The Christian life is not about extremes - it's about balance, obedience, and reverence for God. When I grew up, being a Christian was extreme; we feared the Lord and we at least tried to live holy. Now, everything goes! No reverence. No respect. No honor. No fear. No consequences...or so we think. Yes. God is loving, patient, merciful and kind, but He is also a God of judgment and you will reap what you sow.

God is not glorified by our extreme, and often misguided loyalties, but He honors and rewards our obedience and reverence.

The spirit of arrogance rules our culture today and often hides behind strong opinions and emotional reasoning. We feel entitled not only to speak but to be right. Opinions have become the new authority of the world. It’s no longer about what is true, but about how we feel and what we think. We’ve blurred the lines between personal opinion and absolute truth and elevated our opinions and preferences above the authority of God's Word, which IMAO is the only opinion that truly matters!

One of the greatest dangers to our walk with God is to forget who we are and whose we are. Many of us allow the cares of this world, cultural pressures, and self-ambition to cause us to slowly drift into living as though we belong to ourselves. We must go back to First Base – the foundation of our faith and remember the Lord our God - for it is He who has made us and not we ourselves!

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Well, Fam. We’ve come to the end of a chapter, and I don’t know if this is the final chapter or just a pause of this series. But it has been an incredible journey challenging you to Unlearn everything you thought you knew about God and to learn him all over again.

I pray this experience has given you cause to get to know God for yourself on an intimate level, one-on-one. When you do that, an unshakeable trust in Him will develop that NO one can take away.

Beloved, we must be convinced that there is absolutely nothing can separate us from the love of God! He loves you. He’s got you. All of you. No matter what.

Thank you for taking this ride with me. Until next time...

Today, I’d like to speak a word of encouragement to you and remind you to relax.

Many of us who were raised ‘old school’ grew up in the church living in fear, condemnation, and guilt and always conscious of our sins, wondering if God really loved you and if he was pleased with you. We were taught that you had to work hard and toil for salvation when the only thing God asked of us is to simply Believe. Everything else we need flows from our belief in Him. We rest in Him because His yoke is easy and His burden is light. Relax. When you rest, God works!

On today's episode of the Unlearn, we are discussing the certain reality of change. We know that life is a constant series of change and nothing stays the same. As God's children we sometimes tend to think God will always do things the same way. We should never get so familiar or comfortable with God that we think we know Him like that! Yes, He's the same yesterday, today and forever, but the way He does things may change.

God is a progressive God...always moving. And our ability to hear his voice and obey what He says is critical. We must pay close attention to what God is saying and be ready to move at His command!

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I can't seem to get away from the garden! On today's episode we will share final thoughts on the importance of guarding your heart and why it's really impossible to do so without Help. Let me explain. The self-help movement has taken us by storm, empowering us to become our best selves. There's nothing wrong with wanting to better ourselves, but let's be clear, there is no enduring self-help without Jesus!

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