Judah Smith

Make rules and follow rules as needed, but don't focus on riles. Focus on faith. Focus on grace. Focus on Jesus.

Sometimes we get way too fixated on how powerful sin is and how weak we are. We worry that if we relax for a second, we'll mess up royally and ruin everything. Ironically, our paranoia only serves to make us more conscious of our sinfulness.

But difficult situations and wrong choices conspire to trap us in hopelessness.

The Bible is meant to be down-to-earth. It was written for real people facing real issues.