Feb 23, 2020
Wk 4: The Glorified Sacrifice
By: Troy Schreiner
Series: The World Turned Upside down
During Epiphany, we’ve focused on how Jesus showed himself to be the Son of God and the Savior of the world through word and deed. Transfiguration reveals a glimpse of Jesus in all his divine glory, and offers a sneak peek of Easter morning. Therefore, it’s particularly appropriate to celebrate Transfiguration on the Last Sunday after the Epiphany, before the Church descends into the shadowy valley of Lent, and the Christ, revealed today through a glimpse of glory, experiences the humility of suffering and death. It sounds paradoxical. The one who will be sacrificed in weakness and death will be glorified? And yet, in God, this world gets turned upside down!
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- Feb 23, 2020Wk 4: The Glorified SacrificeFeb 23, 2020Wk 4: The Glorified SacrificeBy: Troy SchreinerSeries: The World Turned Upside downDuring Epiphany, we’ve focused on how Jesus showed himself to be the Son of God and the Savior of the world through word and deed. Transfiguration reveals a glimpse of Jesus in all his divine glory, and offers a sneak peek of Easter morning. Therefore, it’s particularly appropriate to celebrate Transfiguration on the Last Sunday after the Epiphany, before the Church descends into the shadowy valley of Lent, and the Christ, revealed today through a glimpse of glory, experiences the humility of suffering and death. It sounds paradoxical. The one who will be sacrificed in weakness and death will be glorified? And yet, in God, this world gets turned upside down!
- Feb 16, 2020Week 3: Every Sin is SeriousFeb 16, 2020Week 3: Every Sin is SeriousBy: Troy SchreinerSeries: The World Turned Upside down"Just a little white lie." "Just one quick peek." "Just this one time." "Everyone else was doing it." "At least I'm not doing things like those people do!" "Nobody's getting hurt." "No one else even knows!" We're very good at coming up with excuses why our sins aren't really that big of a deal. But as God's Word reminds us today, there is no such thing as a harmless sin. Because every sin separates a person from the Holy God, and brings us further from the holy life that God calls us to live. Every sin is serious. And God is serious about sin! So serious, that God took action!Sermon Text: Matthew 5:21-37
- Feb 4, 2020Week 1: The Weak Are StrongFeb 4, 2020Week 1: The Weak Are StrongBy: Troy SchreinerSeries: The World Turned Upside down“Only the strong survive.” So the world says. In this world, the nations with the strongest militaries are feared. Those with the strongest investment portfolios are respected. Those with the loudest voices draw the biggest crowds. So the world thinks. That’s why it seems so upside down to hear Jesus say things like “Blessed are the poor.” “Blessed are those who mourn.” “Blessed are those who are persecuted.” That sounds like weakness, not strength, doesn’t it? So the world says. But in this world turned upside down, Jesus reminds us that those who the world thinks are strong are weak. And those who are weak, according to the world’s standards, are strong when they look for their strength in the right place.
