Interestingly I posted this yesterday when it had 300 views. Today for some reason it has over 6 million. Funny thing this internet.
With all the views comes all the buzz, comes the sides comes the analysis, comes the you get what I mean. However a man I highly respect and admire (Kevin DeYoung) posted a critique of this video going line by line. I'd invite you to read it, chew on what he's saying and let me know your thoughts.
Here is a excerpt from the article:
"The word “religion” occurs five times in English Standard Version of the Bible. It is, by itself, an entirely neutral word. Religion can refer to Judaism (Acts 26:5) or the Jewish-Christian faith (Acts 25:19). Religion can be bad when it is self-made (Col. 2:23) or fails to tame the tongue (James 1:26). But religion can also be good when it cares for widows and orphans and practices moral purity (James 1:27). Unless we define the word to suit our purposes, there is simply no biblical grounds for saying Jesus hated religion. What might be gained by using such language will, without a careful explanation and caveats, be outweighed by what is lost when we give the impression that religion is the alloy that corrupts a relationship with Jesus."Here is the link to the entire article:
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