Sermon for July 14, 2019 - "Reconciling Into Community"

Our Sizzling Summer Sermon Series heats up as Paul dives into the very core of what it means to be a community. As Rev. Amy explains, the new life in Christ is not a blank canvas or a perfectly clean slate where any problems are smoothed over. As ambassadors for Christ, believers in Corinth receiving Paul's letters and believers here today have a rough, uneasy task - the ministry of reconciliation. Just like how God reconciled with humanity, Paul needed to reconcile with the Corinthians with their doubts, fears and conflicts. To rebuild relationships, we need to go beyond forgiveness - to repair our lives together. Rev. Amy describes how picking up the broken pieces of our bonds of unity and living into a new creation is the way that we can be most like Christ, and our love for each other can be most like God's love for us. (Bible reading - 2 Corinthians 5:11-21 NRSV) 

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