Michael Clary

Michael Clary

Transactional Christianity

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Michael Clary
Dec 18, 2024
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“Serving God doesn’t work.”

That’s what the people in Malachi’s day believed. In Malachi 3:14, they complained, “It is vain to serve God. What is the profit of our keeping His charge?” They had reduced their faith to a transaction: obedience in, blessings out. When life didn’t go as planned, they concluded that following God was pointless.

This pragmatic…

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