Sacrament Church
195 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis is the weekly sermon podcast from Sacrament Church in Nashville, TN.
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Forgiveness People
April 15, 2024 10:55 - 30 minutes - 55.3 MBSunday, April 7, 2024 Resources: Willie James Jennings, Acts (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2017). Tom Wright, Acts for Everyone, (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2008). Wright, Surprised By Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church, (New York: HarperCollins, 2008). Lewis B. Smedes, Forgive and Forget: Healing the Hurts We Don’t Deserve, (San Fransisco: Harper, 1984). Chris E.W. Green, “Why Does the Resurrection Matter?” Speakeasy Theology, April ...
Surprised by Silence - Easter 2024
April 06, 2024 14:54 - 25 minutes - 45.9 MBSunday, March 31, 2024 Resources: Richard Hays, First Corinthians (Louisville: 2011). Gordon Fee, The First Epistle to the Corinthians, Revised Edition (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2014). Scot McKnight, The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited (Grand Rapids:Zondervan, 2011). Tom Wright, Mark for Everyone (Louisville: John Knox, 2001). Rowan Williams, Meeting God in Mark: Reflections for the Season of Lent (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2014). Eugene H. Peterson, Under ...
Palm Sunday
April 04, 2024 11:36 - 36 minutes - 67 MBSunday, March 24, 2024 N.T. Wright, The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is, (Downers Grove: IVP, 1999), 34-53. Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan, The Last Week: A Day-by-Day Account of Jesus's Final Week in Jerusalem, (New York: HarperCollins, 2006). Esau McCaulley, Lent: The Season of Repentance and Renewal, (Downers Grove: Intervarsity Press, 2022). Wright, Mark for Everyone, (Louisville: John Knox, 2001). Fleming Rutledge, The Undoing of Death: Sermons for Hol...
Planted
March 26, 2024 11:25 - 27 minutes - 18.2 MBSunday, March 17, 2024 Resources: Walter Brueggemann, A Commentary on Jeremiah: Exile and Homecoming (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998). Christopher J.H. Wright, To the Cross: Proclaiming the Gospel from the Upper Room to Calvary (Downers Grove: Intervarsity, 2017). Chris E.W. Green, Being Transfigured: Lenten Homilies (Abbotsford, BC: St. Macrina, 2023). Madeleine L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time (New York: Random House, 1996). Wendell Berry, “An Entrance to the Woods,” Recollected Essays 1965-...
Our Snakefulness
March 17, 2024 11:40 - 31 minutes - 58.3 MBSunday, March 10, 2024 Resources: John Goldingay, Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone, (Louisville: Presbyterian Publishing, 2010). C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, (New York: HarperCollins, 1952). William Barclay, The Gospel of John, Volume One, (Louisville: Presbyterian Publishing, 2001). Gregory of Nazianzus, “Poem 2.”
The Clutter and the Cleansing
March 13, 2024 11:59 - 26 minutes - 49.6 MBSunday, March 3, 2024 Readings: Exodus 20:1-17 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 John 2:13-22 Chris E.W. Green, "On Using the Cleansing of the Temple to Justify Violence,” Clarion, January 18, 2021, https://www.clarion-journal.com/clarion_journal_of_spirit/2021/01/on-using-the-cleansing-of-the-temple-to-justify-violence-chris-green.html. Tom Wright, John for Everyone (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2001). Wright, The New Testament and the People of God, (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1992). Mariann...
Before and Behind: The Second Sunday in Lent.
March 03, 2024 12:31 - 27 minutes - 51.3 MBSunday, February 25, 2024 Suggested Resources: Walter Brueggemann, Genesis (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1982), Terence E. Fretheim, Abraham: Trials of Family and Faith (Minneapolis: 1517 Media, 2024). N.T. Wright, Paul and the Faithfulness of God, (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2013). Wright, Mark for Everyone (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2001). Rowan Williams, Meeting God in Mark: Reflections for the Season of Lent, (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2014). Chris E.W. G...
Guest Speaker - Bishop Beth Owen
February 29, 2024 03:39 - 23 minutes - 16.9 MBSunday, February 18, 2024
Guest Speaker - Deacon Jessica Rider
February 10, 2024 12:45 - 29 minutes - 54.2 MBSunday, February 4, 2024
Guest Speaker - Bishop Chris Green
February 03, 2024 12:51 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBSunday, January 28, 2024 Readings: Deuteronomy 18:15-20 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 Mark 1:21-28
The Upending Love of God
January 27, 2024 12:19 - 25 minutes - 15.1 MBSunday, January 21, 2023 Resources: Eugene H. Peterson, Under the Predictable Plant: An Exploration in Vocational Holiness, (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1992). Richard B. Hays, First Corinthians, (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2011). Tom Wright, Mark for Everyone, (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2001). Craig S. Keener, The IVP Bible Backgrounds Commentary, New Testament, (Downers Grove: Intervarsity, 2014).
