Observation Point

"Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me."   Luke 9:23

Lead Pastor Steve Fowler of Salem Alliance Church unpacked this key Bible passage about Jesus' teachings in his weekend sermon and used this gem from C.S. Lewis:

“The natural life in each of us is something self-centered, something that wants to be petted and admired, to take advantage of other lives, to exploit the whole universe… Especially it wants to be left to itself: to keep well away from anything that might make it feel small. It is afraid of the light and air of the spiritual world…and in a sense it is quite right. It knows that if the spiritual life gets hold of it, all its self-contentedness and self-will are going to be killed and it is ready to fight tooth and nail to avoid that.”

We have met the enemy and he is us. Welcome to the fight.