Brewing Theology With Teer Hardy

What We Still Cannot SeeJohn 12:12-19Palm SundayMarch 29, 2026Rev. Teer HardyJesus is the only one entering Jerusalem who knows what is going on. He knows the kind of king they want. He knows where the parade leads. He knows the voices shouting “Hosanna!” will not make it to Friday. And he rides anyway, not on a warhorse like the governor entering on the opposite side of the city, but on a symbol of peace. Not to assume a throne but to take up a cross. Not to meet the crowd’s expectations but to undo them.Jesus does not wait for us to see clearly before becoming our king, which is good news because if He did, we would still be waiting on the side of the road arguing about the kind of king we prefer. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

Through Blind Eyes | Seen by JesusJohn 9:35-41Lent 5March 22, 2026Rev. Teer HardyHere’s the gospel: the man does not find Jesus. Jesus finds him. After rejection, after loss, and after the cost, Jesus finds him.And the same is true for you. You do not have to have your vision right before Christ comes near. You do not have to solve the mystery before you can believe. You do not have to see everything with 20/20 vision, because the One who sees you has already come looking. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

Through Blind Eyes | Power ConfrontedJohn 9:24-34Lent 4March 15, 2026Rev. Teer HardyThe healed man tells the truth, and he is cast out. Christ tells the truth, and he is nailed to a tree. But here is the strange and dangerous thing about the gospel. The powers never seem to realize what they have done. Because the cross reveals something the powers of the world will never understand, the grace of God does not stop when it is rejected, and Truth does not die when it is crucified.God raises the Crucified One from the dead. Which means the powers are not nearly as powerful as they think they are. And it means the Word Made Flesh continues to walk through the world. In the lives he has changed. In the witness of those who now see clearly. In the church that refuses to pretend that blindness is sight.Church, as Christ’s body, we cannot spend our lives protecting institutions while ignoring mercy. We cannot flatter the powers of this world while the vulnerable are crushed. We cannot pretend not to see. Healed people cannot pretend not to see.The powers nailed Jesus to a tree to keep the world the way it was. God raised him from the dead to make the world the way it will be.Grace loves to travel please share this sermon with someone who needs to hear the good news of God’s love for them. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

If this sermon moved you to consider the urgency of God‘s grace, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Anyone who has ever been called to testify in a courtroom knows the moment. Your name is called. You stand and walk forward. You raise your right hand and swear to tell the truth. And when you sit down in the witness box, something changes. You are no longer an observer. You are a witness. Your testimony carries weight. What you say can clarify the truth or cloud it. Every eye in the room is on you.That is the atmosphere of the Gospel of John, chapter 9.During Lent, we are working through this chapter, which tells the story of the man born blind whom Jesus heals. It is one of the most fascinating stories in the Gospel because once the miracle happens, the story does not end. Instead, it turns into something like a trial.The miracle is not the final act.The neighbors question the man. The religious authorities question him again. And now, the man’s parents are summoned. The last two weeks of this chapter sound read like a courtroom drama where everyone is trying to figure out what to do with the inconvenient fact standing right in front of them.A man who used to be blind can now see.The religious leaders want an argument. What they have instead is evidence.Yesterday, the man was blind. Today he sees.That is not a theological theory. That is a problem.And that is what makes the story so uncomfortable. The religious authorities are not debating an abstract doctrine about Jesus. They are staring at the results of his work.The theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer once argued that the sermon does not come from universal truths or emotional experiences. The sermon comes from the incarnation of Jesus Christ himself. As Bonhoeffer puts it, “The sermon derives from the incarnation of Jesus Christ and is determined by the incarnation of Jesus Christ. The word of the sermon is the incarnate Christ. Hence the sermon is actually Christ. Christ as the Word. As the Word, Christ walks through the church-community.”That is a staggering claim.Preaching is not merely talking about Jesus. In some mysterious way, Christ himself moves through the community when the Word is proclaimed.And something like that is happening in John 9.By the time the questioning begins, Jesus has already slipped away from the scene. But his work has not. The man who was healed is standing there in the middle of the community as living evidence of what the Word made flesh can do.The religious leaders want a debate about theology.Instead, they are staring at it.John’s Gospel calls miracles “signs.” A sign does not exist for its own sake. A sign points to something deeper. The healing reveals who Jesus is.And the uncomfortable truth about revelation is that once it appears, people have to decide what to do with it.You can celebrate it. You can deny it. Or you can interrogate it until the evidence becomes inconvenient enough to ignore.That last option is often the preferred strategy of religious institutions.Which brings us to the parents.The authorities call them in to testify.“Is this your son?”Yes.“Was he born blind?”Yes.“So how does he now see?”And suddenly, the witness stand becomes a dangerous place to sit.Because the parents know the answers. They know their son was born blind. They know he can now see. And they know exactly who did it.Jesus.But the Gospel tells us something important about this moment. The authorities had already decided that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Messiah would be expelled from the synagogue.That might sound minor to us, but in the first century, it meant far more than simply losing a place to worship. The synagogue was the center of Jewish life. It was where your family prayed, where your children learned the Scriptures, where your reputation was known, and where your relationships were formed. To be cast out of the synagogue meant losing your community, your social standing, and often your economic life as well.It meant exile.Which means the parents are not simply answering religious questions. They are weighing the cost of telling the truth.They know their son was blind. They know he now sees. And they know exactly who did it. But they also know what will happen if they say his name.So they do something very careful. They tell the truth, but not the whole truth.“We know this is our son.”“We know he was born blind.”“How he now sees? We do not know. Ask him.”It is not exactly a lie.It is quieter than that.It is fear trimming the truth down to a safer size.And before we judge the parents too quickly, we should admit how familiar that feels.Because the truth about Jesus has always carried consequences.For most of us, confessing Christ will not get us expelled from a synagogue. But it can still cost us something. It can cost us approval in rooms where faith is expected to remain private. It can cost us credibility in professional spaces where belief is treated as something quaint or embarrassing. It can cost us comfort

