When religious conviction hardens into public enforcement, moral authority begins to fracture. This analysis traces how certainty—stripped of humility and history—produces hypocrisy, public shaming, and institutional decay within modern Christianity.
When Faith Becomes a Fence: A Word to a Church Forged in Necessity—and the God Still Moving– Sermonette Series
Born of survival, faith once functioned as a shield. But when certainty hardens, even sacred structures can confine the Spirit. This sermonette explores when fundamentalism—however righteous its origins—begins to restrain the living movement of God.
Idolatry, Witness, and the Weight of the Gavel – Sermonette Series
Pastor Jamal Bryant has once again found himself in the center of cultural clash. After lifting Martin Luther King Jr. as a prophetic voice, he was accused by Millicent Sedra of “ethnic idolatry.” But is honoring a witness the same as worshiping an idol? This sermonette examines the charge, the self-appointed gavel, and what the Word says about idolatry, remembrance, and the cloud of witnesses.



