The Mission - Week Four: "No Easy Way Out"
This week we are continuing the sermon series that we've been working on for the past several weeks--a sermon series entitled, "The Mission: Living the Christian Life--Like A Christian." Each week we have been wrestling with the question, "Jesus is Risen... Now What?" And each week we have taken on a different aspect of the Christian life: faith, courage, love and now today we'll be exploring forgiveness. To begin with, I need to state something obvious: Forgiveness is hard. It's not easy to forgive when you've been terribly wronged. I have some experience with these kinds of things. For example, I stopped watching American Idol when Chris Daughtry was voted off the show. Chris Daughtry was the bizzomb. I totally had a man crush on Chris Daughtry. He wore cool clothes and was the first real rock and roll singer on American Idol. I don't count that Constantin kid. You might remember the year that Chris Daughtry should ...