Through Blind Eyes | Disruptive FaithJohn 9:8-18Lent 2March 1, 2026Rev. Teer HardyLent exposes the places where we resist the gospel, not because we hate Jesus but because we fear what his healing will rearrange.And here is the quiet mercy: Jesus is not threatened by the Pharisees’ suspicion or undone by their division. He keeps healing. He keeps revealing.All of that to say, if Lent unsettles you, if it disrupts patterns or pride, that may not be failure. It may be sight.And better to be a little destabilized by grace than perfectly stable in the dark. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

Through Blind Eyes | Lent Begins in the DarkJohn 9:1-7Lent 1February 22, 2026Rev. Teer HardyLent does not begin in the dark because God delights in confusion, but because trust is formed there. The blind man is seen before he sees. Grace precedes understanding. The call precedes clarity. That means the same is true for you. You might feel half-seeing or spiritually muddy. You may feel uncertain about what the season will bring. But you have seen, and you have been told to go. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

You Don’t Have to Wash Your AshMatthew 6:1–6, 16–21Ash WednesdayFebruary 18, 2026Rev. Teer HardyAsh Wednesday is about telling the truth in front of God.And here is the truth:We do not need to be cleaned up before we are loved.We do not need to be impressive before we are forgiven.We do not need to scrub away our failures before we are welcomed.We are already washed.Not with water alone, but with grace.Not with our discipline, but with Christ’s mercy.Not with our righteousness, but with Christ’s.The ash on your forehead is not a badge of spiritual achievement. It is a confession. It says, “I am not who I pretend to be.And God answers, “I know. And I love you anyway.”Amen. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

The Glory Does what happens on the mountain stay on the mountain?Matthew 17:1-9Transfiguration SundayFebruary 15, 2026Rev. Teer HardyThe season of Epiphany does not conclude with instruction. The Now What? of the season is not “come down the mountain.” It ends with revelation. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

Now What? | Spirit Over Spectacle1 Corinthians 2:1-16February 8, 2026Rev. Teer HardyThe Spirit does not wait until we get this right.The Spirit does not arrive once we are finally wise enough, faithful enough, or qualified enough.The Spirit is already given.Which means your worth is not pending. Your belonging is not conditional. Your place in God’s life is not something you achieve.“We have received the Spirit,” Paul says. “We have the mind of Christ.”Not because we earned it. Not because we mastered anything. But because God, in sheer grace, has chosen to dwell with us.That is real power. And that is very good news. Amen. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