Can Anything Good Come From This?
January 25, 2024 12:25 - 31 minutes - 20 MBSunday, January 14, 2024 Resources: Eugene H. Peterson, First and Second Samuel (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1999). Richard B. Hays, First Corinthians, (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2011). Tom Wright, John for Everyone: Part 1, Chapters 1-10, (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2002). Martin Luther King, Jr., Stride Toward Freedom, (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1958).
The Baptism of Jesus of Nazareth
January 22, 2024 12:54 - 35 minutes - 23.6 MBSunday, January 7, 2024 Resources: Walter Brueggemann, Genesis, (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1982). Eugene Peterson, As Kingfishers Catch Fire: A Conversation on the Ways of God Formed by the Words of God, (New York: Crown, 2019). John H. Walton, The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate, (Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2009). Ray S. Anderson, The Soul of Ministry: Forming Leaders for God’s People, (Westminster John Knox: Louisville, 1997).
Guest Speaker - John Thompson
January 10, 2024 13:01 - 44 minutes - 83.2 MBSunday, December 31, 2023
Receptivity (The 4th Sunday of Advent/Christmas Eve)
January 02, 2024 01:26 - 24 minutes - 44.3 MBSunday, December24, 2023 Reading: 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16 Romans 16:25-27 Luke 1:26-38 Suggested Resources: Eugene H. Peterson, First and Second Samuel (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1999). Benjamin Myers, The Apostles Creed: A Guide to the Ancient Catechism (Bellingham, WA: Lexham, 2018). Tom Wright, Luke for Everyone (Louisville: Westminister, 2001). Christopher Knowles, Our Gods Wear Spandex: The Secret History of Comic Book Heroes (San Francisco: Red Wheel/Weiser, 2007).
Rejoicing
December 22, 2023 13:31 - 29 minutes - 54.4 MBSunday, December 17, 2023 Resources: Jeremy Seifert, “the church forests of Ethiopia,” Aeon, March 4, 2020, https://aeon.co/videos/how-hundreds-of-small-gardens-of-eden-guard-against-total-deforestation-in-ethiopia. “Dayenu: It Would Have Been Enough,” My Jewish Learning, Accessed on December 11, 2023, https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/dayenu-it-would-have-been-enough/. Scot McKnight, A Fellowship of Differents: Showing the World God’s Design for Life Together, (Grand Rapids: Zond...
Preparation
December 17, 2023 12:48 - 32 minutes - 21.9 MBSunday, December 10, 2023 Suggested Resources: Fleming Rutledge, Advent: The Once and Future Coming of Jesus Christ (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2018). Robert Alter, “Isaiah,” The Hebrew Bible: Volume 2, the Five Books of the Prophets, a Translation with Commentary (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2019). Walter Brueggemann, Isaiah 40-66 (Louisville: Presbyterian Publishing Company, 1998). Tom Wright, Mark for Everyone (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2001).
Advent Week 1: Anticipation
December 09, 2023 12:50 - 31 minutes - 57.4 MBSunday, December 3, 2023 Fleming Rutledge, Advent: The Once and Future Coming of Jesus Christ (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2018). Tom Wright, Mark for Everyone (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2001). Gregory the Great, “Homilies I.” Shane Claiborne quote: https://twitter.com/ShaneClaiborne/status/1727910987192262946 Ian Simkins Quote: https://x.com/iansimkins/status/1332335057600647173?s=46&t=2k-idvaum331qpiRIW39Zw
Guest Speaker - Rev. Jessica Rider
December 03, 2023 12:45 - 30 minutes - 56.1 MBSunday, November 26, 2023
The Risky Kingdom.
November 30, 2023 13:33 - 30 minutes - 56.6 MBSunday, November 19, 2023 Suggested Resources: Tom Wright, Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians (Louisville: John Knox, 2002). Fleming Rutledge, Advent: The Once and Future Coming of Jesus Christ (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2018).
Awaiting the Wedding
November 18, 2023 12:28 - 30 minutes - 19.3 MBSunday, November 12, 2023 Suggested Resources: Robert Alter, “Deuteronomy,” The Hebrew Bible: Volume 1, the Five Books of Moses, a Translation with Commentary, (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2019). Carolyn J. Sharp, “Commentary on Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25,” Working Preacher, November 8, 2020, https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/ordinary-32/commentary-on-joshua-241-3-14-25. N.T. Wright, Matthew for Everyone: Part Two, Chapters 16-28 (Louisville: Westmins...
