History
Harriet Tubman escaped slavery in Maryland in 1849. Freedom, for her, was not a finish line. She returned south again and again —…
Courage · Identity · Calling
Tubman · Luke 15 · Philippians 2
Story
The short man in the tree
Luke 19:1–10
Jericho’s chief tax collector climbs a sycamore to see, and Jesus calls him by name, invites himself over, and eats with a man the town has already judged. Salvation arrives as a house visit. Zacchaeus answers with fourfold restitution before anyone asks for a testimony. Grace does not wait for the climb down to become respectable. It names him and then the money starts to move.
How you’d preach it
Land this on people sure they have gone too far, and on a church sure some people have. The tree is desperation. The meal is the gospel.
- Grace
- Generosity
- Identity
Luke 19
Luke 19:1–10