"Called to More: Tenants of a Shared Vineyard" (October 4, 2026 Sermon)

Send us Fan Mail Preaching: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. Fearing Text: Matthew 21:33-46 A preschooler asks, “Do you own the church?” and suddenly a famous Bible story stops being abstract. We take Jesus’ Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 21:33–46) out of the “ancient vineyard” and into everyday church life, where control, fear, and entitlement can creep in fast. The question underneath it all is simple and unsettling: what happens when we start acting like God’s gifts belong to us? We also slow ...