Brewing Theology With Teer Hardy

Foolishness Found in the Mess January 4, 2026 Matthew 2:1-12 Epiphany Rev. Teer Hardy So 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 Go...

“A Weary World Still Rejoices” Isaiah 9:2-7 Luke 2:1-20 Christmas Eve Rev. Teer Hardy Rejoicing 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 v...

Disarming Advent | Disarming Your Doubt Isaiah 7:10-16 December 21, 2025 Rev. Teer Hardy As 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 Theol...

Disarming Advent | Disarming Peace “God makes the Way” Isaiah 11:1-10 Matthew 3:1-12 December 7, 2025 Rev. Teer Hardy God 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 Savi...

Disarming Advent | Disarming Your Violence Isaiah 2:1-5 Advent 1 November 30, 2025 Rev. Teer Hardy Advent 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...

Love God. Love Neighbor Repeat. Colossians 1:11-16 Luke 20:20-26 November 23, 2025 Rev. Teer Hardy Everything 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 Captivity The Final Relief Luke 4:16-30 November 16, 2025 Rev. Teer Hardy Maybe 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 invit...

The Big Relief | Relief from Productivity The Church That Forgot to Hustle Psalm 150 November 9, 2025 Rev. Teer Hardy Generosity 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 som...

The Big Relief | Guilt Trip? There's Relief for Tha! Relief from Guilt John 10:11-18 October 12, 2025 Rev. Teer Hardy You 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...

The Big Relief | Relief from Control Luke 10:38-42 October 1, 2025 Rev. Teer Hardy You 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 Rejection Luke 19:1-10 September 28, 2025 Rev. Teer Hardy Here’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. An...

The Big Relief | Relief from Regret Romans 5:1-11 Luke 7:36-50 September 21, 2025 Rev. Teer Hardy Or 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...

The Big Relief | Relief from Deserving When Grace Throws a Party Before You're Ready September 14, 2025 Luke 15:11-32 Rev. Teer Hardy The 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, 2025 Matthew 7:24-29 Rev. Teer Hardy The 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...

Choosing the Narrow Way | Sunday Best, Counterfeit Faith “Why Jesus isn’t fooled by our religious résumés” August 24, 2025 Matthew 7:21-23 Rev. Teer Hardy And 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...

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, 2025 Matthew 7:12 Rev. Teer Hardy The 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, 2025 Matthew 7:7-11 Rev. Teer Hardy Perhaps 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...

Choosing the Narrow Way | A Log in Your Eye “Double Halos and Dirty Mirrors” July 13, 2025 Matthew 7:1-5 Rev. Teer Hardy The 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...

Practicing Resurrection | More Than Enough July 7, 2025 Matthew 6:25-34 Rev. Teer Hardy So, 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. Breat...

Practicing Resurrection | Drowning in Treasure “Jesus Isn’t Against Success. He’s Just Asking a Better Question.” June 29, 2025 Matthew 6:19-24 Third Sunday After Pentecost Rev. Teer Hardy Jesus 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...

Practicing Resurrection | Drop the Mask. Wash Your Face. June 22, 2025 Matthew 6:16-18 Season After Pentecost Rev. Teer Hardy We’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 s...

Practicing Resurrection | Folded, Bowed, and Closed. Matthew 6:5-15 June 15, 2025 Trinity Sunday Rev. Teer Hardy Because 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...

Resurrection Discipleship | This is Not About You (Thank God) “Pentecost, Inclusion, and the Quiet Power of Resurrection Generosity” June 8, 2025 Acts 2:1-21and Matthew 6:1-4 Pentecost Rev. Teer Hardy Pentecost 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...

 Resurrection Discipleship | Ascended, Not Avenging Christ’s Victory Over Death (And Over Our Addiction to Payback) June 1, 2025 Matthew 5:38-48 Seventh Sunday of Easter Rev. Teer Hardy None 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...

Resurrection Discipleship | God Doesn’t Believe You Either “Fake News Isn’t Just Out There. It’s in You” May 25, 2025 Matthew 5:33-37 Sixth Sunday of Easter Rev. Teer Hardy The 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...