“There was a woman caught in adultery.”
Pastor Reginald W. Sharpe Jr. preaches from John 21 urging listeners to "let him cook" — to let Jesus work in His timing and way. Using the breakfast-on-the-beach scene and pastoral stories, he outlines several "collisions" believers face (familiar vs. calling, fear vs. God's faithfulness, attachments vs. assignments, guilt vs. grace) and calls for trust, obedience, restoration, and response.
“He restores a woman caught in adultery, refusing to add to her cultural shame.”
The sermon teaches that shame is a core human wound—both psychological and social—and that Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection uniquely remove shame by restoring dignity and belonging. Practical freedom comes not from self-help or moralism alone but from encountering the gospel, receiving mercy, practicing confession and community, and participating in the church’s sacraments.
“He defended a woman caught in adultery from a crowd that wanted to stone her.”
Tim Brown preaches from John 8:31–47 that Jesus frees us from the lies that enslave us when we abide in his Word, replace our identity-lies with the person of Christ, and receive adoption as sons and daughters.
“Paraphrase of the woman caught in adultery story: 'He who is without sin cast the first stone... I don't condemn you... go and sin no more.'”
Pastor Steve Wilburn (Core Church LA) preaches from Ephesians 4 on how Christians are to "learn to walk" with Christ: beware false teaching, lay aside the old sinful ways, and intentionally put on the new, Christlike life. He calls believers to mature discipleship by testing teaching against Scripture, repenting, replacing harmful habits (lies, crude speech, theft, uncontrolled anger) with truth, kindness, work, forgiveness, and holiness, and issues an invitation for spiritual renewal.
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