Unexpected – Week 1 | Wisdom & Power

When we think being in control will fix everything—more plans, more know-how, the right image—we end up stuck on a hamster wheel of self-help, status games, and spiritual posturing. This sermon names that tension bluntly: the crack between what we can arrange and the deeper brokenness that technology, religion, or charisma can’t repair. It also calls out how church life can mirror the world’s power plays, leaving people hurt and searching for something that actually heals. The message turns to Paul’s shock: God’s wisdom looks like foolish weakness—the cross as the unexpected route to real power, reversal of status, and belonging. You’ll hear an invitation away from climbing and performance toward a humility that frees, a grace that shames pretension, and a way of life shaped by service, suffering, and surprising hope. Listen for the posture that unseats self-reliance and opens space for something utterly unanticipated to take hold.