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Podcast: Sermons - First Evangelical Lutheran Church | El Cajon, CA (LCMS)
Episode: Power and Weakness: How the Church Follows a Crucified Savior Luke 9:51–62
Description: Why didn’t Jesus rain down fire on the Samaritans when they rejected Him?In this powerful sermon from Luke 9, we explore the moment Jesus “set His face to go to Jerusalem”—and how His rejection by the Samaritans reveals a deep tension in the Christian life: the paradox of divine strength and cruciform weakness.Too often, the Church imitates James and John, wanting to fight rejection with force. But Jesus rebukes that instinct—and heads toward the cross.This sermon dives into:The danger of overemphasizing power in Christian witnessThe...