I’m Bronson’s Dad and I’m writing this review on Father’s Day 2020. In this sermon Bronson graciously left out my role in him leaving Georgia and going to Ohio. The truth is I had a drug problem at that time as well, and I wasn’t the Dad I should’ve been. It’s not that I didn’t know Jesus, it’s that even as a Christian I was still trying to fill up the holes in my soul with other things. Not unlike the woman at the well. In the end I lost everything a man can lose but his life, including my son. It’s a painful memory on Father’s Day and there are many other painful memories, but that’s not where the story ends. As the sermon makes clear God loves us enough to let us lose those things that ultimately can never satisfy in order to find the one thing that will. And he gives us the weapon of theology. While some including myself at times may condemn me, God doesn’t. It’s so true that we don’t have to walk around feeling guilty no matter what we’ve done, we can walk around and be clean. Don’t mistake inevitable consequences for lack of being dearly loved in Christ. Know your Bible—study it and listen to solid sermons like this. The deeper the truth of God’s love, the gospel, sinks into your heart and mind the less thirsty you’ll be for substitutes and the more fulfilling and unshakable your life will be. You’ll be able to say with absolute certainty to guilt, “So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.” (Romans 8:1 NLT)
