Converting the Church: Heavy Burdens - Jon Tyson

This Sunday, Pastor Jon kicked off our new sermon series centered
on Jesus’ seven woes to the Pharisees in Matthew 23 called
Converting the Church. This series will invite us to examine our
own ways and beliefs, and create opportunities for us as
individuals and a church to repent for the ways we have tried to
add to God’s law or avoid parts of it. Jesus began His
public rebuke of the religion of His day by warning His disciples
and the crowds that while the Pharisees’ tradition was rooted in
truth, their practices were not. The modern, evangelical church
must also heed the warning of Jesus to convert religious burdens
into freeing grace so that it properly reflects the live giving
Good News of His Gospel.