Sermon: The Birthday Party from Hell July 14, 2024
Sermon July 14, 2024: The Birthday Party from Hell
by the Rev. Salying Wong
King Herod Antipas, ruler of Galilee gathers his military commanders and officials for a bacchanal birthday feast. This becomes the theater for cruelty and violence, the currency of power among the rulers. Herod murders John the Baptist as a party trick, to showcase his absolute power, his recklessness and his arrogance. Jesus hears of this and the news is such a blow that he gathers his disciples to go to a lonely place to pray. Up to this point, Jesus' power was demonstrated so simply: Cast out demons; heal the sick; nobody gets hurt. But, now Jesus must confront the violence of human power and its capacity to deal death and destruction. This is much more demanding than the demonic. This will require the Way of the Cross and the exposing of the grotesqueness of our violence--so that we might turn from it and choose life.
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