This Sunday’s sermon, from Luke 19:11-27, is called “The King and His Strange Kingdom.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer once wrote, “A king who dies on the cross must be the king of a rather strange kingdom.”  The kingdom of heaven is indeed a rather strange kingdom. The King reigns from a cross. His subjects rule by sacrificially serving others. The challenge that we face every day as believers is this – will we advance God’s kingdom in this world by taking the role of a servant? The only way that we can actually do this is to see that the greatest joy of Jesus is to be the King who lovingly and perpetually serves. Even now, Jesus reigns over all by serving His subjects with love and grace and mercy.

As we come to worship this Sunday, will you pray along with me, that we would welcome the opportunity to advance the kingdom of God on earth as those who humbly serve? What a counter-cultural concept to all the ego and selfishness of this world! It is possible because Jesus only lives to make it possible. Looking forward to worshiping King Jesus with you this Sunday.