The Big Sort - Audio

Our world feels increasingly divided—socially, politically, and culturally. We sort ourselves into communities that look, think, and live like us. But Advent reminds us that Jesus comes to bring a different kind of sorting altogether. In this sermon for the Third Sunday of Advent, we explore how Scripture presents the mission of the Messiah as a great reversal. Through Isaiah’s vision of a road through the desert, Mary’s song of the proud brought low and the hungry filled, and Jesus’ own words about his ministry, we see a Savior who does not reinforce the world’s values but overturns them. Jesus brings life to dry places, hope to the overlooked, and a kingdom that reshapes what power, success, and faithfulness truly mean. This message invites us to consider how following Jesus reorders our assumptions, reshapes our values, and sustains us as we wait for the world to be made new.