Good News For You

A sermon from Fr. Nathan

Texts this week: Revelation 7:9–17 · Psalm 149 · Ephesians 1:11–23 · Luke 6:20–36.

We are set apart to love our enemies because God has loved us. Love does more than desire good; it does good. We actively bless, pray, and refuse to retaliate without condoning abuse or pretending evil is okay. Christ died for us while we were enemies. In Christ, his love is the death of death. We don’t have to let the evil of others dictate our behavior. True freedom opens space for love to flourish.

How can we engage in politics without losing our souls? Rev. Dr. Caleb Campbell explores political life as an opportunity to love our neighbors and steward the power entrusted to us. Drawing on the Good Samaritan and the fruit of the Spirit, he considers how local churches can practice patient conversation, grow in wisdom, and serve their communities together even when they disagree about policies or candidates.

Recorded at Desert Mission Anglican Church’s Community Learning Night on October 25, 2026. Caleb is a local Phoenix pastor and the author of Disarming Leviathan: Loving Your Christian Nationalist Neighbor.

The discussion that followed is omitted to respect participants’ privacy.

A sermon from Fr. Nathan

Texts this week: Exodus 22:21–27; Psalm 1; 1 Thessalonians 2:1–8; Matthew 22:34–46.

God hears the cries of displaced and vulnerable people. His compassion leaves us no excuse to mistreat our immigrant neighbor or withhold basic care from the poor. In Christ, we are welcomed home as adopted sons and daughters. The luminous heart of God behind the law never changes. Let Christ’s welcome, mercy, and care become ours. Rebel against the false gods of fear and greed. Love your neighbor as you have been loved by God.

A sermon from Rev. Honore

Texts this week: Ecclesiasticus 38:1–14; Psalm 147:1–11; 2 Timothy 4:1–13; Luke 4:14–21.

Keep standing, keep preaching, and keep going. Paul charges Timothy to preach the Word in every season, even when people resist the truth. This calling belongs to all of us: the way we live, serve, and speak should call people back to Jesus. Be sober-minded, endure hardship, and make God's kingdom your priority. The prizes of this world fade, but the prize awaiting us is eternal. May God give us strength to persevere in faith.

A sermon from Fr. Nathan

Texts this week: Isaiah 25:1–9 · Psalm 23 · Philippians 4:4–13 · Matthew 22:1–14.

The Lord is at hand. Jesus is near to us in every anxious circumstance. He has come into the mess with us, forgiving our sins and transforming us from the inside out. We learn the secret of contentment by rejoicing in gratitude, walking in gentleness, and bringing our requests to God. His peace is a gift we receive and share. Come sit down at the table with the Lord and rest from all your anxieties.

A sermon from Fr. Nathan

Texts this week: Isaiah 5:1–7; Psalm 80:(1–6)7–19; Philippians 3:14–21; Matthew 21:33–44.

Jesus is not one priority among many; he is the priority, the goal, and the prize. As citizens of heaven, we press on toward maturity by keeping our eyes on godly examples, refusing appetites that make enemies of the cross, and receiving Christ’s life-giving grace. Pressing on takes effort, never earning. When Christ calls us into a harder, more beautiful path, we pray for grace, knowing he meets us and brings us into eternal life.

A sermon from Fr. Nathan Hale.

Texts this week: Ezekiel 18:1–4, 25–32; Psalm 25:1–14 (15–21); Philippians 2:1–13; Matthew 21:28–32.

We inherit messes and sinful systems, but we cannot embrace their filth or blame-shift our sin. All souls belong to God, and each of us answers to him. Yet judgment is not the final word: God desires that we turn and live. In Jesus, who chose forgiveness instead of condemnation, died, rose, and poured out his Spirit, grace meets the wanderer. So work out your salvation, cooperate with the Spirit, and walk toward the Lord.

A sermon from Fr. Nathan

Texts this week: Jonah 3:10–4:11; Psalm 145; Philippians 1:21–27; Matthew 20:1–16.

God’s graciousness is scandalous to us. Jonah resents mercy for his enemies, while Paul declares, To live is Christ, and to die is gain. The Gospel tells what God has done, is doing, and will do: forgiving sin, undoing death, and restoring creation. Because grace is never exhausted, we need not obliterate enemies, win, or redeem ourselves. We can welcome, forgive, give generously, abandon preferences, pursue humility, and entrust ourselves to God with certain hope.

a sermon from Fr. Nathan

Texts this week: Ecclesiasticus 27:30–28:7; Psalm 103 or 103:1–14; Romans 14:5–12; Matthew 18:21–35.

We are the Lord’s. Our need to be right, whether judging others or ourselves, becomes destructive when disconnected from mercy. We will give an account to God, yet the Lord is able to make us stand. In Christ, God does not deal with us according to our sins. We can release ourselves and one another into his care, forgive our neighbors, and rest: our hope is not in being right, but in Christ’s righteousness given.

A sermon from Fr. Nathan.

Ezekiel 33:1–11

Psalm 119:33–48

Romans 12:9–21

Matthew 18:15–20

Jesus does not promise a church without conflict. He gives us a way through it: imitate God, who desires not the death of sinners but restoration. Go frankly, carefully, and with the goal of gaining your brother or sister. Christ is with us in that hard work. Even when we face enemies, we overcome evil with good. At the cross, Jesus refuses to become like his enemies, and his self-giving love is vindicated in resurrection.