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Political Signs, Queer Eye, and Jesus
Are we speaking the same language?
Adapted from a sermon at First United Methodist Church of Orlando.As I drove through the neighborhood the other day, I noticed the dozens of yard signs everywhere. There were signs for every political candidate you can imagine. There were also signs for different schools. Flags on houses for college sports teams.
As I drove, it was really easy to see what people stand for — what they identify with. All you have to do is look at the signs in their front yard and you can learn a lot about what that person finds important.
Yet, there was no way to tell if people identify with following Jesus. There were no yard signs. No flags. No markers that identify Christ being important in people’s lives.
Tonight we’re talking about moving beyond the mission field. The mission field is where we go to share about Jesus. We tend to define that as the place we go on summer mission trips. Those mission fields are easy to see, easy to interact with. We’re in a spot where that’s our entire focus.
Yet, we need to move beyond that as the sole definition of the mission field. In fact, as John shared last week, the mission field begins when we walk out the doors of the…
