This morning at Advent Lutheran Church (ELCA) we concluded the Lenten Challenges series.
Sermon
My message, Choosing Jesus” is based on the narrative lectionary passage: Luke 19:28044.
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Excerpt
Marcus Borg and Dominic Crossan put this in perspective:
“Pilate’s procession embodied the power, glory and violence of the empire that ruled the world. Jesus’ procession embodied an alternative vision, the kingdom of God.”[1]
I can’t take you back some 2000 years to give you the opportunity to choose which parade to attend or whether you would have stayed home.
Instead, as we enter Holy Week, I invite you to choose Jesus once again. To choose to spend some time this week reflecting on what you know of Jesus through your experiences of him and through his priorities, parables, prayers, and proposal. And, to choose to journey with Jesus throughout this week – all the way to the cross.
[1] Marcus Borg and Dominic Crossan. The Last Week: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus’ Final Days in Jerusalem (HarperOne, 2006), p.4.