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A Welcoming Church Family Exploring Progressive Christian Theology
Narrative Lectionary Year 4, Speaking Christian

God With Us (2018)

March 25, 2018
All of Christianity goes through the cross. The cross is not the end of the story. The suffering of Christ is not the whole of Christ's story. But Christ's story…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: John 19:16b-22
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Narrative Lectionary Year 4, Speaking Christian

Ironic Condemnation

March 18, 2018
The condemnation of Jesus is full of ironies. But it's also full of the unspoken fears in empire. The crowd's fear of suffering the same fate as Jesus; Pilate's fear…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: John 19:1-16a
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Narrative Lectionary Year 4, Speaking Christian

Righteous Justice

March 11, 2018
What is right action? What is righteousness? In the midst of Jesus's trial, we see people representing the power in Jerusalem all around him, afraid to take ownership of their…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: John 18:28-40
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Narrative Lectionary Year 4, Speaking Christian

Finding Our Identities

March 4, 2018
Sin are those forces, external and internal, that keep us from seeing and living our identities. When we are separated from our identities and see our identities twisted, always remember…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: John 18:12-27
Service Type: Sunday Worship

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