Popular Christianity skews God's insistence that man is to be obedient and compliant with laws. This message examines common excuses that twist Scripture in an attempt to diminish one's need to be lawful in a strict sense. Deeds and words of David, Paul and Jesus get a fresh look as we see through deceptive myths that tend to diminish the importance of carefully obeying all that God commands, or else.

John Elliott

Elder, United Church of God

John Elliott is a retired pastor of congregations in Canada, the United States, East Africa and serves on the Council of Elders.