We don’t throw stones anymore.
Except… we do.
Online.
In conversations.
With a look, a tone, a pause.
In this episode, John Ortberg unpacks one of the most famous and unsettling teachings of Jesus:
“Let the one without sin cast the first stone.”
Through a powerful contrast between ancient scapegoating and the story of the woman in John 8, we see what Jesus is really doing:
Not denying sin.
Not ignoring truth.
But interrupting condemnation.
Because there is something in every human heart that wants:
someone to blame
someone to shame
someone to bring down
But Jesus offers a different way.
A way where:
truth is spoken
sin is taken seriously
but people are not crushed
The invitation today is simple—and hard:
Put down the stone.
Because the moment you release condemnation,
you make space for grace.
There is now… therefore… no condemnation.
📚 Today's Resources:
René Girard and James G. Williams, I See Satan Fall Like Lightning
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