Alignment, p3: When It's Good To Feel Bad

This week we look at two more forces that can move us to repentance: Sorrow and grace. Sorrow means that our sin makes us feel guilty; grace means that we don’t have to feel that way anymore. Our lives are lived best when these two forces are kept in balance.

The woman in John 8:1-11 is a powerful model of sorrow and grace working together. Jesus puts his own reputation on the line by loving her enough to forgive her, but also by challenging her to do better from that point on.