This sermon continues on with the theme of checking in with our expectations of Jesus and learning what He was really about and what He is really trying to do in our world. This week, we consider how much Jesus was different from the world’s definition of greatness and glory. If we re-define those things for ourselves, perhaps our ambitions might change and we might experience more peace.
We are entering a new sermon series with the season of Lent! This series will continue on in the gospel of Mark and help us to examine our expectations of what our savior should look like as compared with what Jesus actually came to do and to be for us. Many of our concepts of these things in the series are based on values of our world and culture and not on Jesus values.
The series will follow this timeline:
This sermon considers two stories set side by side in three of the four Gospels: Jesus’ glorious transfiguration on the mountaintop (showing the world that He is truly God) in contrast to His scary prediction about dying on the cross in days to come (like a common criminal). How do we make sense of a God like this and how do we live as followers of that God?
Audio of Sermon: 2/23/2020: Losing Life to Save It-What Does Jesus Mean?
This sermon thinks about a story where Jesus is once again criticized by the most religious people. Jesus seems to not care about rules and tradition. What does that mean for people in church today? What really matters to God and how can we be good?
Audio of Sermon: 2/16/2020: Insides and Outsides: What Makes Us Bad or Good?
This sermon explores how Jesus taught about (and personally coped with) rejection. How are many of our lives held hostage to fear of rejection and disapproval? What does Jesus say about how we can live and follow Him with greater freedom?
Audio of Sermon: 2/9/2020: When the World Says No: What does God Say?