Borrowed Humility

What if your “good deeds” are just extortion in disguise? In a culture drowning in virtue-signaling “Love Your Neighbor” yard signs, pulpits silenced due to cowardice, and nearly 200,000 unauthorized immigrants overwhelming Connecticut towns, this week’s sermon exposes the lie: The Pharisee tithed perfectly, fasted twice a week, fed the hungry—yet the Roman-collaborating tax collector walked away justified.Why?Not for his breast-beating humility, but by Christ’s borrowed, blood-bought humility from the cross. Progressive ideology targets your church, schools, and government. Jeremiah’s covenant plea, Luke’s temple prayer, and Paul’s faithfully run race, define the faithful Christian’s response. False humility keeps you silent; true gospel courage means Christians of all ages can manfully fight under His banner—starting now. Hope in God alone justifies. Everything else crumbles. Read or listen to this important sermon.Sermon Notes:#71," New Founding Podcast, episode 71, YouTube video, 2:26:23, premiered October 17, 2025, accessed October 22, 2025, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMu3gu8NXX8.Editorial Board, “No Kings: Violent Rhetoric,” Republican-American, October 24, 2025, https://www.ctinsider.com/waterbury/opinion/article/no-kings-violent-rhetoric-21116426.php.Migration Policy Institute, “Profile of the Unauthorized Population: Connecticut,” accessed October 22, 2025, https://www.migrationpolicy.org/data/unauthorized-immigrant-population/state/CT.Stay Connected:Follow Pastor Dell on X at https://x.com/jakedell73.Subscribe to Experimental Sermons at https://jwdell.substack.com/.Join us for Sunday worship at https://firstchurchwoodbury.org/. Get full access to Experimental Sermons at jwdell.substack.com/subscribe