September 15, 2019Season of PentecostWe spend a great deal of time carefully selecting which photos we put on social media and which we delete, crop or filter. In this sermon, Pastor Rob talks about our discomfort with the parts of life that don't look great. We sometimes assume that if we just took enough spiritual vitamins and absorbed enough grace, that these "need to be cropped and edited" parts would go away. In this case, grace comes with an asterisk, a whole lot of conditions and restrictions. Instead, Pastor Rob reflects on the grace proclaimed by Saint Paul, which comes without an asterisk - no ifs, ors, or buts. It comes from the cross and speaks of God's love for us even in the brokenness, the messiness and sin of our lives.A handful of Scripture is cited in the sermon: Exodus 32, Psalm 51, 1 Timothy 1 and Luke 15.
