Flash Forward
The sermon title for this Sunday's service is "Is Peace a Pipe Dream?" If you look at the texts, Isaiah 11:1-10, Psalm 72, Romans 15:4-13, and Matthew 3:1-12, all but the last mention peace.
We refer to Jesus as the Prince of Peace. But as I look around the world, I see a violent, broken world that exhibits very little peace. Even Jesus in Matthew 10:34 tells his followers that he does "not come to bring peace, but a sword." The featured article in the November 3-9 issue of The Economist titled, "The New Wars of Religion," discusses the religious conflict currently afflicting the world. What do we make of all of this as followers of the Prince of Peace?
We refer to Jesus as the Prince of Peace. But as I look around the world, I see a violent, broken world that exhibits very little peace. Even Jesus in Matthew 10:34 tells his followers that he does "not come to bring peace, but a sword." The featured article in the November 3-9 issue of The Economist titled, "The New Wars of Religion," discusses the religious conflict currently afflicting the world. What do we make of all of this as followers of the Prince of Peace?
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