Justice and liberation
Empire and Resistance
Faithful resistance to empire, from Pharaoh to Rome to Washington.
56 sermons, newest first
God Stands in Our Way November 1, 2026. Jonathan Holley · 1 Corinthians 10:1–11 · 2026 19 min Imagination Is a Battleground, Not a Hobby July 5, 2026. Tonetta Landis-Aina · Mark 4:1–20 · 2026 29 min Small Is How the Kingdom Works June 28, 2026. Tonetta Landis-Aina · Matthew 13:31–33 · 2026 27 min The River's Edge: Seeing What You Could Ignore May 3, 2026. Daniel Dixon · Exodus 1:15–2:10 · 2026 36 min The Third Option Nobody Talks About March 29, 2026. Anthony Parrott · Jeremiah 42 · 2026 22 min Buy the Field Anyway: A Case for Stubborn Hope March 22, 2026. Trevor Wentt · Jeremiah 32:1–15 · 2026 28 min Beyond Resistance: Learning to Say Yes February 1, 2026. Heidi Mills · Jeremiah 35 · 2026 30 min They Asked the King Where's the King January 4, 2026. Shae Washington · Matthew 2:1–12 · 2026 32 min The Oppressed Will Win: Rereading Revelation November 23, 2025. Tonetta Landis-Aina · Revelation 21–22 · 2025 24 min The Book That Won't Let You Stay Comfortable November 9, 2025. Tonetta Landis-Aina · Revelation 18–19 · 2025 28 min Justice, Mercy, and the Collapse of Empire November 2, 2025. Anthony Parrott · Revelation 15 · 2025 39 min The Price Tag on Standing Up October 26, 2025. Trevor Wentt · Revelation 13:1–18 · 2025 38 min You're Fighting Systems, Not Just People October 26, 2025. Heidi Mills · Revelation 13:1–18 · 2025 29 min When the Bible Gets Weird and Wonderful October 19, 2025. Tonetta Landis-Aina · Revelation 12:1–17 · 2025 29 min Revelation Wasn't Written for Conspiracy Theorists September 28, 2025. Anthony Parrott · Revelation 2 · 2025 39 min When Death Feels Like Victory September 21, 2025. Tonetta Landis-Aina · Revelation 17 · 2025 27 min Ancient Resistance Manual for Modern Times September 14, 2025. Tonetta Landis-Aina · Revelation 1 · 2025 29 min Cast Yourself Into the Sea: Faith When the World Is Burning April 20, 2025. Anthony Parrott · John 21 · 2025 25 min More Than a Piece in Their Games: Refusing Empire in DC April 13, 2025. Heidi Mills · Luke 19:28–40 · 2025 28 min Ancient Meditation Practices for Modern Anxiety March 16, 2025. Anthony Parrott · Psalm 131 · 2025 45 min Shame, Fear, and Showing Up: A Fresh Take on Being 'Born Again January 26, 2025. Matt Collinson · John 3:1–21 · 2025 24 min That Girl, That Boy, That God: Disruption as a Spiritual Practice January 19, 2025. Tonetta Landis-Aina · John 2:13–23 · 2025 23 min Pain as Portal to Joy: Reading Mary's Magnificat with Nikki Giovanni | The Poetry of Advent December 15, 2024. Shae Washington · Luke 1:46–55 · 2024 28 min Monsters, Dreams, and Human Revolution November 10, 2024. Tonetta Landis-Aina · Daniel 7 · 2024 30 min Atonement as the Foundation of Peace - Part I August 11, 2024. Anthony Parrott · Romans 5:12–19 · 2024 42 min Living the Jesus Story as the Way to Peace August 4, 2024. Bekki Fahrer · Romans 12 · 2024 29 min Your Kingdom, Your Will June 23, 2024. Tonetta Landis-Aina · Matthew 6:10 · 2024 33 min Mission as Prophecy April 28, 2024. Tonetta Landis-Aina · Deuteronomy 17:14–20 · 2024 31 min The Complexity of Mission April 7, 2024. Anthony Parrott · Deuteronomy 1 · 2024 32 min Christian Nationalism March 17, 2024. Anthony Parrott · Matthew 11 · 2024 38 min Steal Away February 4, 2024. Tonetta Landis-Aina · Exodus 5:1–9 · 2024 22 min Invited To...Discipleship January 7, 2024. Anthony Parrott · Luke 9:23–26 · 2024 34 min The Annoyingly Lavish Mercy of God Pt. 2 November 5, 2023. Shae Washington · Jonah 3–4 · 2023 38 min Revolutionary Justice September 24, 2023. Tonetta Landis-Aina · 1 Corinthians 11:17–34 · 2023 32 min How to Be Human: A Jubilee Spirituality for All of Us - Spread the Love August 6, 2023. Christopher Anderson · Luke 10:1–12 · 2023 39 min Lamentations 5 and Palm Sunday April 2, 2023. Tonetta Landis-Aina · Lamentations 5 · 2023 26 min Christmas Eve 2022 December 24, 2022. Tonetta Landis-Aina & Anthony Parrott · Luke 2 · 2022 19 min Indigenous Land October 9, 2022. Daniel Dixon · Habakkuk 2:6–15 · 2022 47 min A Tangible Kind of Faith April 17, 2022. Anthony Parrott · Luke 23:50–24:12 · 2022 28 min Palm Sunday 2022 April 10, 2022. Tonetta Landis-Aina · Mark 11:1–11 · 2022 31 min Delivered Into Celebration (Exodus 15) March 27, 2022. Lexi Mairone · Exodus 15 · 2022 30 min Delivered from False Narratives About Ourselves (Exodus 7-8) March 20, 2022. Erin Byrne · Exodus 7:8–8:19 · 2022 26 min Thus Says the Lord; Thus Says the Lord (Exodus 5) March 13, 2022. Tonetta Landis-Aina · Exodus 5 · 2022 28 min Bringing Life in a Culture of Death (Exodus 1:15-22) February 27, 2022. Heidi Mills · Exodus 1:15–22 · 2022 21 min The Origin of Hope and Possibility (Exodus 1:1-14) February 20, 2022. Anthony Parrott · Exodus 1:1–14 · 2022 41 min Sabbath February 13, 2022. Tonetta Landis-Aina · Exodus 20:8–11 · 2022 29 min Jesus Confronts the Powers of Legion Part 2 (Mark 5:1-20) February 6, 2022. Tonetta Landis-Aina · Mark 5:1–20 · 2022 36 min Jesus Confronts the Powers of Legion (Mark 5:1-20) January 30, 2022. Anthony Parrott · Mark 5:1–20 · 2022 40 min In This Here Place, We Flesh December 5, 2021. Tonetta Landis-Aina · Matthew 1:18–25 · 2021 31 min Mark 1:14-20—The Calling of the Disciples (Downtown) October 3, 2021. Heidi Mills · Mark 1:14–20 · 2021 33 min The Reign of the Gospel (Mark 1:1) September 12, 2021. Anthony Parrott · Mark 1:1 · 2021 29 min Reproduction September 5, 2021. Anthony Parrott · Matthew 28:18–20 · 2021 25 min Lament Over Jerusalem February 28, 2021. Bekki Fahrer · Luke 13:1–9 · 2021 29 min Bother How? January 10, 2021. Anthony Parrott · Why Bother · 2021 37 min Daniel and the Lion's Den November 29, 2020. Preaching Cohort · Daniel 6 · 2020 30 min How to Make the Right Kind of Trouble June 28, 2020. Angela Kissel · Luke 11:37–54 · 2020 34 min