Sermon | IV Sunday After Pentecost - July 6, 2025 - "A Call to Mission"

This sermon on Luke 10:1–11, 16–20, explores the missional call of Jesus to a life that is bold, vulnerable, and grounded in peace. Drawing from both Scripture and the words of civil rights leader Vernon Jordan, he reflects on the cosmic consequences of faithful discipleship and the power of God's people to cast down the forces of evil through love, justice, and embodied witness. This sermon reminds us that while the mission may be costly and the opposition fierce, we have been here before - and we know the way forward. The way of Christ still leads us into shared purpose, community, and hope.