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Santa Monica Nazarene Church

Mar 31, 2021

In this sermon we reflect on what Jesus’ so-called triumphal entry means, particularly the symbolism of him riding into Jerusalem on a donkey. We draw on the Alexamenos Graffito to consider how the ancient church flipped the satirical image of a donkey and embraced it as a badge of honor.


Mar 23, 2021

In this sermon look at what it means for Jesus to say that his hour has come, what that hour means, what it has to do with the arrival of some gentiles at the passover, and how the crucified body of Jesus, a body broken, porous, not intact, not holding it all together, whose insides commingle with its outsides becomes...


Mar 17, 2021

In this sermon look at what it means for Jesus to say that the Son of Man must be lifted up, how God challenges our assumptions about what we think we know, and the qualitative (versus quantitative) aspect of how God so loved the world, as well as a few other things in this famous passage in John’s gospel. 

 


Mar 11, 2021

In this sermon we look at what it means to stay faithful to God amidst the continuity and change of life, as well as our understanding of God, especially when not all continuity is faithful and not all change is good. 

 


Mar 3, 2021

In this sermon we explore through the story of Jesus' transfiguration our expectations of God versus the reality of God.