I'm Not Ashamed Of The Gospel

Pastor Mike traces the historical and contemporary reasons people are tempted to shrink back from the Christian faith, beginning with the shame associated with crucifixion in first-century Rome and extending to modern challenges such as the rejection of supernatural claims and the offense taken at the exclusivity of Christ. Using the theological framework of "one-ism" versus "two-ism," the sermon argues that a world without the Creator's design does not produce freedom but rather a swamp of relativism and moral confusion. By contrast, living within God's revealed order produces genuine human flourishing, deep satisfaction, and true freedom. Believers are urged not merely to tolerate the gospel quietly but to be emboldened by it, knowing they carry the only answer to what is broken in the world. Pastor Mike closes with a direct invitation for those who have never surrendered to Christ to come to him on his terms, through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus.