No Longer a TACL*

*No, that’s no misprint above, but you’ll have to listen to the podcast to understand the title. When we are convinced that we have to earn God’s favor through our own self-efforts, we will not only distance ourselves from God at our place of greatest need, but we’ll also turn on others when they don’t work as hard as we do. People’s responses to the political and economic landscape of the United States provide a backdrop for Brad and Wayne’s discussion about the choice between trying to fix ourselves or others through religious efforts, or learning to simply follow Jesus as his glory unfolds in the very situations in which we find ourselves.