04/07/2019
Matthew 25:31-46
Chris Breslin
(Bumper music: God Be In My Head by Ryan Gustafson of the Dead Tongues featured on Hymns from the Gathering Church (2011))
“Proximity has taught me some basic and humbling truths, including this vital lesson: Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done. My work with the poor and the incarcerated has persuaded me that the opposite of poverty is not wealth; the opposite of poverty is justice. Finally, I’ve come to believe that the true measure of our commitment to justice, the character of our society, our commitment to the rule of law, fairness, and equality cannot be measured by how we treat the rich, the powerful, the privileged, and the respected among us. The true measure of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the accused, the incarcerated, and the condemned.” -Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy
“Being proximate is necessary to engage brokenness because it transforms our lens.” -Michelle Ferrigno Warren, The Power of Proximity
“I have come home at last! This is my real country! I belong here. This is the land I have been looking for all my life, though I never knew it till now…Come further up, come further in!” -C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle
Scripture:
Matthew 3:2, Matthew 4:17, Mark 1:15
Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering:
Eternity Already by DaPonte/DeConto/Walton
River Where Mercy Flows by Miller
You Carried Me by Reagan
All Ye Refugees by McCracken
Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross by Crosby/Doane
I Am For You by Meek/Anderson
Doxology
Go further into the Parables:
Kingdom, Grace, Judgment by Robert Farrar Capon
The Power of Parable by John Dominic Crossan
Parables of Jesus by Joachim Jeremias
Short Stories by Jesus by Amy-Jill Levine
Reading the Parables by Richard Lischer
Tell it Slant by Eugene Peterson
Stories with Intent by Klyne Snodgrass
Go further into the Lenten Season:
Walk the Stations in the Street(by Scott Erickson) in Lakewood Shopping Center during Lent.
The Repentance Project (Devotional)
Sweet Deliverance: A Lenten Readered Chris Breslin
God is on the Crossby Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Good Dirt (Lent, Holy Week & Eastertide)by Lisa Finn Borgo & Ben Barczi
The Cross and the Lynching Treeby James Cone
Living the Christian Yearby Bobby Gross
Cross-Shattered Christby Stanley Hauerwas
God for Us: Rediscovering the Meaning of Lent & Eastered Greg Pennoyer
The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesusby Fleming Rutledge
The Seven Last Words from the Crossby Fleming Rutledge
Listening at Golgotha: Jesus’ Words from the Crossby Peter Storey
