In the sermon The Church and the Mountaintop, delivered on July 5, 2026, the speaker explores the intersection of personal gratitude, national identity, and the radical inclusivity of the Gospel. The message begins with a poignant personal story about visiting a dying World War II veteran in a poorly maintained nursing home. The veteran had been a P-51 Mustang pilot who crash-landed in the Netherlands—the speaker’s home country. This connection leads to a profound moment of realization: the speaker’s own life was made possible by the veteran’s service and the liberation of Holland. This story serves as a foundation for discussing nobility, heroism, and the "matter-of-fact call to duty" of ordinary people.

The sermon then shifts to a critique of  ...