“Faith Refined and Reframed”
Sermon given by Pastor Robb on March 1, 2026.
Continues the Surveying Deep Roots for New Seasons sermon series.
Covers Malachi 3:1-5 and Luke 7:18-30.
God commonly uses imagery of refining and washing to describe the process of repenting and being restored to fully participating in salvation life when we have wandered and been exiled. That process might sound encouraging and empowering, or challenging and stretching - especially depending on what position we find ourselves in relative to God’s vision and purposes. God also regularly points to the positions we can find God and salvation life - with those who are usually left out and cast aside, making a new kind of community (rather than being with those seeking power and privilege). Refining ourselves to that position can take a lot of transformation, but it is ultimately good for us and everyone.
