On Keeping the Cart Behind the Horse

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The episode centers on Romans 12 and the idea of keeping “the cart behind the horse.” J. D. Walt explains that the many practical commands in the chapter—serving, giving, encouraging, showing mercy, practicing hospitality, and living at peace—can’t be sustained by effort alone. They flow from the earlier call to offer ourselves to God and allow our minds to be renewed. The central aim is “real love”: sincere, unselfish love shaped by Jesus rather than performance, manipulation, or self-interest.

The reflection closes in prayer, inviting the Holy Spirit to form that kind of love in daily life. It then turns to the hymn “The Deep, Deep Love of Jesus,” with a conversation about how faith means walking one another home. J. D. encourages listeners to invite someone else into the Advent series, sharing a book and the daily practice of waking up to Jesus together.

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