August 30, 2026

Rarely does a sermon tackle one of Christianity's most debated tensions with such refreshing honesty. This message dives into Acts 13:44-52, where Paul and Barnabas face fierce rejection from Jewish leaders, and what unfolds reveals something profound about God's sovereign design for salvation history.

Larry unpacks how the Jewish rejection of Jesus was not a divine accident. Paul quotes Isaiah 49:6, showing that Christ was always meant to be "a light to all nations." The rejected cornerstone, as drawn from Isaiah and Psalms, becomes the very foundation of a gospel that reaches every corner of the world. (It is a genuinely moving image when Larry describes Jesus weeping at Jerusalem, grieving that people missed who he truly was.)

What does it mean that God both predestines and invites? Larry wrestles honestly wit ...