When Grace Runs Headlong over the Cliff of Entitlement (Luke 4:21-30)
Douglass Church - Douglass Blvd Christian Church
English - February 03, 2019 16:56 - 26.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsChristianity Religion & Spirituality Spirituality disciple christ progressive christian church open affirming lgbt justice sermon Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Coming to terms with our own privilege is a tricky thing. In my experience, most people resent the idea that they’ve somehow been given a leg up. But the problem with our privilege has less to do with what we’ve been given than with what we’re willing to sacrifice so that others can have the same advantages we do.
From God’s perspective, from the perspective of the new world Jesus is painting as he begins his ministry, the walls have been torn down so there’s no 'us' and 'them,' no 'insider' and no 'outsider,' no 'hometown folks' and no 'aliens.' There are only God’s children and the joy of the responsibility of announcing liberation from the tyranny of our own sense of entitlement.
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