Sermon
Salt City Podcast Ep. 9: May 28th, 2020
Redemption Church - Twin Cities
Speaker: Drew Stevenson
May 28, 2020 · 38 min
Summary
Two pastors discuss the killing of George Floyd and systemic injustice, emphasizing that Christians must respond with lament—a posture combining brutal honesty about injustice, empathy for suffering communities, and dependency on God's ultimate justice. They frame injustice as sin wielding power and call the church toward reconciliation rooted in the gospel.
Highlights
Injustice is simply sin with power. Unrighteousness is my daughter punching me in the face. Injustice is me punching my daughter in the face, because I'm the one in power.
My comfort is not in figuring out how to be angry differently, but rather: no matter how angry I feel, God, I'm so thankful that you're angrier with this sin than I am.
Lament is honesty, empathy, and dependency—brutally honest about what happened, empathizing through relationship, and directed toward God who through his death and resurrection has already proven that perfect justice will come.