http://foolishsage.com/2005/09/25/crossing-the-reconciliation-minefield-a-sermon/ The Sacred Journey of Mark Traphagen, the Foolish Sage Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:08:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://foolishsage.com/2005/09/25/crossing-the-reconciliation-minefield-a-sermon/#comment-5089 Imperfect Mirror » Blog Archive » Brokenness and Reconciliation Mon, 26 Sep 2005 17:00:53 +0000 http://rmfo-blogs.com/rumorsage/archives/2005/09/25/crossing-the-reconciliation-minefield-a-sermon/#comment-5089 [...] My friend Mark Traphagen—whom I had the pleasure of seeing on Friday! —preached his first sermon at his new church on Sunday, and I think it’s very much worth reading. I would feel it most tragic if you take this exhortation to reconciliation as a task list, as a duty to be performed. This is not a call to be better people or try harder. It is a call to the gospel, to falling on your knees before the King who wants to reconcile you to himself so he can call you friend. How can we possibly have hope that our anger and bitterness and selfishness can be broken and healed? Because Jesus himself took the wrath and anger of the world upon himself when he went to the cross. [...] [...] My friend Mark Traphagen—whom I had the pleasure of seeing on Friday! —preached his first sermon at his new church on Sunday, and I think it’s very much worth reading. I would feel it most tragic if you take this exhortation to reconciliation as a task list, as a duty to be performed. This is not a call to be better people or try harder. It is a call to the gospel, to falling on your knees before the King who wants to reconcile you to himself so he can call you friend. How can we possibly have hope that our anger and bitterness and selfishness can be broken and healed? Because Jesus himself took the wrath and anger of the world upon himself when he went to the cross. [...]

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