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Sermon: Surprise Party | Week 2: Who Jesus Includes // Rajeev Tiwari

Sermon: Surprise Party | Week 2: Who Jesus Includes // Rajeev Tiwari

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April 19, 2026

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In this sermon, we explore the scandalous reach of Easter hope through the lens of Saul’s blinding encounter on the road to Damascus. We confront a God who subverts our hierarchies of belonging, trading our rigid "safety patrol" certainties for a grace that reaches the very people we have labeled as "out." By examining the quiet bravery of Ananias, we are challenged to move beyond condemnation and embrace the radical humility required to call an enemy "brother." This is a call to inhabit the "Surprise Party" of the Gospel, where the scales of judgment fall away to reveal a kinship we never thought possible.

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