Jesus is Not Your Mascot“When being right becomes more important than being faithful.”1 Corinthians 1:10-18Third Sunday after the EpiphanyJanuary 25, 2026Rev. Teer HardyUnity is not the prize we earn for good behavior. It is a gift Christ gives to people who keep trying to live as if they belong to someone else.That’s what makes Paul’s question so sharp: “Has Christ been divided?”Because what Paul is really exposing is this: Christ has already made us one, and we keep trying to unmake it. We keep taking the body Christ has joined together and pulling it apart with our allegiances, ideologies, and egos. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

Now What? | Grace Has Already Been Given“Once grace is a fact, delay becomes a problem.”1 Corinthians 1:1-9Second Sunday after the EpiphanyJanuary 18, 2026Rev. Teer HardyRemember the tense:God has already claimed them.God has already gifted them.God has already bound them to Christ.God has already claimed you.God has already gifted you.God has already bound them to you.Which means their lives must catch up to what God has already said is true. Delay does not stop the Kingdom of God from being fully realized, but it does distort how we participate in it. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

“Exposed and Beloved”January 11, 2026Matthew 3:13-17Baptism of the LordRev. Teer HardyThe Gospel is not that we are less violent than we feared. It is that God does not abandon us when the truth about us is revealed. God meets us there. Claims us there. Names us there.For those who have been baptized, remembering your baptism is not sentimentality. It is identity when exposure comes. When the headlines shatter our illusions. When fear tempts us to harden our hearts. When we realize how fragile love really is.Your baptism says there is a deeper word spoken over you. One you did not earn. One you cannot undo.And if you have not been baptized, hear this clearly. This is not a demand. God has already stepped into the water. Baptism is not the moment God begins to love you. It is the moment your life is publicly named as already belonging to God.Baptism does not protect us from the world.It prepares us for it. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

Foolishness Found in the MessJanuary 4, 2026Matthew 2:1-12EpiphanyRev. Teer HardySo the question Epiphany leaves us with is not, “Are we insiders or outsiders?”The question is far more tender than that.When God speaks, will we explain it or follow it?Because the good news is this.God is not finished.Not with the church.Not with the world.God is not finished revealing the fullness of God’s grace—often in places we do not expect, through people and ways we do not anticipate, in forms that look foolish until they save us.The Magi find Christ in the mess, not because the mess disappears, but because God chooses to be found there.And by grace, so can we. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

“A Weary World Still Rejoices”Isaiah 9:2-7Luke 2:1-20Christmas EveRev. Teer HardyRejoicing might look like showing up at church on a Wednesday night when it would have been easier to stay home.It might look like singing words you are not sure you fully believe yet.It might look like holding a candle and trusting that a small light is enough for now.The joy of Christmas is not measured by volume. It is measured by presence.And tonight, God is present.In a few moments, we will sing Silent Night and hold light in our hands. Not because the darkness is gone, but because it has been met.The weary still world rejoices, not because the night is over, but because God is with us tonight and every night to come. God is with you.Amen. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

Disarming Advent | Disarming Your DoubtIsaiah 7:10-16December 21, 2025Rev. Teer HardyAs Advent begins to give way to Christmas, this is the truth we carry:The God who gave the sign to Ahaz has given Himself. Not in theory or prophecy but in flesh and blood. In a child in a manger. In bread and wine. In a savior hung on a tree. And in the hope of an empty tomb. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

Disarming Advent | Disarming Peace“God makes the Way”Isaiah 11:1-10Matthew 3:1-12December 7, 2025Rev. Teer HardyGod works through vulnerability, that is, through what looks like weakness. The Scriptures are full of these paradoxes—those who lose their life find it, the poor are blessed, the mourners are comforted. But Advent gives us the paradox that holds the whole Gospel together: the Savior comes as a child, and the One who defeats death is Himself slain. The infant Savior points toward the crucified Lord. The manger is mirrored in the cross. The One who conquers death is the One who dies in humiliation. And both scenes—an infant wrapped in cloth and a Messiah wrapped for burial—are not signs of defeat but icons of God’s strength. All revealing how God has made the way. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

