City on a Hill
This week’s sermon continued our exploration of Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount, focusing on the metaphor of being the “light of the world” and a “city on a hill” (Matthew 5:14). Pastor highlighted the historical appropriation of this metaphor by figures like John Winthrop and U.S. presidents, including Reagan and JFK, to frame America as a moral beacon. However, the sermon challenged this narrative, redirecting us to Jesus’s original intent: a vision for his disciples as a new and alternative…
