On Palm Sunday Jesus knew what he was doing was dangerous. Jesus knew that allowing a crowd to shout Hosanna, to stage a demonstration on the Mount of Olives, Jesus knew this was revolutionary. You shout Hosanna to the savior, to the rescuer, to the Messiah.
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Questions for America: Part One
Two Questions for America start off our sermon series:
To whom does America belong?
and
Can protest be prayer?
Where do you locate hope?
How long do we resist? Well Christians, if we place our hope in God, we resist until the coming of Christ’s kingdom.
Holy Week: In a World Shaped by Violence, We Need Protest
“Did you hear about the riot this weekend?” Our friends Rachel and Matt were in town, visiting from Chicago where Matt works for a labor Union. He was talking about Hockey fans at the University of Minnesota who threw bottles and jumped on top of a moving car. As the police arrived, some of theseContinue reading “Holy Week: In a World Shaped by Violence, We Need Protest”