Turning the World Upside Down

About this episode

This sermon explores how the accusation of 'turning the world upside down' reflects the disruptive nature of faith in the Methodist story.

Turning the World Upside Down Series: Defying Limits Scripture: Acts 17:1–9 (Common English Bible) In Acts 17, Paul and Silas are accused of “turning the world upside down.” It was not meant as praise. It was a warning—a charge leveled against people whose faith was disrupting the assumptions, systems, and power structures of the world around them. This sermon explores how that same accusation became part of the Methodist story. Drawing on the witness of the early Methodist movement, we rem...

People in this episode

Host: Central United Methodist Church

Topics covered

• faith
• Methodist movement
• disruption
• power structures
• Acts 17

Keywords

• Methodist
• Acts 17
• Paul
• Silas
• faith
• disruption
• power structures

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Acts

More episodes of Central United Methodist Church (Arlington, Virginia) Sermon Podcast

• Disciples Love Boldly · June 9, 2026 · 26 min
• Disciples Formed by Jesus Christ · June 1, 2026 · 24 min
• Disciples Empowered by the Holy Spirit · May 25, 2026 · 22 min
• Methodist Mavericks · May 11, 2026 · 19 min
• Breaking Systems of Harm · May 4, 2026 · 26 min
• The World Is My Parish · April 27, 2026 · 31 min