HeyJaredSermons
TJ currently serves as Pastor at Zion Lutheran Church in Redmond, Oregon. Website: www.zionrdm.com
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Relationship Matters (opens the original)
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In Matthew 18:15-20, Jesus offers more than a step-by-step approach to conflict. He invites us into relationships marked by honesty, courage, tenderness, and reconciliation. In this sermon, Pastor TJ Johnson explores what it means to become a “sacred companion”: someone who cares enough to tell the truth in love, listens without rushing to judgment, and seeks to regain a relationship rather than win an argument. Jesus reminds us that the person matters, the relationship matters, and even in the
What is your soul worth? (opens the original)
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What is your soul worth—and what are you tempted to trade it for? In this sermon on Matthew 16:21-28, Pastor TJ reflects on Jesus’ challenging words about denying ourselves, taking up the cross, and not gaining the whole world at the cost of our souls. Drawing on insights from Richard Rohr and Meister Eckhart, he explores the difference between the smaller identities we construct and the deeper self already known and loved by God. A personal story about classical guitar becomes a picture of what
More than crumbs (opens the original)
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More Than Crumbs Matthew 15:21–28; Isaiah 56:1, 6–8 A Canaanite woman refuses to believe that God’s grace is scarce. When others see an outsider, she sees an abundant God—and Jesus praises her faith. In this sermon, we reflect on the danger of imagining God’s mercy too narrowly and the surprising wideness of the Lord’s Table, where there is always room for one more hungry soul to be fed.
Peace in the Midst of Storms (opens the original)
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Matthew 14:22–33; 1 Kings 19:9–18 — When life feels unstable, Elijah and Peter remind us that our sure footing is found in the steadfast presence of Christ.
Before the Bread Was Broken (opens the original)
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Our scarcity is met by Jesus’ compassionate abundance.
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