Jesus Said What?!
Jesus Said What Again?!: Ritual Trashing
The bible is an ancient document. That means even as it inspires us, some of what we read in it sounds weird, gross, or just plain wrong. We’ve acutely experienced that in the first two weeks of our current sermon series, “Jesus Said What?!”
(To catch up on week 1 of the series click here. Week 2 is not currently available due to technical difficulties last Sunday. But check our Sermons page for updates.)
In this week’s installment of the series, we jump back into the gospel of Mark to find Jesus…insulting people? Not only insulting people but also being kinda grossly unsanitary? That can’t be right, can it? Yet it seems to be the case.
- What really raises Jesus’ ire in this story?
- How might we distinguish between needed discernment and just being mean and judgy?
- Which of our current routines and rituals might Jesus criticize?
These are a few of the questions with which Pastor Dave will wrestle in his sermon, “Jesus Said What?!: Ritual Trashing” this Sunday, August 29th.
One takeaway we’ve uncovered in this series is Jesus’ call for we who would follow him to embody our faith.
Series Information
Sometimes reading the bible can be like cuddling up with a warm blanket on a cold night. Other times reading the bible can be like finding safe refuge during a storm. Occasionally reading the bible can even be like hearing a fiery speech that sends us charging into the world to “resist evil and injustice in whatever forms they present themselves.”
But once in a while — maybe even more often than we like to admit — reading the bible results in more visceral reactions:
The bible is an ancient document. That means even as it inspires us, some of what we read in it sounds weird, gross, or just plain wrong. We acutely experience that in our sermon series, “Jesus Said What?!”