Text: Luke 13:31-35
Title: The Cost of Compromise
Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower
We gather in worship today on the 2nd Sunday of Lent. Lent offers a time to reflect on the life we have chosen, the choices we have made, and then to determine how we now ought to live in light of Good Friday and Easter. During this season of Lent, we are walking with Jesus through the eyes of the gospel of Luke, starting at the very beginning of his ministry and concluding on Easter Sunday with the joyous news of his resurrection. This morning, some Pharisees come to warn Jesus of a potential threat from Herod. In response, Jesus warns them of the threats of a compromised life. We put ourselves in danger when we compromise the values of God in order to fit in or get along in the world. To paraphrase Jesus, we let the fox into the henhouse. But Jesus offers, like a mother hen, to give up his own life to save us from the foxes we have invited in.