Simply Jesus – Week 17 | The Paradox Of Sacrificial Love

When the life you've assembled—preferences, plans, comforts—starts to feel like a mile-long freight train barreling forward, the idea of surrender can seem impossible. This sermon tackles that exact tension: our instinct to protect and promote ourselves versus Jesus’ call to die to self. It names the ways popularity, safety, and even good intentions can become a momentum that keeps us from following a deeper way of love. The message leans into a counterintuitive truth rooted in the Gospel: real life comes by losing the self-first reflex. Through honest, sometimes uncomfortable stories and a clear look at what “take up your cross” meant then and means now, the talk offers practical rhythms—sabbath, accountability, communion—that help unhook the cars on that train. You’ll be invited to a different kind of surrender, one that risks loss and quietly promises a new kind of gain, leaving you unsettled and strangely lighter.