Advent Reading #21

The slavery of shame and guilt and pride...

There are two views of God prevalent in America today. The first view is that God is an angry God, watching us walk along a tight-rope of ethical and moral commands. In this view, God is simply waiting for us to step off the tight-rope, ready to punish us terribly, and gives us no chance of recovery into God’s good graces, for everyone knows that they a…