The Beatitudes Amidst Violence (Matthew 5:1-12)- Barnabas Lin

It feels like we have been here before. Mass shootings, police violence, protests, critical analysis, and organizing. But the violence keeps going. How do we continue in the onslaught of violence?  In this Sunday's sermon, Barnabas Lin continues our series on Epiphanytide and navigates us through The Beatitudes. He subverts its use as spiritual platitudes, grapples with whether religion is the opiate of the masses, and shows how Jesus is forming a people who are able to recognize, trust, and participate concretely in the Kingdom of Heaven.