2. The Conversion of Our
Imaginations

3. Ever radically
changed what
you thought
about someone
you thought you
already knew?

4. What did Saul think about Jesus
before he met him as he was headed
to Damascus?

5. Not the Messiah
Blasphemer
Dangerous
Heretic

6. 11 Brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching
circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that
case the offense of the cross has been abolished.
Galatians 5

7. Saul had preached Circumcision.
COVENANT WITH GODTHE SIGN
One of!
God’s!
Chosen
ISRAEL
PROMISES BLESSINGS

8. Saul had preached Circumcision.
EXCLUSIVITYIDENTITY
One of!
God’s!
Chosen
ISRAEL
SET APART BELONG
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9. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor
uncircumcision has any value. The only
thing that counts is faith expressing itself
through love.
Galatians 5

10. What was it that converted
Paul’s imagination?

11. Christ crucified

12. 20 Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law?
Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish
the wisdom of the world? 21 For since in the wisdom of God the
world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased
through the foolishness of what was preached to save those
who believe.
1Corinthians 1

13. 22 Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, 23 but we
preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and
foolishness to Gentiles, 24 but to those whom God has called,
both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the
wisdom of God. 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than
human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than
human strength.
1Corinthians 1

14. 22 If someone guilty of
a capital offense is put
to death and their
body is exposed on a
pole, 23 you must not
leave the body
hanging on the pole
overnight. Be sure to
bury it that same day,
because anyone who
is hung on a pole is
under God’s curse.
Deuteronomy21:23

15. How does the
cross of Christ
offend how we
think and act
today?

16. The gospel can be reduced to
IMPROVEMENTS IN BEHAVIOR
We preach and teach Moralism.

17. PERFECT
We preach and teach Moralism.
Get your act together!Try harder.
If we’re
good,!
Jesus will
love us.
Don’t mess up. Ever again.
M
E A N I N G L E S S

18. “When an impossible objective is given to people in a
large hierarchy and when it is accompanied by immense
pressure to produce, the people in the organization will
also experience growing pressure to engage in unethical
behavior…
Robert E. Quinn, Deep Change (p.51-52)

19. “…An invisible form of corruption at the top, the exercise
of authority without concern or demand without support,
results in a very visible form of corruption at the bottom.”
Robert E. Quinn, Deep Change (p.51-52)

20. Not that necessary
Unsympathetic
Demanding
Source of fear

21. Exhausted yet?

22. 4 But when the time was right, God sent his Son,
and a woman gave birth to him. His Son obeyed
the Law, 5 so he could set us free from the Law,
and we could become God’s children.
Galatians 4