“Do Unto Others” Sermon Series

October 6, 2024 // The Power of Kindness // Micah 6:8

Someone once asked, “If we believe the other party is wrong about some really critical issues, are we simply to be nice and not address these serious differences?” No - we should stand up for what we believe in. But too often we do that with rancor; in a way that merely pushes people away from what we believe. That only further polarizes us. Micah 6:8 offers us a better way. Today we’ll focus on kindness and how it might just be the key to saving American democracy.

October 13, 2024 // Finding Common Ground // Acts 17:22-28

Our faith can either divide us and instill greater fear - and even hate - or it can be the antidote to hate, heal divisions, and bring us together. Today we will look at how and why and how our faith can lead us to love our neighbors across the religious divide.

October 20, 2024 // Malice Toward None, Charity for All // Ephesians 4:1-3, 31-32, James 1:19, Matthew 7:1-5

President Abraham Lincoln said these words in his Second Inaugural Address, shortly before the end of the Civil War: “With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and orphans; to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.” Today we look at how to have malice toward none, with charity for all.

October 27, 2024 // Jesus, Politics, and Religion // Matthew 5:43-46

The Pew Research Center found in a poll taken in 2019 that two-thirds of people in both parties see those in the other party as closed-minded, and 36% of each party sees the other as unintelligent. There are Democrats who see Republicans as racist;, and Republicans who see Democrats as immoral. Somewhere, we have to stop. Today we will look at what Jesus has to say about overcoming our political divide.

About the Kindness Campaign

‘Do Unto Others’ is a kindness campaign to coincide with the 2024 presidential election. This grassroots movement encourages people to be intentional about treating one another with kindness and overcoming the heightened polarization during the political season with respect and love. The Golden Rule applies to all… including those you disagree with. We believe that by being a community who proudly proclaims this, you have the power to bring people together.