All Saints
November 14, 2023 12:18 - 22 minutes - 41 MBSunday, November 5, 2023 Reading: Revelations 7:9-17 1 John 3:1-3 Matthew 5:1-12 Suggested Resources: Esau McCaulley, Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope, (Grand Rapids: InterVarsity, 2020). Eugene H. Peterson, As Kingfishers Catch Fire: A Conversation on the Ways of God Formed by the Words of God, Audiobook, (New York: Penguin Random House, 2017). Tom Wright, Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians, (Louisville: Westminster Joh...
The New Disposition
November 08, 2023 12:24 - 31 minutes - 58 MBSunday, October 29, 2023 Suggested Resources: Robert Alter, “Deuteronomy,” The Hebrew Bible: Volume 1, the Five Books of Moses, a Translation with Commentary, (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2019). Walter Brueggemann, Texts for Preaching, Year A: A Lectionary Commentary Based on the NRSV, (Louisville: Presbyterian Publishing Company, 1995). Cyril of Jerusalem, “Catechetical Lecture 16.26.” N.T. Wright, Matthew for Everyone, Part 2 (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2002), 93-95. Cra...
The Face of God
October 29, 2023 13:09 - 33 minutes - 61.4 MBSunday, October 22, 2023 Suggested Resources: John Goldingay, Exodus and Leviticus for Everyone, (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2010). Martin Luther King, Jr., “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop,” Stanford, April 3, 1968, https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/ive-been-mountaintop. Augustine, “The Trinity 2.17.28.” Origen, “Commentary on the Song of Songs 3.15.” Tom Wright, Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians, (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2002). C.S. Lewis, Mere Christ...
For This We Rejoice
October 22, 2023 11:39 - 33 minutes - 61.5 MBSunday, October 16, 2023 Suggested Resources: John Goldingay, Exodus and Leviticus for Everyone, (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2010). Terence E. Fretheim, Exodus, (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2010). Tom Wright, Paul for Everyone, The Prison Letters: Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon, (London: Wipf and Stock, 2002). Lynn H. Cohick, Philippians, (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2013). Stanley Hauerwas, Matthew, (Baker: Grand Rapids: 2007). Frederick Dale Bruner, Mat...
Imatio Dei
October 15, 2023 11:46 - 30 minutes - 20.3 MBSunday, October 8, 2023 Suggested Resources: John Goldingay, Exodus and Leviticus for Everyone, (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2010). Terence E. Fretheim, Exodus, (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2010). Peter J. Leithart, “Are the Ten Commandments Still Relevant?” Logos, February 5, 2020, https://www.logos.com/grow/are-the-ten-commandments-still-relevant/. Tom Wright, Matthew for Everyone, Part 2 (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2002). Stanley Hauerwas, Matthew, (Baker: Gran...
Healing for Incurvatus
October 08, 2023 11:56 - 24 minutes - 45.8 MBSunday, October 1, 2023 Readings: Exodus 17:1-7 Philippians 2:1-13 Matthew 21:23-32 Suggested Resources: N.T. Wright, Paul: (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2005). Lynn H. Cohick, Philippians, (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2013). Stanley Hauerwas, Matthew, (Baker: Grand Rapids: 2007). Robert Farrar Capon, Kingdom, Grace, Judgement: Paradox, Outrage, and Vindication in the Parables of Jesus, (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002). John Chrysostom, “The Gospel of Matthew Homily 67.3.”
The Scandal of Grace
September 30, 2023 11:19 - 31 minutes - 58.3 MBSunday, September 24, 2023 Suggested Resources: John Goldingay, Exodus and Leviticus for Everyone (Louisville: Westminster, 2010). Terence E. Fretheim, Exodus (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2010). C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters, (San Francisco: HarperOne, 1942). Stanley Hauerwas, Matthew, (Baker: Grand Rapids: 2007).
The Good News of Liberation
September 23, 2023 11:50 - 26 minutes - 49.7 MBSunday, September 17, 2023 Exodus 14:19-31 Romans 14:1-12 Matthew 18:21-35 John Goldingay, Exodus and Leviticus for Everyone (Louisville: Westminster, 2010). Terence E. Fretheim, Exodus (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2010). C.S. Lewis, “The Great Divorce,” Complete Works of C.S. Lewis. Robert Farrar Capon, Kingdom, Grace, Judgement: Paradox, Outrage, and Vindication in the Parables of Jesus (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002), N.T. Wright, Matthew for Everyone: Part Two, (Louisville...
