Is the Road to Hell Really Paved With Good Intentions?

Why is it that a story about a meth kingpin, or a gritty movie about two brothers beating each other half to death, can sometimes teach us more about the human soul than a Sunday morning sermon?This week on The Easy Approach, Nate, Tony, and Canaan introduce the concept of the "Accidental Gospel" - the undeniable reality that secular culture keeps accidentally preaching grace, redemption, and self-sacrifice. Starting with Canaan's surprise picks of Warrior and The Iron Giant, the guys explore why human beings are so hardwired to cry at a good story and how the world just can't seem to escape the narrative of Jesus.But it doesn't take long for the conversation to derail into a massive, heavy-hitting theological debate about the darker side of human nature.In this episode, we cover:The MMA Gospel: Why the brutal climax of Warrior perfectly illustrates Romans 2:4, and why love will always break a person faster than physical pain.The Walter White Descent: How a "seared conscience" works, and how seemingly small moral compromises can turn a good person into a monster.The Nature of Villains: Why nobody actually believes they are the bad guy in their own story.The Big Debate: Is the road to hell really paved with good intentions, or just a distorted, selfish vision of the good life?Hardwired for Glory: What N.T. Wright, C.S. Lewis, and Psalm 19 reveal about the deep, unavoidable longings designed directly into our DNA.