“God Looks at the Heart” - 10am Traditional Eucharist

Aug 16, 2026 • The Rev. Charlie Holt

This sermon warns against “fruit stapling”—the temptation to focus on outward appearances, religious performance, and social conformity while neglecting the true condition of the heart. Drawing from Jesus’ teaching about clean and unclean things, it explains that genuine defilement comes from within, while Jesus alone has the power to touch what is broken, sinful, and unclean and make it clean. The faith and humility of the Canaanite woman are contrasted with the pride and judgment of the Pharisees, demonstrating that God values a heart that recognizes its need and cries out to Him rather than one that merely appears righteous. Ultimately, the sermon calls believers to stop judging themselves and others by outward appearances, honestly examine their own hearts, and humbly recognize that everyone shares the same desperate need for the cleansing grace of Jesus.

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