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Why Jesus’ Wide-Gate Warning Targets Religious People

August 31, 2026

Summary

Two roads lie before us, and the wide one is a death trap. Jesus ends His great sermon with a choice: a wide gate to destruction, a narrow one to life. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller walks through five vivid pairings that force a choice. Discover why the real divide isn’t good people versus bad, but religious people versus Jesus.

This is part one of the sermon, “The Two Ways.”

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