Gospel Paradox: Broken to be whole

Sermon by Pastor Corky Calhoun
I think we have had a great summer teaching through Georgianna's Core Values, and I am indebted to the entire preaching and music teams for helping us have such a spirit led summer. This Sunday we begin a 3-part series on the Gospel Paradoxes we find in Jesus. He is the master of inside-out, and upside-down. I mean who says things like Blessed are the poor, the grieving, the meek, the thirsty and the persecuted. If we are honest don't we spend most of our life trying to avoid these things? This Sunday we will talk about how none of us can really be whole until we have been broken. And to no surprise this makes no sense in the world we live in, because again we spend so much time avoiding being broken. And then when we are broken we spend the rest of the time trying to hide it from others. We have a hard time owning our sin, our shortcomings, our faults and so we go into hiding. Sin makes us hiders and it has since Genesis. And for some our denial of this brokenness only leads to us being broken...this goes badly every time. But then Jesus offers something for the vulnerable, for the contrite and for the seeking. Jesus alone has a way for us to be whole, if we will only embrace it. I think this will be a great series to be reminded that we were not made for this world, and so we should not be governed by it's cultural trends and expectations. Join us Sunday as we discover what is possible through Jesus.