(Sermon begins at 44:30)
I wish that it was easier for leaders to sincerely admit wrongdoing and failure without needing to defend themselves or the institution, whether for ego, loyalty, or liability - legal and otherwise.
I wish the Church could lead in transparency, in authenticity, in choosing morality over expedience, in choosing the vulnerable over the powerful.
While the Jesus that gets angry, that judges, that condemns, that threatens our sense of security and stability with warnings of apocalypse and the end of the world as we know it, might make us uncomfortable, the truth is that God’s judgement is good news.
It heralds the promise of a new era. A levelling of the playing field. The promise of justice which seems in such short supply in our world.
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