War (Part 3): No More Masks
Photo by John Noonan on Unsplash We all know someone who has a compulsive judging disorder (not a medically diagnosed condition, as far as I know). You know, the person whose sole purpose in life seems to be looking for something wrong with what everyone else is doing? If you’re like me, you have fallen victim to the graceless and vicious condemnation of some such person, perhaps even many times. Or, maybe you have even realized that you, like me, often have that same tendency (isn’t it weird that we often take on the very traits we dislike the most?). Regardless of which side you’ve been on, this post is for you. In this third installment of the “War” series, I am focusing on Romans 2:1-11. If you have been following along on my journey thus far, you may remember that Paul begins to set up his argument in Romans 1, and has started out by giving a little bit of a history of humankind’s rebellion against God, describing some of the specific sins we gravita...