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Seattle Mennonite Church Sermons
Seattle Mennonite Church is an active Anabaptist Mennonite Christian congregation working faithfully at following Jesus in our urban context. All are welcome! Listen in to our Sunday morning sermons to get a sense of who we are.
Seattle Mennonite Church Sermons
The Political Power of Palms
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SMC preachers
Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem is a deliberate act of political confrontation with the Roman Empire’s powers-that-be. After casing the mostly deserted late evening Temple, he makes plans to return the next day to make a royal mess of things; to disrupt business as usual. The Way Jesus walks, the Way that Jesus calls us to walk (together!), is a Way lined with palms that leads to confrontation with Empire.
Sermon begins at minute marker 5:03
Mark 11.1-19
Resources
- BibleWorm podcast: Episode 531 – The Triumphal Entry, Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, Jr.
- Ched Myers, “Palm Sunday As Subversive Street Theatre,” posted on Radical Discipleship, 2021.
- Marcus J. Borg & John Dominic Crossan, The Last Week: A Day-to-Day Account of Jesus’ Final Week (Harper, 2007).
- Image: Melissa Kelly
- VT 146 Lord Jesus, Come and Overturn #99565 words: David Gambrell music: Klug’s Geistliche Lieder ©2015 GIA Publications, Inc. Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-726929. All rights reserved.