Ep. 26 - Apostasy- The Temptation to Turn Back

Have you ever been so broken, so exhausted, and so tested by life that you considered giving up on your faith or God? In the wilderness seasons of our lives, the temptation to "return to Egypt"—to go back to our old lives of comfort and sin—can be overwhelming. In this raw and physically demanding message filmed during a steep mountain ascent, we confront the deadly spiritual reality of "shrinking back." Just as the Israelites grumbled in the desert and longed for the leeks and onions of Egypt, modern believers often romanticize their past when the path of righteousness gets steep and difficult. Drawing from personal examples of people that have fallen away from the faith, Michael’s own close calls to apostasy, Hebrews 10, the tragedy of Lot’s wife, and the Israelites' rebellion in Numbers, this video serves as a wake-up call to the weary soul. If you are standing on the edge of apostasy, or if you are just tired of the battle, this message is for you. The climb is hard, but the cost of turning back is your soul.