This is the second message in the teaching series on Jesus’s parables called, “Ears to Hear.” In this sermon, Pastor T. C. contrasts a story from a song, called “The Snake,” with a parable of Jesus which has come to be known as “The Good Samaritan.” The Snake story is a favorite of the current…
This is the introduction sermon for the “Ears to Hear” teaching series on the parables of Jesus. We’re taking another look at these enigmatic stories with an ear toward what they might have to say to us today. Because we are not only daily being formed by the practices in which we participate, but we…
Lament is a neglected aspect of Christian worship in the Western world and perhaps especially in the United States. In troubled times when it’s clear the world is not as it should be—God’s dream of shalom is disrupted—God’s people cry out to God on behalf of the vulnerable, the abused, the marginalized. Lament is an…