Disarming Advent | Disarming Your ViolenceIsaiah 2:1-5Advent 1November 30, 2025Rev. Teer HardyAdvent is a choice.A choice to step toward the mountain of the Lord instead of the fortress of fear.To unclench the fists we have grown used to.To trust God’s future is not domination but reconciliation.And Isaiah gives the invitation plainly. “Come, let us walk in the light of the Lord.”To walk in a world where swords are melted, where peace is possible. Walk in a world where Jesus disarms before he restores. A world where the Prince of Peace will be born not in a palace but in vulnerability—in a manger. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

Love God. Love Neighbor Repeat.Colossians 1:11-16Luke 20:20-26November 23, 2025Rev. Teer HardyEverything belongs to God. And, therefore, I am free.Free from fear.From the lie of scarcity.From the illusion that I hold my life together.Free to love, serve, hope, and then repeat the cycle again and again. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

The Big Relief | Relief from CaptivityThe Final ReliefLuke 4:16-30November 16, 2025Rev. Teer HardyMaybe the question isn’t whether we believe Jesus can set captives free.It’s whether we’ll stop acting like we’re still locked up.Because some of us have been sitting inside open cells for years—guilt, fear, resentment, exhaustion—and the door has already been swung wide.Maybe the gospel invitation today is simply to walk out.Walk out of the fear that says you are what you produce.Walk out of the guilt that whispers you’re too far gone.Walk out of the anger that keeps you chained to old hurts.Walk out of the tomb with Jesus—into a life that can’t be contained by death or disappointment. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

The Big Relief | Relief from ProductivityThe Church That Forgot to HustlePsalm 150November 9, 2025Rev. Teer HardyGenerosity is not productivity; it’s participation. It’s joining the divine rhythm that began when God said, “Let there be rest.”The pharaohs of our world will still demand their bricks. The metrics will still measure. The notifications will still buzz.But the gospel whispers something different: You are free.Free to rest.Free to breathe.Free to praise.Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.Love God. Love Neighbor. Repeat. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

The Big Relief | Guilt Trip? There's Relief for Tha!Relief from GuiltJohn 10:11-18October 12, 2025Rev. Teer HardyYou have heard it in the voice that says, “If I can just feel terrible long enough, maybe I’ll prove I’m sorry enough.” But guilt doesn’t purify you; it just punishes you. It keeps you circling the wound instead of seeking the healer. Feeling bad is not the same thing as being made new. But guilt only knows one trick—accusation.It can name your failure, but cannot free you from it.Grace, on the other hand, feels conspicuously easy.Surely, we must do something—a little spiritual penance, a touch of self-loathing—to make things square.But the Good Shepherd does not drive His sheep with shame; He leads them with love.Relief begins the moment you stop trying to atone for what has already been forgiven.You are not the hired hand’s responsibility. You are the Good Shepherd’s joy. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

The Big Relief | Relief from ControlLuke 10:38-42October 1, 2025Rev. Teer HardyYou are not in charge of salvation—yours or anyone else’s.You are not in charge of the Kingdom of God.You are not in charge of Jesus.And that is relief. Because the Savior of the world has already come. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

The Big Relief | Relief from RejectionLuke 19:1-10September 28, 2025Rev. Teer HardyHere’s the problem: we’re pretty good at defending our trees. We like the safe distance. Voyeurism through the news, doom-scrolling, even church from the bleachers instead of the pews—it lets us watch without risking rejection. But the cost of staying up there is high. Loneliness calcifies. Isolation deepens. And grace—grace!—gets treated like a spectator sport.Jesus didn’t die because he was nice; he died because he insisted on spending time with the wrong people. Which means if you’re feeling wrong, you’re exactly right. Jesus looks at you—yes, you—and says, “Come down. I must stay at your house today.”So, for heaven’s sake, don’t stay in the tree. Come down. Let Jesus meddle in your business. Allow grace to cover you. Because the Big Relief is this: in Christ Jesus, loneliness is met with belonging, rejection is met with welcome, and even little losers like Zacchaeus—like us—are remembered by name. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

