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Cross Examination
May 08 2022 • Greg Boyd
Each day, we are presented with a choice: to love or to judge. When we choose to judge another person, we stand with Satan – the accuser – on one side of the courtroom, cross-examining them and looking to prove them unworthy. When we choose love, we examine not through the lens of judgment, but through the lens of the cross, where Jesus declares that all people have unsurpassable worth. In this series, we turn to the core biblical themes of love and judgment, and the absolute necessity of living in love and leaving judgment to God alone.
Sermons in this series:
Flowers for Footprints
• Emily Morrison
John’s first letter tells us that we are God’s children and that the world is controlled by the evil one. But even more, it tells us how to know Jesus in the midst of this evil so that we might have resurrection life.Topics: Love, Spiritual Warfare
Getting Off Your High Horse
• Greg Boyd
We get off the “high horse” by not judging others or seeing ourselves as superior to them. We also get off the high horse by living relationship with others and having the humility to receive feedback from them.
Fake News
• Greg Boyd
The story of Genesis 3 identifies the lies at the root of all that is wrong with the world. These lies are fake news about the nature of God, ourselves, others and the purpose of the planet. When we buy into these lies, the resulting actions cause destruction.
Orbiting God
• Greg Boyd
The story of the fall of Adam and Eve tells us what it means to lose the true center of life, and how when we orbit around a false center we are trapped in the perpetual judgement of others.
A Different Kind of Fire
• Dan Kent
In this sermon, Dan Kent examines how we respond when others judge us. He first looks at how the world teaches us to respond, and then he offers a different response that is shaped by God’s perspective.
Playing God
• Greg Boyd
This sermon explores the four primary passages from the Bible that explain why judgment is forbidden.
Cross Examination Q&A
• Bill Doherty, Cedrick Baker, Greg Boyd, Shawna Boren
This panel conversation addresses the practical implications of the teaching on what it means to live in love and forego judgment of others.
A Tale of Two Trees
• Greg Boyd
There were two trees in the Garden of Eden, one representing where we get true life from and one representing a prohibition from what steals from life. This sermon explores the significance of these two trees.
The Absurdity of Judgment
• Dan Kent
We live in a system in which everyone judges themselves and each other and creates a hierarchy of those above and below them. Jesus came to confront and blow this system apart.Topics: Conflict, Judgment, Love
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