The Resistance

February 2, 2025
Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
Luke 4:21-30
“The Resistance”
Rev. Benjamin J. Wines

We look forward to joining you in Worship this Sunday, starting at 11:00AM in the Sanctuary. Rev. Benjamin Wines will bring the message, “The Resistance”. We will be reading from Luke 4:21-30, and our Call to Worship comes from Psalm 71.

Call to Worship, from Psalm 71

Leader: In you, O Lord, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame.
People: In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;
Leader: Incline your ear to me and save me.
People: Be to me a rock of refuge, a strong fortress, to save me,
Leader: For you are my rock and my fortress.
People: Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,
Leader: From the grasp of the unjust and cruel.
People: For you, O Lord, are my hope,
Leader: My trust, O Lord, from my youth.
People: Upon you I have leaned from my birth;
Leader: It was you who took me from my mother’s womb.
People: My praise is continually of you.

Questions for Further Reflection:
In this passage, Jesus draws a wide circle for God’s love.
Why might people be nervous when Jesus starts drawing such a wide circle?
What does it mean to worship a God of wide circles?