About this episode

Lewis Roderick explores five hidden barriers to faith in the context of Jesus' rejection in Nazareth.

Christchurch Newport continues Liberty for the Captives as Lewis Roderick explores a dramatic shift that gook place in Nazareth—why did the people move so quickly from at Jesus to outright rejection. Why did those who knew Him best refuse to believe? In this message we consider five hidden barriers to faith : familiarity, skepticism, entitlement, self-righteousness, and offence at the wideness of Christ's love, and consider how Jesus came for the spiritually poor— no matter how long we've been followers of Jesus.

People in this episode

Host: Christchurch Newport

Guest: Lewis Roderick

Topics covered

• barriers to belief
• faith
• spirituality
• Jesus
• rejection
• love

Keywords

• belief
• skepticism
• self-righteousness
• spiritual poverty
• Christ's love

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Christchurch Newport

Places: Nazareth

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