Following Jesus on My Terms - The Rev. Philip DeVaul

Sermons from the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer

Jesus says, follow me, but be prepared to be transformed. Talk about me, but if you're going to open your mouth and talk about exclusion, if you're going to cancel people, if you're going to kick them out of your life, out of this place, if you're going to deny your responsibility for the people around you, don't speak in Jesus name. If you're going to work in this world, To create a space that's good for you at the expense of others don't speak in Jesus name If you are going to stand up in this world and do work that is about your betterment and the betterment of a few other people around you that look sound and seem like you, please for the love of God don't speak in Jesus name. But when you get up in this world and you work for justice and peace in a way that humanizes and acknowledges the beauty of every single person. Whether you say the name of Jesus or not, you are speaking with the authority of the God who made you. When you dedicate your life to the care and concern of others and make sacrificial love your story, whether you say it's in Jesus name or not, it is Jesus who speaks within you.