Sermons on Vision
Keep Awake
Pastor T. C. kicks off the “Those Who Dream” teaching series for the seasons of Advent, Christmastide, and Epiphany. In this homily, the theme of Hope is explored in the context of keeping awake to God’s work in the dark.
Shalom Justice
“Purposefully seeking the renewal of our city,” Roots’ third mission priority, requires us to have a unified vision of justice. Justice, as we have learned from Dr. Cornel West, is “what love looks like in public.” So, this week, we are looking at the big picture of justice in the biblical narrative. Like the picture on the puzzle box, if we are to seek justice, we need to know what the end goal we’re working toward looks like. The Bible’s…
The Disturbing Way of Jesus
In Acts 19, we read the account of Paul’s time in Ephesus establishing a church there. In three key passages in that chapter, we see three ways the Way of Jesus disturbs the status quo. In verses 8-10, we see that Paul’s radical Gospel of equality and unity among all ethnic groups led to the maligning of the Jesus Way. The Jesus Way disturbs our walls of hostility (Ephesians 2.14-16). Then, in verses 14-16, we see that the Jesus Way…
