Seattle Mennonite Church Sermons
Seattle Mennonite Church is an active Anabaptist Mennonite Christian congregation working faithfully at following Jesus in our urban context. All are welcome! Listen in to our Sunday morning sermons to get a sense of who we are.
Seattle Mennonite Church Sermons
A Complicated Character
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Paul is a complicated character, to say the absolute least. We get a whole range of behaviors from Paul in just this one story: from a callous disregard of one, to intimate concern for another, to a courageous act in solidarity with a whole oppressed group as he was released from prison. Through it all, the Way of Jesus is liberating love for self, other, and all. And thank God for Paul’s sake (and our own!), the work of redemption to that Jesus Way is ongoing; always newly available in each moment, each encounter.
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Resources:
- BibleWorm podcast: Episode 738 - The Best and Worst of Paul, Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, Jr.
- Willie James Jennings, Acts, Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible, Westminster John Knox Press (2017), p. 161-169.
- Anabaptist Community Bible
- Ian Maclaren, wikipedia article.
- Image: Nelson Mandela, quote reflecting on walking out of Victor Verster Prison on February 11, 1990, after spending 27 years behind bars, and refusing to be quietly shuttled to Johannesburg. https://www.azquotes.com/quote/1390485