“Living Unafraid of the Special Honor of Brokenness”
Sermon given by Pastor Robb on Easter, April 20, 2025.
Concludes the Many Models for Church sermon series.
Covers 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 and John 20:24-31.
The Resurrection demonstrates to us that Jesus is able to overcome any oppression, failure, sin, rejection, shame, and even death, but we are also invited to recognize and remember that it is a certain kind of overcoming. Jesus exists in the Resurrection with a certain kind of body - one that retains scars and all the pain and complications those include. Even more than that, if we as God’s people are the Body of Christ, that reality has implications for how we view ourselves and those we’re joined with. We can be tempted to hide, reject, deny, call shameful or try to get rid of some of God’s people around us, but Easter exhorts us towards a new, more salvific way of life.
