#345 - Joby Martin // Grace Over Religion

About this episode

The episode discusses the dangers of trading the freedom of the gospel for performance pressures in religious life.

A polished religious life can hide a deeper problem: fear. In day two of The Daily Blade, we open Galatians 6:12 and let Paul expose what happens when people trade the freedom of the gospel for the pressure of performance. The Judaizers demand circumcision so they can “make a good showing in the flesh,” avoid heat for the cross, and boast in what they can control. That ancient argument still sounds familiar when church culture becomes a scoreboard and spiritual leaders measure worth by behavi...

People in this episode

Hosts: Joby Martin, Kyle Thompson

Topics covered

• grace
• religion
• gospel
• performance
• church culture
• spiritual leaders

Keywords

• grace
• religion
• gospel
• performance
• Judaizers
• church culture
• spiritual leaders

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Judaizers

Books & works: Galatians

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