Sermons on Justice (Page 4)
Faithful Resistance & Subversive Creativity
In this sermon, Pastor T. C. kicks off a new teaching series from Exodus chapter 1 as we follow along with the Revised Common Lectionary. By joining with hundreds of millions of other Christians around the world, we are seeking to discern what God’s Spirit is saying to the whole church. This message focuses on the faithful resistance and subversive creativity that is highlighted in the story of Moses’s birth. The two Hebrew midwives, Shiphrah and Puah demonstrate faithful resistance…
Spirit and Systems
Continuing in the season of Pentecost, this sermon follows up on the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2, with teaching on how the early church reimagined life together as a multiethnic community, confronted opposition from the broader society, and challenges from within. Two of the challenges from within were some self-interested disciples centering themselves while lying to the Holy Spirit, and ethnic discrimination within the system of food distribution. The Holy Spirit gave the early church the wisdom…
Breath and Fire
This sermon is about the liberating power of the Holy Spirit, who is symbolized by breath and fire. This message is also about Jesus, who was crushed by the unjust power of empire, just like George Floyd. And this message is about the alternative society of shalom God is forming among the ethnically diverse body of Christ.
Temptations
In the Gospel according to Luke, Jesus is led by the Spirit into the wilderness. There he confronts the devil and resists three temptations. These three temptations aren’t just instructive for us personally, they also describe perennial temptations the church faces in relationship to society. They are: 1. Empire Economics; 2. Idolatrous Nationalism; and 3. Blasphemous Religion.
Breaking the Chains Intro
Lent is a season of the Christian calendar in which we are once again invited to be formed by the pattern of Jesus’s life. In this series we will not only explore the personal application of Lenten practice, but also the corporate application. A framing passage for this series is from Isaiah 58: Shout it aloud, do not hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet. Declare to my people their rebellion and to the descendants of Jacob their sins.…