Craig explores how habits and hidden sin can interfere with personal spiritual growth, and how a Christian’s conduct can become a stumbling block for others. Using examples from daily life, church attendance, family, and public witness, he urges listeners to remove distractions and live in a way that points people toward Christ.
Takeaways
- Sometimes it’s about what you are doing that gets in the way of you or of me growing in our relationship with the Lord.
- There are things in your life that you need to turn off so that you can better connect with the Lord.
- We should be mortified to consider that the decisions that we might make in our lives would cause others to stumble in their relationship with Christ.
- People often judge the church and ultimately judge Christ by the failure of his disciples.
- If you’re raising children and you’re telling them how much church matters, but if you use everything possible as an opportunity excuse to avoid attending church, your kids are learning very clearly.
- If we are not intentional, we may become the opposite of the Great Commission.
- All of those distractions, they just become interference.
- Be vigilant to avoid having those interferences in your own life that keep you from regularly and intimately connecting with Christ.
Sound Bites
- “Sometimes it’s about what you are doing.”
- “We may become the opposite of the Great Commission.”
- “They just become interference.”
Chapters
00:00 What it means to be a stumbling block
02:47 Craig’s Bluetooth interference analogy
05:44 How hidden sin disrupts closeness with God
09:03 Biblical warnings about causing others to stumble
10:28 When everyday conduct becomes a poor witness
12:19 Why people judge Christ by his followers
14:11The example parents set through church attendance
16:28 Living the Great Commission instead of undermining it
17:47 Protecting morning time from phone distractions
19:13 Listener stories and closing encouragement
