Why Tethered?
Through podcasts, written resources, and gatherings, we aim to help people see Christ in all of Scripture, rest in his finished work, and understand the freeness of the gospel.
We want people to take comfort in his compassionate heart toward sinners and sufferers — and to call them away from themselves and unto Christ, where confidence, assurance, peace, and life are actually found.
Christ is often obscured. Not necessarily denied. Not necessarily rejected. Often, he is affirmed, named, preached, and praised. But in many churches and Christian spaces, the finished work of Christ is functionally moved to the background, while the sinner's performance, sincerity, discipline, improvement, and inward experience are moved to the foreground.
The result is confusion. The law and the gospel are collapsed. What God commands and what God gives are blurred together. Sinners are told that Jesus saves, but then are subtly taught to look within themselves for the confidence, assurance, and peace that can only be found outside of themselves in Christ.
This is not a fringe problem. It is the air many people have breathed for generations. Revivalism, pietism, legalism, and the subjectification of religion have trained many people to look in when the gospel calls them to look out — away from self and unto Christ.
The answer is not vague encouragement. It is not more spiritual intensity. It is not new disciplines. The answer is the clear proclamation of the person, work, and heart of Christ.
Jesus is enough. His obedience is enough. His death is enough. His resurrection is enough. His righteousness is enough. His compassion toward sinners is real. The gospel is not merely the way into the Christian life. It is the foundation, comfort, and hope of the whole thing.
You are not held by your performance.
You are held by Christ.
Tethered is a new proclamation ministry, alongside the local church, that exists to proclaim the person, work, and heart of Christ — anchoring sinners to him and helping them see that he is enough.