The Big Relief | Relief from RegretRomans 5:1-11Luke 7:36-50September 21, 2025Rev. Teer HardyOr as David Zahl says, “Forgiveness may be a miracle, but that doesn’t mean it’s unavailable.” In fact, in Christ, it is the most available thing in the room.That’s Romans 5 with skin on it. That’s what it looks like when “while we were still sinners, Christ died for us”[vi] gets lived out in a real life. She brought her regret to the only One who could bear it, and what she got in return was not shame, not judgment, but peace.And that’s the invitation for you, for me, for anyone who limps into church carrying regrets too heavy to keep shouldering.So, the next time you’re stuck in an airport, eating bad chicken wings, and CNN, Fox, or MSNBC is blaring the sins of the world on an endless loop, remember this: Jesus isn’t interested in running your failures as “breaking news.” He’s not cataloging your regrets for the evening broadcast.He’s looking you in the eye, like he did with that woman at Simon’s dinner party, and saying: “Your sins are forgiven. Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.” Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

The Big Relief | Relief from DeservingWhen Grace Throws a Party Before You're ReadySeptember 14, 2025Luke 15:11-32Rev. Teer HardyThe relief in this story is that the father also goes to see him. The father moves toward both sons—grace for the wild one, grace for the resentful one. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

Choosing the Narrow Way | More Than a Quality Sermon“From soundbites to surrender”August 31, 2025Matthew 7:24-29Rev. Teer HardyThe Sermon on the Mount only makes sense if Jesus Christ really did conquer sin and death. If He is still in the grave, then sure, treat His words like inspirational wall art. But if He is risen, if He is alive, then His words are not optional. They are the blueprint for life on resurrection ground. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

Choosing the Narrow Way | Sunday Best, Counterfeit Faith“Why Jesus isn’t fooled by our religious résumés”August 24, 2025Matthew 7:21-23Rev. Teer HardyAnd here is the Good News: The One who warns us is also the One who knows us. The Judge is also the Savior. The same Jesus who said, “Depart from me,” also promises, “I will never leave or forsake you.”Our hope is not in how loudly we can shout “Lord, Lord.” It is not in the mighty works we like to show off. It is not in how we behave or how clever we think we are. Our hope is in the One who knows, claims, and holds us. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

Choosing the Narrow Way | The Golden Rule in a Good Friday World"The Rule We Can’t Keep—and the Love That Keeps Us"August 4, 2025Matthew 7:12Rev. Teer HardyThe gospel is not fairness. It is mercy.It is not “treat others how they treat you.”It is Jesus on the cross saying, “Father, forgive them. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

Choosing the Narrow Way | Knock, knock. Who’s there? Grace.July 27, 2025Matthew 7:7-11Rev. Teer HardyPerhaps the best prayer we can offer today sounds like knuckles hitting the wood. The rhythm of our pleading. The hollow echo of the hallway outside the closed door.But resurrection means the knocking is never in vain.We do not knock on the door of a stranger. We knock on the door of the One who knows our name. Who hears before we speak. Who has already rolled the stone away. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

Choosing the Narrow Way | A Log in Your Eye“Double Halos and Dirty Mirrors”July 13, 2025Matthew 7:1-5Rev. Teer HardyThe way is narrow because it asks something hard of us: to love before we correct, to confess before we critique, to see others through the lens of grace before we try to fix them through the lens of the Law.We do not see clearly because we are right. We can see because we have been seen and forgiven. Because we are loved by the One who had every right to judge us harshly and instead chose grace. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

Practicing Resurrection | More Than EnoughJuly 7, 2025Matthew 6:25-34Rev. Teer HardySo, if you are carrying anxiety this morning, not as an abstract idea but in tight shoulders and sleepless nights, here is the Good News:The One who raised Jesus Christ from the dead has not abandoned you.You are not alone.You do not have to hold the world together. That job is already taken.So, stop.Breathe. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

Practicing Resurrection | Drowning in Treasure“Jesus Isn’t Against Success. He’s Just Asking a Better Question.”June 29, 2025Matthew 6:19-24Third Sunday After PentecostRev. Teer HardyJesus is not mad at you for having wealth; he’s just tired of seeing it break your heart.So here is the invitation again: “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” The question is not what do you own. The question is, what owns you?And if the answer is not Jesus, then it might be time to let some things go, not because you’re being punished, but because God wants to set you free. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

