I just caught Minnesota pastor Jin Kim's sermon in place of Greg Boyd for my weekly fix of Woodland Hills sermons. Interesting sermon. Kim is Presbyterian and if you'd have told me that beforehand, I might have skipped over listening to his message in favor of some yet-unlistened-to Rob Bell. The sermon even has a nice Presbyterian title to it: "The Fruit of Repentance." After listening to him, though, I'm already picking out a few sermons for further listening.

My favorite line of the whole sermon was as follows: "When Jesus wasn't present, the disciples got stupid." It's a comparison to how far we fall away as a church when we're left to our own devices. If you're easily offended, the sermon might not be up your alley. Kim's is a very prophetic style and he's not afraid to call out the church as a whole, seminary schools, his own Presbyterian church, and even lead us into calling ourselves out where we need to.

This probably ties into the William Stringfellow booklet I've yet to make a dent in, so I'm hopeful that I'll be unearthing that when I get home later in the day. I'll try and add some additional thoughts on the sermon then, as well. And maybe I'll have a few additional thoughts from the other sermons of Kim's that I'm downloading.