Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy

Called To Ministry

All of us are called to be in ministry. Each of our calls will look different. No one person will have the same call as their mentor colleagues.

Mount Olivet UMC, SermonTeer HardyNovember 29, 2017Matthew 25, Christ the King Sunday, Mount Olivet, CalledComment

Tension Among the Saints

What we miss in avoiding the tension between Thessalonians and Revelation is that while it may be hard in this life we have the confidence of knowing what happens at the end of the book: God wins. We win. Christ’s holiness wins over “failure and disappointment,” “separation and abandonment.”

Let Them Stand On The Pews - Children's Sabbath

Jesus is pretty clear about children in the Kingdom of God. This is one of the subjects within Jesus' teaching where it is hard to twist the meaning of His words

Unity in Obedience

What I do matters because you depend on me. What you do matters because a community of disciples is impossible without you. They way we speak of one another matters because when we speak poorly of other disciples we are showing to the world how we fail each other. We are then telling the world that our differences are bigger than the One who created and the One who was present at creation.

Mount Olivet UMC, SermonTeer HardyOctober 2, 2017Philippians, Unity, Community, Faith, Preaching, Sermon, Mount Olivet

The Telenovela of

Stanley Hauerwas suggests that three-part confrontation of sin that Jesus outlined was not merely a recommendation. Hauerwas said Jesus’ style of confronting sin is, “an indication of the kind of community that Jesus has called into existence.” Because we love God, and we love one another, and it is God’s love that binds us together, we must “refuse to risk the loss” of one person to sin. This is why Jesus tells us that our “Father in heaven” rejoices when one of the lost sheep returns.

Mount Olivet UMC, SermonTeer HardySeptember 14, 2017preaching, Stanley Hauerwas, Matthew 18, Sin, Forgiveness, Sermon, Mount Olivet

In Line With Moses & Peter - Exodus 3:1-15 - Year A, Proper 17

Like Moses, even when we stumble, we do our best to gather ourselves, moving back on to the path of independence, the path we have carefully charted out and are attempting to follow with laser-like precision. Even when we take a step back, either because we killed an abusive Egyptian, or because we stumbled over our best-laid plans, we can typically get back on track, moving back towards the independence we desperately desire. We often find though, just as Moses did, that God has other plans for our lives.