Practicing Resurrection | Drop the Mask. Wash Your Face.June 22, 2025Matthew 6:16-18Season After PentecostRev. Teer HardyWe’ve swapped out the mask of indifference for the mask of self-righteousness. We’ve dressed up our ego and religious clothing and called it faithfulness. That still is just a mask. And the father who sees in secret wants more than that.And that is the reward: The Father sees in secret. Not the praise of people or the illusion of control. The quiet, sustaining truth that God already knows you and loves you anyway. That, friends, is grace. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

Practicing Resurrection | Folded, Bowed, and Closed.Matthew 6:5-15June 15, 2025Trinity SundayRev. Teer HardyBecause Christ is risen,Because Christ is ascended,Our prayers are not flung into the void.They are gathered into the life of God.So:Don’t pray like God is far away.Don’t pray like no one’s listening.Don’t pray like someone auditioning for a part.Pray like the tomb is empty.Pray like the Son is alive.Pray like someone who’s already been heard. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

Resurrection Discipleship | This is Not About You (Thank God)“Pentecost, Inclusion, and the Quiet Power of Resurrection Generosity”June 8, 2025Acts 2:1-21and Matthew 6:1-4PentecostRev. Teer HardyPentecost was already inclusive before we got around to recognizing it. God was already including the lost, erased, and invisible. The one's history forgot. The people the Church has too often pushed to the margins, the ones we struggle to understand. God brought all of them into the story.So yes, we can celebrate Pride Month throughout June. And yes, it matters deeply because the Church (capital C) and The United Methodist Church has done immeasurable harm to the LGBTQ+ community. That harm must be named, confessed, and repented of. But we must also say this plainly: Inclusion is not a seasonal offering. It is God's default setting, and as Christ's body, inclusivity is an inherent part of the church's nature. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

Resurrection Discipleship | Ascended, Not AvengingChrist’s Victory Over Death (And Over Our Addiction to Payback)June 1, 2025Matthew 5:38-48Seventh Sunday of EasterRev. Teer HardyNone of us likes to admit it, but we love a good revenge story. We love seeing someone “get what they deserve.” But when Jesus says, “You’ve heard it said, but I say to you…” He isn’t just calling us to be slightly nicer people — He’s flipping the script entirely. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

Resurrection Discipleship | God Doesn’t Believe You Either“Fake News Isn’t Just Out There. It’s in You”May 25, 2025Matthew 5:33-37Sixth Sunday of EasterRev. Teer HardyThe fake news we are most tempted to believe is not about others. It is about ourselves.That if the truth came out, we would be abandoned.Exposed.So we lie.We spin.We control the narrative.And Jesus says, “You do not have to do that anymore.”The resurrection of Christ, promised to us, tells the truth about us.And thanks be to God, because it is worse than we thought but still more hopeful than we imagined.At the end of the day, “Let your yes be yes, and your no be no,” is about trust. Not just people trusting you but also us trusting God enough to stop performing.Jesus says, “Let your yes be yes, and your no be no.”Because his yes, spoken from the cross and shouted from the empty tomb, has already been declared over you. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

Resurrection Discipleship | No One Is DisposableWhat Resurrection Says About Anger, Lust, and DivorceMay 18, 2025Matthew 5:21-32Fifth Sunday of EasterRev. Teer HardyWhether Jesus is talking about anger, lust, or divorce, he’s addressing the same core sickness:We treat people like they’re disposable.We get angry, and suddenly that person doesn’t deserve our grace.We lust, and that person becomes a fantasy rather than a human being.We divorce (in Jesus’ context, especially men divorcing women), and someone gets thrown away like a used napkin.And Jesus says: That’s not how it works in my kingdom.The resurrection is God’s definitive declaration that nobody is disposable.Not the ones we’re angry at.Not the ones we’ve objectified.Not even ourselves when we’ve failed. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

