The Exodus From Religion

The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz Podcast · Apr 21, 2024 · 5m

We are the people of the Exodus.

For so long we lived in captivity, chained in the Egypt of our Religion.

Fear was our Pharaoh and he was cruel and brutal.

For years we toiled in the bondage of our captor, our backs bent over and our shoulders rubbed raw by everything piled high upon them. Spend enough time like that and you begin to grow used to the fear, even dependent on it. Terrified by what is outside the walls that hold you, you wonder if captivity is the best you can ever hope for. In fact, you get so used to being beaten down and used up, you start to believe that you deserve it all…