Nice: Why We Love to be Liked and How God Calls Us to More Week 1: Fake: The Fruit of Inauthenticity

<p>Series Description: <span style= "color: #2880b9;"><strong>Nice: Why We Love to be Liked and How God Calls Us to More</strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Niceness keeps the peace, wins friends, gains influence, and serves our reputations well, but it also takes the teeth out of our witness and the power out of our faith. Based on the book by Pastor Sharon Hodde Miller, this series explores the seemingly innocent idol that has crept into our faith and quietly corrupted it.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Sermon Description: Fake: <span style="color: #2880b9;"><strong>The Fruit of Inauthenticity, Matthew 7:16-20</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">In a compelling illustration, Jesus teaches that the health of a tree is evident in the quality of its fruit. And though being nice is one of the most valued qualities in the church and the world, a close inspection shows that it can easily lead to bad fruit - the first among them being inauthenticity.</span></p>