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by TJ Johnson
TJ currently serves as Pastor at Zion Lutheran Church in Redmond, Oregon. Website: www.zionrdm.com
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- Yesterday11 min
God's Mind-blowing Abundance
Jonah 3:10–4:11; Matthew 20:1-16What happens when our scarcity-shaped imagination collides with the infinite mercy of God? Through Jonah, Jesus’ parable of the workers in the vineyard, and a personal story about the surprising way love expands, Pastor TJ explores a grace that refuses to keep score. God’s love is not something that must be divided—there is more than enough mercy, forgiveness, belonging, and love to go around.
- 1 weeks ago12 min
What can God make of this?
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- 2 weeks ago12 min
Relationship Matters
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 difficult work of reconciliation, Christ is there among us.
- 3 weeks ago11 min
What is your soul worth?
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 happens when something we love begins to consume us—and why sometimes the path to freedom is simply to put it down.The sermon ends with a gospel reversal of Jesus' question: What are our souls worth to God? The cross gives the answer.
- Aug 16, 202611 min
More than crumbs
More Than Crumbs Matthew 15:21–28; Isaiah 56:1, 6–8A 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.
- Aug 10, 202610 min
Peace in the Midst of Storms
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.
- Aug 2, 202612 min
Before the Bread Was Broken
Our scarcity is met by Jesus’ compassionate abundance.
- Jul 27, 202610 min
Too Deep for Words
Sometimes Prayer begins where words end.
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TJ currently serves as Pastor at Zion Lutheran Church in Redmond, Oregon. Website: www.zionrdm.com
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