Stop Turning Jesus into a Life Coach: The Problem with Self-Help Christianity (Holy Week)
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Stop Turning Jesus into a Life Coach: The Problem with Self-Help Christianity (Holy Week)
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In this episode of The Study Boys, Lex Lutheran and Flame dive into a growing trend in modern preaching: using Holy Week as a platform for self-help, personal elevation, and motivational messaging.
We engage recent examples, including teaching that turns Palm Sunday into a lesson about “humble means” leading to personal destiny, and interpretations of the resurrection that suggest Jesus died so we can avoid physical death—reframing it as mere temporal escape rather than the victory over sin and death.
But is that what the Scriptures actually teach?
We walk through what Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and Easter are truly about—not our platform, not our elevation, not our temporal success—but the forgiveness of sins, won for us by Christ and delivered through His Word and Sacraments.
This episode brings clarity, correction, and comfort, drawing the line between Christ-centered proclamation and man-centered application.
Christ for you—not a metaphor for you.