[unknown] - Lenten Meditation and Music (1997)

Though Jesus is on trial before Pilot, it is actually Pilot and the Roman Empire––and by extension all of our modern empires––who stand in judgment before the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom Jesus ushers in is not of this world, and it's other-worldliness attests to another way of life that is not marked by violence and power. (Abstract created by Duke Divinity School staff.)

Sermon start time: (Part 1) 10:01.

Key quotation: “Having thus judged us, and our empires, standing before us over the alter of our chapel, he invites us to break free, to cut loose, to join him on his way toward a new world, a different kingdom, God’s kingdom, a kingdom where the truth can be told.”