The God Who Shapes
September 21, 2023 12:31 - 26 minutes - 17.1 MBSunday, September 10, 2023 Exodus 12:1-14 Romans 13:8-14 Matthew 18:15-20 John Goldingay, Exodus and Leviticus for Everyone (Louisville: Westminster, 2010). Terence E. Fretheim, Exodus (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2010). N.T. Wright, Matthew for Everyone: Part Two, (Louisville: John Knox Press, 2002). Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship, (New York: Touchstone, 1959).
The Rock and the Stumbling Block
September 08, 2023 12:39 - 36 minutes - 67.4 MBSunday, September 3, 2023 Resources: Terence E. Fretheim, Exodus, (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2010). John Goldingay, Exodus and Leviticus for Everyone, (Louisville: Westminster, 2010). Fr. David Harvey is a biblical scholar on the New Testament. He pastors at Westside King’s Church in Calgary, Alberta (https://www.wkc.org/), and is on a great podcast found here: https://www.twotexts.com/ N.T. Wright Matthew for Everyone: Part Two, (Louisville: John Knox Press, 2002). Madeleine ...
Come Hell or High Water
September 01, 2023 11:04 - 37 minutes - 69.8 MBSunday, August 27, 2023 On the Nokia 3310: https://www.androidauthority.com/nokia-3310-900425/ Walter Brueggemann, Genesis, (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1982). Terence E. Fretheim, Exodus, (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2010). N.T. Wright, Matthew for Everyone: Part Two, Chapters 16-28 (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2002). Stanley Hauerwas, Matthew (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2007).
Proclamation of Grace
August 29, 2023 10:49 - 28 minutes - 53.4 MBReadings: Genesis 45:1-15 Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32 Matthew 15:21-28 Resources: Walter Brueggemann, Genesis, (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1982). Ambrose, “on Joseph 12.68-69.” Lynn H. Cohick, “The Canaanite Woman of Matthew 15,” Zondervan Academic, October 21, 2008, Accessed on August 14, 2023, https://zondervanacademic.com/blog/the-canaanite-w. Amy-Jill Levine, “Matthew’s Advice to a Divided Readership,” The Gospel of Matthew in Current Study: Studies in Memory of William G. Tho...
The Dream and the Chaos.
August 21, 2023 11:53 - 24 minutes - 45.5 MBReadings: Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 Romans 10:5-15 Matthew 14:22-33 Walter Brueggemann, Genesis, (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1982). N.T. Wright, Matthew for Everyone: Part One, Chapters 1-15 (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2002). Wright, Surprised By Hope (New York: HarperCollins, 2008).
Guest Speaker - Bishop Dan Scott
August 11, 2023 11:34 - 12 minutes - 8.84 MBSunday, August 6, 2023 Readings:
Guest Speaker - Trishia Warrick
August 04, 2023 11:42 - 23 minutes - 43 MBSunday, July 30, 2023 Scripture Readings: Genesis 29:15-29 Romans 8:26-39 Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52
God in Random Places
July 29, 2023 11:21 - 24 minutes - 45.5 MBSunday, July 23, 2023 Readings: Genesis 28:10-19a Romans 8:12-25 Matthew 13:24-30,36-43 This week, we hear of God’s presence in the places of weakness and vulnerability. We discuss the difference between “fixing” and “healing,” and the significance of patience in the story of God and his people. Walter Brueggemann, Genesis, (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1982). Jerome, Homilies on the Psalms. John Chrysostom, Homilies on Genesis, 54.17. Augustine, Glaphyra on Genesis, 3-4. Be...
Guest Speaker - Bishop Ed Gungor
July 24, 2023 01:47 - 23 minutes - 43.8 MBSunday, July 16, 2023 Today we are honored to hear from Bishop Ed Gungor.
The Yokes on You
July 14, 2023 11:46 - 33 minutes - 22.6 MBSunday, July 9, 2023 This week, we look at the burdens each of us carry, specifically those of which we need to let go. Resources: Walter Brueggemann, Genesis, (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1982). John Goldingay, Genesis, (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2020). Stanley Hauerwas, Matthew, (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2007). Augustine, Sermon 69.2
Radical Trust
July 12, 2023 12:38 - 35 minutes - 65.4 MBSunday, July 2, 2023 This week we hear one of the most challenging stories in all of scripture: God’s command for Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac. What is up with this story? And what could it possibly tell us about the nature of God? Resources: A great book which explores the Old Testament reading is The Art of Reading Scripture, (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003). See specifically the following essays: R.W.L. Moberly, “Living Dangerously: Genesis 22 and the Quest for Good Biblical I...
