Socks and Sandals Are An Abomination, But You're Not. (James 1.17-27, Mark 7.1-8, 14-15, 21-23)
I feel I need to nail my colours to the mast about a very important subject, a subject that has been on my mind all summer. Socks and sandals. I hate socks and sandals. Socks and sandals to me are a massive no, no. Even more than camping. Let’s do a straw poll, who thinks that socks and sandals are a good thing, hands up, be honest. Who thinks that socks and sandals are an abomination. Well, now we know who’s getting into the kingdom of heaven don’t we? No I’m joking of course, but hear me out. What if I started to separate out the people who wear socks and sandals? What if I started saying that the people who didn’t wear the correct footwear in or outside of church weren’t proper Christians? What if I said that I had trawled through the Bible and found biblical justifications for ostracizing people who wear socks and sandals, and that as a leader of this community, it is my job to safeguard all Christians against those who do this, because it’s not of God. Who thinks...