How can God’s wisdom interrupt our divided, polarized way of living? On Tuesday night of the 124th St. Louis Camp Meeting, Pastor David preached on Proverbs 16:1-9. Listen to his message here:
Giving Jesus a Drink
Racially-motivated shootings. The legalization of same-sex marriages. The fear of Islam encroaching on our religious and personal freedoms. A sixteen-month-long presidential election cycle that will divide the nation into two broad camps.
We have many reasons to distance ourselves from other people, reasons which have had a lot of air time in recent days.
But from a Christian perspective – and from my inherited perspective of white, male privilege – I wonder what our response to these things should be. If you are involved in social media at all, you have likely seen more than enough responses to any or all of these topics in the past week or so. Many of these have been so angry and dismissive that it grieves my heart.
Let me offer an alternative response: the example of Jesus in John 4. Continue reading
Jesus’s World: The Oppression
Rich/poor. Strong/weak. Male/female. White/black. We use words to divide people into “good” and “bad” categories. But Jesus came to eliminate all forms of oppression, as prophesied in Isaiah 61. Listen in to Pastor David’s sermon on how the work of Jesus can influence our lives today.