Brewing Theology With Teer Hardy

Resurrection Discipleship | No One Is Disposable What Resurrection Says About Anger, Lust, and Divorce May 18, 2025 Matthew 5:21-32 Fifth Sunday of Easter Rev. Teer Hardy Whether 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 b...

Resurrection Discipleship | Stay Salty Embodying the Resurrection in a World That Needs the Real Thing May 4, 2025 Matthew 5:13-16 Third Sunday of Easter Rev. Teer Hardy The 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...

Resurrection Discipleship | Blessed are the Upside Down Resurrection, the Beatitudes, and the Audacity of God's Blessing April 27, 2025 Matthew 5:1-12 Second Sunday of Easter Rev. Teer Hardy Our 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 r...

Grace in a Ketchup Bottle Grace That Shows Up for Everyone—Sweet, Sour, and Hungry April 20, 2025 Luke 24:1-12 Easter Rev. Teer Hardy So 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...

The Cost of Discipleship | Humility on Hooves Embracing the Cost of Discipleship Through the Humble Entry of Jesus April 13, 2025 Mark 11:1-11 Palm Sunday Rev. Teer Hardy The 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 f...

The Cost of Discipleship | The Individual April 6, 2025 Luke 14:25-33 Lent 5 Rev. Teer Hardy Jesus, 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...

The Cost of Discipleship | The Single-Mindedness of Discipleship March 23, 2025 Matthew 6:24-33 Lent 3 Rev. Teer Hardy Following Jesus is not an endless streaming service or a New York Times-sized menu of options, add-ons, and trans fats. This is the paradox of the Kingdom. The more we cling to our lives, the more we lose them. The more we try to control, the more anxious and exhausted we become....

The Cost of Discipleship | The Call March 16, 2025 Matthew 4:18-22 Lent 2 Rev. Teer Hardy The disciples left their nets and followed. What are we still clinging to? Maybe it’s security—the need to have everything planned and figured out before you step forward. Maybe it’s comfort—the fear of stepping into something difficult or unfamiliar. Maybe it’s pride—the desire to keep control instead of sur...

The Cost of Discipleship | The Joy of Costly Grace March 9, 2025 Matthew 13:44-46 Lent 1 Rev. Teer Hardy I have said it before, and I will say it again: “God loves you just as you are, but God loves you too much to leave you just as you are.” The good news—the best news—is that this grace has already been bought and paid for. You did not earn it, and you cannot lose it. It’s already yours because...

The Impossible Ask: I Don’t Want to Forgive My Enemies February 23, 2025 Seventh Sunday After Epiphany Luke 6:27-38 Rev. Teer Hardy The truth in God reconciling all things, in making all of creation new through the mercy of God’s grace, is that when our sin could have made us an enemy of God and God could have cast vengeance upon humanity – upon you and me – God instead extended, God is extending...

The Sermon Stands Among Us “The Savior Who Comforts the Afflicted and Afflicts the Comfortable” February 16, 2025 The Sixth Sunday After Epiphany Luke 6:17-26 Rev. Teer Hardy We see this when Christian symbols are wielded in ways that justify violence, when the gospel is reduced to a tool for cultural dominance, and when faith is used to demand power rather than to serve the least. We see it when...

Grace Beyond Expectations “When God’s Good News Disrupts Our Comfort” January 26, 2025 The Third Sunday After Epiphany Luke 4:14-21 Rev. Teer Hardy When Jesus proclaimed “the year of the Lord’s favor,” he wasn’t just offering comfort; he was announcing a revolution. The poor would hear good news. The captives would be set free. The blind would see. The oppressed would be liberated. And that’s not...

758 Bottles of Grace on the Wall “The Sign at Cana and the Grace That Never Ends” January 19, 2025 The Second Sunday After Epiphany John 2:1-11 Rev. Teer Hardy This wedding at Cana isn’t just about what happened back then. It’s about what’s happening now. Jesus is still transforming, still pouring out His grace in abundance. And He’s inviting you to the table, to the party, to the life that only H...

Epiphanies | Who Am I? Whose Am I? “Remembering Your Baptism” January 12, 2025 Baptism of the Lord Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Rev. Teer Hardy Remembering our baptism is like hearing a forgotten song from our childhood. It stirs something deep within us. It reminds us of who we truly are. It is also an invitation to discover, over time, whose we are. God’s beloved. Jesus tells the story of the prodigal so...

