Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost (Contemporary)
In this sermon, Rev. Cody Turner guides us through the apocalyptic imagery of Luke 21 and Malachi 4—earthquakes, wars, cosmic signs—and shows that these passages are not meant to terrify us about distant events, but to unveil what is true right now.
With striking clarity and pastoral insight, Rev. Turner reveals three profound truths:
Nothing lasts. Then comes judgment. And for those who are in Christ—judgment becomes healing.
Nothing lasts. Then comes judgment. And for those who are in Christ—judgment becomes healing.
Through a cinematic illustration from The Life of Chuck and a powerful moment from C.S. Lewis’s Voyage of the Dawn Treader, we see that God’s justice is not merely punitive, but restorative. It is His determination to make things right, peel away what is destroying us, and make us whole.
This message invites us to honesty, repentance, and deep hope as we prepare for Advent and look toward the Day when Christ will rise with healing in His wings.
