In this Sunday’s message (Nov. 12, 2023), Brother Dave addresses this congregant question: “Evangelicalism makes it easy to know if you are ‘good’ or ‘bad.’ If you are at church when the doors are open, attend Bible studies, and serve at the food pantry, you must be a good, faithful person who is going to heaven. When we strip away some of those ideas, how do we determine how we are doing in life? What metrics can we use to check ourselves? How do we create new habits or actions that are meaningful and valuable?” Drawing from Galatians 5, Luke 10, 1 John 3, and elsewhere, Brother Dave presents an ethic of care in which Christians exercise care (nuanced, serious attention to the particulars of the situation) when providing care for others.
