: love. So, what happened?” If God is love and if Jesus is the perfect expression of that love, and if we are supposed to follow that Jesus—how can we so often be love-impaired? For as long as human beings have been declaring devotion to a God of love, they have been gloriously screwing it up by being hateful in the process. The Bible doesn’t shy away from that, and neither should we. Join us as we explore some of the ways we fall short of the call to “love God, self, and neighbor” through the book and sermon series If God is Love, Don’t be a Jerk!

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