Jeremy Hoover

Things changed over the weekend. I learned that there was going to be a "white pride march" in Jackson, put on by a questionable group known as Battalion 14. As I wrestled with the implications of this for our city, I woke up Sunday determined to speak about it. The result was this sermon, spoken mainly "off the cuff," from my heart, connecting ideas from Romans 12:1-3 and 15:7, Galatians 3:26-29, and especially Ephesians 2:11-22, about our unity and oneness in Christ.

I especially focused on the teaching in Ephesians that reminds us that Jesus destroyed the wall of hostility that existed between ethnicities. I reminded us that as followers of Jesus we are called to love and serve our neighbor. Racism, or the propagation of such by hiding behind "free speech" or silence, has no place among Christians. We are called to speak the truth about evil wherever we find, and in whatever form we find it.

I hope you enjoy this sermon and learn from it. Please leave some feedback.

Sermon: Mature Faith

The church is whole when is of one heart. We break God's heart--and the church's heart--when we practice deception within the church. Are you breaking the church's heart or working to mend it?

Please review these study notes on possession from Acts 4:32-5:11, Sunday's sermon outline, and the slides.