Resurrection Discipleship | Stay SaltyEmbodying the Resurrection in a World That Needs the Real ThingMay 4, 2025Matthew 5:13-16Third Sunday of EasterRev. Teer HardyThe resurrection empowers us to bring renewal and transformation wherever we go.It doesn’t mean we walk around glowing. It means we are walking witnesses to a kingdom that doesn’t run on power, pride, or self-protection. It runs on mercy. It runs on grace.Friends, Easter isn’t just a holiday. It’s a whole new way of seeing the world.The tomb is empty. Jesus lives. And now, so do we.We live in the wake of resurrection, called not to blend in but to bless, not to retreat but to reflect, not to sanitize but to salt.So, stay salty. Let your light shine.Don’t hide. Don’t settle.Resurrection doesn’t need a megaphone—it needs someone whose life makes people wonder if the tomb really is empty.And when they ask what’s gotten into you, tell them it’s not strategy.It's Jesus. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

Resurrection Discipleship | Blessed are the Upside DownResurrection, the Beatitudes, and the Audacity of God's BlessingApril 27, 2025Matthew 5:1-12Second Sunday of EasterRev. Teer HardyOur risen Lord calls us to lose ourselves for His sake in a world that tells us to protect ourselves at all costs. The empty tomb declares that true power is found in humility and true blessing in mercy. The resurrection does not just vindicate Jesus—it vindicates the whole upside-down Kingdom of God.Do not walk away from the Beatitudes.Do not water them down.Do not wait for the world’s approval.Live them as if Easter is the truest thing that ever happened.Because it is.Blessed are you who do. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

Grace in a Ketchup BottleGrace That Shows Up for Everyone—Sweet, Sour, and HungryApril 20, 2025Luke 24:1-12EasterRev. Teer HardySo maybe ketchup isn’t the worst metaphor after all. Not because it’s clever or funny (though many of you were worried about where this sermon was going). But because it’s ordinary. It’s always there. It meets every taste and doesn’t discriminate. It doesn’t try to be impressive. It just shows up and makes everything else taste more like itself.Jesus doesn’t wait for belief to show up. He shows up to bring it with himThat’s the resurrection: not boutique grace, not gourmet faith, not salvation reserved for the religiously articulate.It’s grace that meets the whole of who we are—sweet, sour, bitter, hopeful, grieving—and says:“He is not here. He has risen.” Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

The Cost of Discipleship | Humility on HoovesEmbracing the Cost of Discipleship Through the Humble Entry of JesusApril 13, 2025Mark 11:1-11Palm SundayRev. Teer HardyThe palms we wave today will soon be forgotten—much like the crowd’s memory of welcoming Jesus into the city. The same crowd waving palm branches… some would soon turn their backs on Christ, leaving us to ask: What does it mean for us to follow Jesus?The cost of discipleship is found in surrendering to the self-giving love of Christ. Jesus’ journey into Jerusalem challenges us to consider what it will cost to follow him.Will we choose the warhorse or the donkey?Will we crown him king or call for his cross?This is not just a parade. It’s a procession of fools—holy fools—who believe that love is stronger than death, that peace is more powerful than violence, and that a borrowed donkey is somehow the ride of a king. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe

The Cost of Discipleship | The Individual April 6, 2025Luke 14:25-33Lent 5 Rev. Teer HardyJesus, in His wisdom, knew that we cannot live the Christian life in isolation. It is through the community of faith, through the gathered body of believers, that we are nourished and shaped. We are not disciples because of our individual accomplishments but because of the grace of God working through the church. The church is where we are molded into the image of Christ—not through our own efforts or achievements, but through the power of God's transformative grace.When one part of the body grows, all parts grow. This is the beautiful mystery of the body of Christ. The growth of one member of the body is not just a personal victory; it is a victory for the whole body. As each member is transformed, the entire church is impacted, growing in unity, grace, and mission. Our discipleship is intertwined with the discipleship of others. We are formed together.The church’s mission isn’t to create religious consumers. It’s not about attracting people who treat the church like a spiritual supermarket where they take what they need and leave. No, the church’s mission is to form a people who embody the gospel. We are called to become a people who live out the love, grace, and mercy of Christ in the world. This is what discipleship looks like—a people marked not by self-interest but by radical selflessness, serving others and living fully for Christ. Get full access to Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy at teerhardy.substack.com/subscribe