Sermon: Marked as God's People (March 22, 2026)

Sermon: Marked as God's People (March 22, 2026)

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March 23, 2026 · 29 min · Season 4 · Episode 30

About this episode

This episode explores the themes of faith, love, and the nature of goodness through scripture and reflections from notable thinkers.

Scripture Text: Exodus 29:1-9 and Matthew 25:31-46 Bryan Buck Quotes for Reflection Martin Luther, Church Postil We receive Christ not only as a gift by faith, but also as an example of love toward our neighbor, whom we are to serve as Christ serves us. Faith brings and gives Christ to you with all his possessions. Love gives you to your neighbor with all your possessions. These two things constitute a true and complete Christian life. C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity This is the terrible fix we are in. If the universe is not governed by an absolute goodness, then all our efforts are in the long run hopeless. But if it is, then we are making ourselves enemies to that goodness every day, and are not in the least likely to do any better tomorrow, and so our case is hopeless again. We cannot do without it, and we cannot do with it. God is the only comfort, He is also the supreme terror: the thing we most need and the thing we most want to hide from. He is our only possible ally, and we have made ourselves His enemies. Some people talk as if meeting the gaze of absolute goodness would be fun. They need to think again. They are still only playing with religion. Goodness is either the…

People in this episode

Hosts: Oaks Parish, Bryan Buck

Topics covered

  • Christian life
  • Faith
  • Love
  • Goodness
  • Service
  • Scripture

Keywords

  • Exodus
  • Matthew
  • Christianity
  • Martin Luther
  • C.S. Lewis
  • faith
  • love
  • goodness

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Church Postil, Mere Christianity

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