“That guy really needs Jesus!” Have you ever heard someone say that about a friend, who is lost in the world of alcohol, drugs or pornography? Have you ever thought that yourself, as you stepped over the people on the sidewalk, stacked like cordwood throughout the Tenderloin? It’s flawed gospel-logic according to Tim Keller, who spends this week’s chapter redefining lostness. Rather, he shows us that it may be you or I who have redefined what it means to be “lost,” in order to justify ourselves before God and grant significance to our lives, seeking our Father’s goods, without His grace. Here are some of the questions our little crowd discussed this morning at Java John’s:
- What do older brothers or moral conformists do, in order to reassure themselves that their lives matter – that they are significant?
- What is at the root of the moral conformist’s performance- driven life?
- When our prayers are only used to control our environment, what do they sound like?
- What is a “recovering believer” and what is it they need in order to be healthy and whole?
- The author says it’s important that we make a clear distinction between the gospel and religious moralism. Do you agree? Why?
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