The Table Church, D.C. - Sermons: Forgive Us: Repentance and Repair

Forgive Us: Christian Nationalism

Anthony Parrott — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 10:30:00 +0000

Forgive Us: Christian Nationalism

Series: Forgive Us: Repentance and Repair

Preacher: Anthony Parrott

DC Bilingual

Date: 17th March 2024

Passages:

Matthew 3:5-12
Matthew 11:2-12

Forgive Us: Anit-Semitism

Daniel Dixon — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 10:30:00 +0000

Forgive Us: Anit-Semitism

Series: Forgive Us: Repentance and Repair

Preacher: Daniel Dixon

DC Bilingual

Date: 10th March 2024

Passage: Isaiah 11:3-9

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Aligning with the our value of Revolutionary Justice, Daniel preaches about how we're called to turn away from anti-Semitism.

Forgive Us: Zionism

Anthony Parrott — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 10:30:00 +0000

Forgive Us: Zionism

Series: Forgive Us: Repentance and Repair

Preacher: Anthony Parrott

DC Bilingual

Date: 4th March 2024

Passage: Ephesians 2:11-22

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Pastor Anthony helps to explain the history of Christian Zionism and the connection and impact it still has today. This complex topic deserves our attention and care as we work to live out a more beautiful gospel.

Forgive Us: Christian Supremacy

Heidi Mills — Sun, 25 Feb 2024 10:30:00 +0000

Forgive Us: Christian Supremacy

Series: Forgive Us: Repentance and Repair

Preacher: Heidi Mills

DC Bilingual

Date: 25th February 2024

Passage: Genesis 11:1-9

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Through the story of the Tower of Babel, Heidi helps to reveal human tendencies and the warnings we can take as we discuss the ideologies we’re stealing away from as a church. The Tower of Babel becomes a metaphor for the structures of supremacy that we build in a modern world. Heidi quotes Sam Killermann in giving examples of Christian privilege. Even if we don’t think about them, we can still benefit from the systems in our country where Christianity is embedded.

Naming Christian supremacy requires us to confront our own relationship with power. Heidi then shows us how we can use this story to repair and make meaningful changes to dismantle the tower of Christian supremacy. God deliberately creates all the languages in the world which is a powerful image of God creating and celebrating diversity.

Sam Killermann’s Christian Privilege Checklisthttps://projecthumanities.asu.edu/christian-privilege-checklist

Forgive Us: Repentance and Repair - Making Amends

Tonetta Landis-Aina — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 10:30:00 +0000

Forgive Us: Repentance and Repair - Making Amends

Series: Forgive Us: Repentance and Repair

Preacher: Tonetta Landis-Aina

DC Bilingual

Date: 18th February 2024

Passages:

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As we enter the Lent season, Pastor Tonetta begins a new series, Forgive Us: Repentance and Repair. The first sermon gives us practical instructions for making amends with those we have harmed, understanding that to grow in maturity in Christ we also need to grow in maturity in repentance. This topic can be hard because many have been taught that the underlying cause for repentance is sin. Learning to look at repentance as restorative and not punitive, Tonetta walks us through one framework for true repair with others.

Naming and owning harm

Starting to change

Restitution and accepting consequences

Apology

Making different choices

"If you believe that you can damage believe that you can fix. If you believe that you can damage believe that you can heal. If you believe that there is damage in our world believe that you can help repair it. And if you believe that there is damage in our world believe that our God is a God of healing and restoration." - Rebbe Nachman