SCRIPTURE READING Ephesians 2.19–22 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT Many people like Jesus Christ but dislike his church. I understand their feelings. The more I read the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ life, teaching, miracles, death, and resurrection, the more I want to be like him. But I have seen some of his followers behave in ways that must embarrass him and make the devil proud. Go to any church, and you’ll see the Seven Deadly Sins of pride, greed, envy, anger, lust, gluttony, and sloth on full display. Why don’t churches do a better job of destroying sin and building saints? (Real saints, … Continue reading Internalizing the Good News (Ephesians 2.19–22)