Wild Things & Untamed Tongues

Episode 3: Wild Things & Untamed Tongues1. You Asked for It (Q&A from Congregants & Listeners) Are those who rejected by Jesus in Matthew 7:23 the ones who are "saved through fire" in 1 Corinthians 3:15? 2. Sermon Discussion(a) Reading Revelation like Where the Wild Things Are(b) James 3: Untamed Tongues and Teachers as the Norm Setters for Speech about God *Excursus on the real meaning and intention of the separation of church and state.3. Offerings(a) From Christopher Beha's What Happened to Sophie Wilder? on learning to accept the unresolved stories that are not our own. This novel is a beautiful blend of Fight Club and The Notebook. (b) From Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's essay Live Not by Lies on the overlooked and underappreciated power of non-participation in in lies, which the *only* power that destroys the power of the lie. "You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd." —Flannery O'Connor