THE GOSPEL OF: "Generosity"

We Christians never believe that we're holy enough.

We have to believe a certain way. Read scripture a certain way. Attend Church often. Believe that some people are holy and others are not. Believe an atonement theory that says God is holy and separate from us because we are not holy.

With Jesus it seems like we have a really clear picture of what God sees as holy.

God sees refugees as holy. Jesus was one. God sees the politically oppressed as holy. Jesus was politically oppressed. God sees the homeless and underserved as holy. Jesus was too. God sees those ruthlessly murdered by a corrupt justice system as holy. Jesus experienced death at the hands of a broken system.

What God does through Jesus is essentially tell us that there is no line between that which is holy and that which is not. All of it is sacred and all of us are sacred. All of us are holy and worthy to part of God’s priesthood.

If the God we believe tells us that we are separate and not holy then maybe it's time for us to kill that god.

Jonathan WilliamsForefront ChurchApril 18, 2021generosity, worth, holy, justice, homelessness, refugees

WORK & CAPITALISM | "Poverty"

Is poverty inevitable?

Sarah Ngu leads our fourth and final sermon in our Work & Capitalism Series. Reflecting on Matthew 25 and 26, Sarah brings theological light to the struggles more and more of us face these days with debt, eviction, homelessness and poverty. Sadly, capitalism enables these injustices to exist.

Jesus says the poor are always with you because you have made it so. Why do we insist on spending a billion dollars a year on shelters rather than placing our families in affordable housing?

Sarah NguGuest UserSeptember 6, 2020matthew, deuteronomy, homelessness, debt, poverty