Unoffendable – Week 3 | It's Unfair, Thank God!

When mercy looks unfair — when people who don’t “earn” it get welcomed and celebrated — it makes us bristle. This sermon picks up that exact sting: the outrage of religious people at a Jesus who eats with tax collectors, celebrates sinners, and seems to throw grace around without checking credentials. The tension is real: fairness versus relentless, scandalous love. The message walks the parable of the lost sheep through three clear angles — the sheep, the search, and the shepherd — to show why repentance follows being rescued, not the other way around. You’ll hear why we’re called to live “unoffendably,” how grace refuses to keep score, and what it looks like to be carried home rather than shamed into returning. It’s both a comfort for anyone who feels irredeemable and a challenge to churches that protect privilege instead of throwing a party for the lost, leaving you wanting to sit with the story a little longer.