We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For

"There is perhaps no greater example of how we have weaponized the teachings of Jesus to create our own Apartheids of separation and domination than what has been done to John 3:16. We’ve all heard it. Beautiful people of many faiths and questioning journeys have been condemned by it. Many of us in this very room have been wounded by it. The using of John 3:16 to proclaim the ultimate Apartheid: Choose Jesus and live. Chose anything else and die. Or, more specifically … pledge yourself to a Jesus carefully curated by the church to support its social, political and, above all, economic agenda and go to heaven … or choose anything else and go to hell. There’s only one problem with this translation of John 3:16. It’s complete and total crap." Sermon by Mike Kinman at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Sunday, March 8, 2020. Readings: Genesis 12:1-4a and John 3:1-17. For a text of the sermon, visit our website: https://allsaints-pas.org/we-are-the-ones-we-have-been-waiting-for/. Follow All Saints Church on Twitter @ASCpas. Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AllSaintsPasadena/. Donate to support the mission and ministries of All Saints at https://allsaints-pas.org/donate/donate-now/.