Bridge of Reason

  I have said it before and I will say it again, if it wasn’t about truth, I would become a Mormon. I recently watched an episode of the US version of Undercover Boss. The ‘boss’ in the show was a Mormon and he was an awesome guy. He lived in a beautiful house, with his beautiful wife and numerous children in Provo, Utah. It showed them having everything materially, that any person could desire. He said he loved spending time with his family, and we saw him and his children riding quad bikes across the acres of land which he owned. It appeared life was good for this Mormon. Back in 2015, I visited Provo and, with some local Christians, did some door-knocking. The sun was shining, the streets were gleaming, and the houses were palatial. We met some former missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who were now, by all visible evidence, living their best life now. It appears to me, that if you want to live the American Dream and find a religious belief that wi...

  ‘ But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers. ‘Unless you are circumcised according to the customs of Moses, you cannot be saved.’’ (Acts 15:1) In Acts 15 we see people who follow Paul around, questioning his message of grace, pressing the case for rules that they alone, of course, would teach and apply. These were likely the Pharisees of verse 5. Setting themselves up as authority figures , they insisted Gentiles needed to become Jews in order to become Christians. Y ou may throw at them as many grace verses as you like, their answer will always be the same familiar, ‘I know what it says, but this is what it means. Believe me, I am an authority on these things. I have been to the top of the mountain and have the anointing ’ Former cultists will find this so familiar, indeed I remember saying this myself. The message of the gospel of grace - saved by grace, through faith in Christ, works following - is so clear in the Bible. Yet there will always be th...