Chaplain David Saltzman – “Speaking Truth to Power: The Freedom of God’s Truth” – Verdugo Community Church July 13, 2025

In his sermon, “Speaking the Truth to Power: The Freedom of God’s Truth,” Chaplain David Saltzman uses the story of the prophet Amos, a working man called by God to prophesy against the oppression and corruption of Israel and God’s judgment on the king and the people for this sin. God has tasked his followers to condemn and oppose oppression and corruption, both physical and spiritual, throughout history. Jesus confronted the oppression and corruption of his times. The truth of the message that Jesus gives us sets us free from fear and the enslavement of sin. We are to use that freedom to stand with those who are being oppressed, to speak through this truth to power. Today, as in the days of Amos and Jesus, we are called to oppose the corruption, oppression, and cruelty we find in our own society and boldly proclaim the truth of how God’s love should rule our lives.

 

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Verdugo Community Church is a Free Methodist congregation serving the Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, and Glendale areas in Los Angeles. It is located at 4300 Verdugo Road, Los Angeles, CA 90065. Our email address is verdugofmc@gmail.com. Contact Pastor Gail at (323) 500-3343.

 

Worship service copyright 2025 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2025 by David Saltzman and Verdugo Community Church.