The Paradox of Glory “Homage at the Manger” January 5, 2025 Epiphany Matthew 2:1-12 Rev. Teer Hardy Paying homage to someone is no small task. As we hand our whole selves over to Christ, it can feel like a quid pro quo. We can think that before we receive Christ, we must give or do something extraordinary. After all, we live across the river from the quid pro quo capital of the world. Some might t...

An Early Epiphany “ Finding Christ Where We Least Expect” December 29, 2024 First Sunday After Christmas Luke 2:41-52 Rev. Teer Hardy Jesus has a habit of dwelling in the places we least expect: in the manger, with shepherds, in the Temple, at a well, at the table of a tax collector. And the question we are faced with is why. Why these places? Why those people? Why us? The Good News is that while...

Christmas Eve 2024, Luke 2:1-14 The peace we long for is the product of God’s actions. We are experiencing peace this evening because we are acknowledging – like Mary, like Joseph, like the shepherds – that God has moved. I know not all is right in the world, that all is not right in your life. There are secrets, deep and dark, that keep you up at night. There is an empty seat at your table. There...

Do You Know? Following Mary's Faithful Witness December 22, 2024 Advent 4 Luke 1:46-57 Rev. Teer Hardy The question is not, “Mary do you know, but rather, do you know? Brody, Logan, and Meghan, Brett and Lauren, do you know? Do you know that his child that we celebrate on Christmas is the one who will do all of the things mentioned in the song – walk on water, heal the blind, give life back to the...

Mary, Theotokos: Bearer of Hope “Hope in the Annunciation” December 1, 2024 Advent 1 Luke 1:26-38 Rev. Teer Hardy Mary’s “Yes” came in the face of danger and uncertainty. We know her fiancé considered ending their engagement, placing both Mary’s life and her child’s in jeopardy. With the darkness of the world before her, Mary said “Yes” to the hope of God. This is the same hope the church carries...

Breaking the Patterns of the Pilate "From Pilate to Preschool: Learning the Patterns of the Kingdom" November 24, 2024 Christ the King Sunday John 18:33-37 Rev. Teer Hardy In Rome, Caesar was the ultimate symbol of that kind of power. Caesar embodied the pattern of worldly power: victory through force, glory in wealth, and security through fear. The Romans had a saying for this pattern – Pax Roma,...

Jesus, A Different King of King | Beyond Crowns and Thrones: Embracing the Lordship of Christ in a World of False Power Mark 12:38-44 November 10, 2024 The elephant and donkey in the room are this: when we consider the reign of God and the Lordship of Christ, our politics inevitably create conflicts of interest, tension, and outright discomfort. No matter who we vote for or who ultimately wins an...

Runneth Over | No Condemnation, Only Freedom “How Christ’s Love Frees Us to Live Generously” October 27, 2024 Romans 8:1-4 Rev. Teer Hardy No condemnation! None! Nada! Not an ounce! For those who have heard the gospel for years, and for those familiar with wooden church pews or the consistency of the church’s liturgy, we may gloss over Paul’s declaration. But think about it for a moment: in Christ...

Runneth Over | More Than a Doughnut: Living a Cruciform Life “How Everyday Acts Reflect Christ’s Overflowing Love” October 20, 2024 Galatians 2 Rev. Teer Hardy To live a cruciform life means our lives take the shape of the cross. Paul tells us that we have been crucified with Christ and that Christ now lives in us. This isn’t just some lofty spiritual idea or metaphor; it’s a call to live our live...

Runneth Over | The Weight of the Plate:Responding to God’s Abundant Generosity October 13, 2024 Ephesians 1:3-10 Rev. Teer Hardy Stewardship is less about checking boxes or paying bills at the church. Stewardship is a recognition that God has already given us, given all of creation, the greatest gift of all. Only when we fully grasp this gift – the fullness of Jesus Christ and the grace that freel...

“A Meal for the Ages: Celebrating Unity Through Christ’s Table” October 6, 2024 1 Corinthians 11:23-34 Rev. Teer Hardy Today is World Communion Sunday. Across the globe, Christians are gathering around tables just like ours, breaking bread and sharing a cup. We gather not just as a local church, not just as a congregation of The United Methodist, but as part of the great body of Jesus Christ – spa...