Let it Go.
July 02, 2023 13:10 - 34 minutes - 22.6 MBSunday, June 25, 2023 This week, we look at two challenging passages: Abraham’s releasing of Ishmael, and Jesus’ imperative “Do not be afraid.” Each speak to us about the things which are central in our lives and how we hold our identities, our stuff, and our families. Resources: Walter Brueggemann, Genesis, (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1982). Paul Sabatier, The Road to Assisi: The Essential Biography of St. Francis, (Brewster, MA: Paraclete Press, 2014).
Sacred Hospitality
June 25, 2023 10:51 - 34 minutes - 22.2 MBSunday, June 18, 2023 Today, we hear the story of Abraham and the three visitors, and the radical generosity of the kingdom of God. Walter Brueggemann, Genesis, (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1982). Ralph C. Wood, “God Repentance-Enabling Forgiveness,” The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor, (Waco: Baylor, 2001). Stanley Hauerwas, Matthew, (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2007). Herbert Butterfield, International Conflict in the Twentieth Century, (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1960).
The Healthy and the Sick
June 24, 2023 14:28 - 38 minutes - 71.5 MBSunday, June 11, 2023 Today, we hear stories of faith: of following God, of listening, of journeying. Walter Brueggemann, Genesis, (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1982). Eugene Peterson, As Kingfishers Catch Fire: A Conversation on the Ways of God Formed by the Words of God, (New York: Crown, 2019). Antony the Great, “Letter 1.” Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel (Sisters, Ore.: Mulnomah Books, 1990).
Trinity Sunday: Guest Speaker - Christopher Brewer
June 10, 2023 11:25 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBSunday, June 6, 2023 Trinity Sunday
Pentecost
May 30, 2023 12:33 - 32 minutes - 20.5 MBSunday, May 28, 2023 This Sunday we celebrate Pentecost Sunday, when God’s Spirit was poured out on all flesh. Pentecost is also the birth of the church as the Spirit dwells in and through the community of Jesus. On this day, we celebrate the God who is always giving, sharing, loving, pouring out himself for the world. Resources: Dennis R. Cole, Numbers: An Exegetical and Theological Exposition of Holy Scripture, (Nashville: B&H, 2000). John Goldingay, Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyo...
Ascension
May 23, 2023 11:37 - 34 minutes - 21.7 MBSunday, May 21, 2023 Today, we hear the story of Christ’s ascension into heaven and how it demonstrates God’s character and the nature of humanity. We also look at the church's calling to be “witnesses” in the world. Resources: Tom Wright, Acts for Everyone (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2008). Rowan Williams, “‘A sermon by the Archbishop of Canterbury at the Ascension Day Sung Eucharist.” Glenn Packiam, “What Does the Ascension of Jesus Mean?” https://www.glennpackiam.com/post/wh...
The God Who Turns Toward Us
May 21, 2023 12:19 - 35 minutes - 65.7 MBSunday, May 14, 2023 This week we hear the Good News that God is always “turning toward” his world in love. Resources: Tom Wright, Acts for Everyone (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2008). Willie James Jennings, Acts (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2017). Wright, Paul: A Biography, (New York: HarperCollins, 2018). Scot McKnight, 1 Peter, (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996). Wright, John for Everyone, Part 2, (Louisville: Westminster, 2004).
Scars and the Spirit
April 23, 2023 12:11 - 35 minutes - 23.3 MBSunday, April 16, 2023 As we continue in the Easter season, we hear the good news in times of doubt. N.T. Wright, Surprised By Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church, (New York: HarperCollins, 2008), Brian Rohan, “AP Explains: Who are Egypt’s Coptic Christians?” AP News, April 10, 2017, https://apnews.com/article/579769f1c074476089cf21593732a5b2. “Forgiveness Incarnated,” The Bible Society of Egypt, 2017, https://vimeo.com/212755977?ref=fb-share. Lewi...
Redeem Our Broken Hosanna
April 06, 2023 11:40 - 35 minutes - 80.4 MBSunday, April 2, 2023 On Palm Sunday, we hear the story of Jesus’ Triumphal Entry and Passion. We reflect on the way of suffering and how it contrasts with our expectations. Fleming Rutledge, The Undoing of Death (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002). Karl Barth, Dogmatics in Outline, (New York: Harper, 1959). N.T. Wright, Matthew for Everyone: Part 2,(Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2002). James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree, (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2011).