Presented May 22, 2011<\/p>\n
I try not to do extreme anything.<\/em> <\/strong>I am not a political extremist. None of the political parties have ever really met my desires or expectations. I am not an ethnic extremist. Racism was something that once ran deep in my blood. God\u2019s eliminated a great deal of that. And while I do believe Jesus is the only hope for all humankind, I probably don\u2019t classify as a religious extremist.<\/p>\n Yet, I do <\/strong>struggle with extremism. <\/strong>I think all of us find ourselves reacting extremely to many things. Narrow-mindedness makes me crazy and I have extreme reactions to it. Legalism in the church is something I struggle not to over-react to. And when a supposedly mature Christian causes a younger Christian to stumble, I want to over-react to that.<\/p>\n Sometimes we struggle with extremism in terms of our reactions.<\/p>\n And many struggle not to live life in the extremes.<\/strong><\/p>\n This podcast speaks to this issue and gives steps one can take to escape the pitfall of extremism.<\/p>\n ~Pastor Steve<\/p>\n