Episode 16: We Don’t Believe Our Own Stuff — Grace Edition
What exactly does it mean to be saved by grace “after all we can do?” Untangling our own merit from God’s love can be confusing. Cynthia and Susan discuss ways their understanding of this principle continues to evolve and influence their spiritual lives.
I came to realize that every religion, including our own have false traditions.
Think about a Muslim woman living in the Middle East who walks away from Islam. They are also walking away from wearing an oppressive veil.
Someone who walks away from our church also leaves behind damaging gender stereotypes which grew out of polygamy.
Jesus appearing before Emma shortly before her death is an example of Jesus accepting someone's actions who left the church.
Emma walked away from polygamy, a doctrine that I think grew out of deception and became entrenched as a false tradition.
132 starts out by justifying polygamy because of David and Solomon. Whereas Jacob 2:24 says Davd's and Solomon's wives were an abomination.
Jacob 2:30 is no loophole. "These things" refer to the abominations of polygamy throughout the chapter.