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Circa 2009 I bought my dream motorcycle.

She was a black Honda CBR1000RR—one of the fastest production bikes on the market. Her name was Rhonda, and she lived up to that billing.

FAST!

One of the first things you have to learn while riding a motorcycle is that you don’t really get second chances—meaning, you need to ride with the attitude that any potential accident is your fault.

In other words, you, as the motorcycle rider, are the one taking all the risks. You’re the one facing potential life-threatening injuries if someone pulls out in front of you. And with the advent of texting and driving, this happens more frequently than you’d want to admit. So you need to protect yourself.

In fact, just the other morning I rode my pedal bike to work, and was nearly killed three times! Once because someone looked left to turn right on a red, but didn’t look right, which was exactly where I was. Once because someone was eating and driving and veering towards me. And once because of the afore mentioned texting. That’s kind of ridiculous.

But here’s my point.

This October we’re starting a brand new sermon series called, “Strapped.”

The primary passage for this whole series is from Colossians 2:8 which reads, “See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.”

My translation: You can be saved and not free. You’re held captive. You’re strapped. By something that’s not even true. In the same way that you have to take responsibility for those around you while on a bike, take on the responsibility to ensure that you’re not believing a lie.

I hope you can join us as we try and learn to unstrap ourselves together.