11.9.25: “A Failure of Imagination: Resurrection, Love, and the World to Come”—Rev. Dr. Longbons

What if most Christian misunderstandings come down to one problem: a failure of imagination?In this sermon, Pastor Jarrod explores Jesus’ unsettling exchange with the Sadducees in Luke 20, a moment where Jesus expands — even explodes — their understanding of resurrection, marriage, and what it means to belong to the Kingdom of God.This message presses deeply into questions many Christians quietly carry:Why does Jesus say there is no marriage in the resurrection?What does the “Kingdom of God” actually mean?How do our marriages, our families, and our relationships fit into God’s larger purposes?What continues into the next life — and what doesn’t?What does it look like to become “children of the resurrection”?With personal stories, cultural critique, and a cinematic illustration drawn from the film All Saints, Pastor Jarrod invites the congregation to reimagine:Marriage as mission.Singleness as vocation.Child-rearing as discipleship.Conflict as preparation for kingdom reconciliation.Communion as a foretaste of the world to come.This sermon calls us out of complacency and into the bold, expansive imagination of God — an imagination where justice is restored, love reaches maturity, and every relationship is healed in the light of resurrection.