We're all running a race with no finish line. Comparing ourselves to people who don't even know they're in the competition, chasing something we can't quite name, and still feeling like we're falling behind. In part five of The Jesus Way series, Lead Pastor Jon Stoe opens with something unexpected: a candid quote from Madonna at the height of her career, admitting she still couldn't outrun the fear of being mediocre. Turns out that feeling doesn't care how famous you are.

Jon digs into 1 Corinthians and the story of the Apostle Paul to unpack what the cross actually meant to the first people who followed Jesus. Not a symbol to wear around your neck. A way of life. One that looks foolish from the outside and goes completely against the grain of how we're wired to think about winning, proving ourselves, and keeping up. Ambition and achievement are good things, Jon says. They just make terrible masters.

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