The Scandal of Grace | Speaker Jeanette Holt (6.9.26)

What if God’s grace doesn’t work the way we think it should? In this thought-provoking sermon, Jeanette Holt explores one of Jesus’ most controversial parables — the workers in the vineyard. Why does the landowner give the same reward to those who worked for just one hour as those who worked all day? Is that fair? Jeanette unpacks the scandal of God’s grace: a grace that cannot be earned, calculated or ranked. It is generous, lavish and available to everyone — those who have followed Jesus for a lifetime and those who come to him much later. But there’s a challenge for us too. If we have received God’s grace, are we willing to become “grace dispensers” ourselves? How might knowing that we are completely loved and forgiven change the way we treat people who are broken, struggling or have simply got things wrong? A powerful reminder that God’s grace is more than fair — it is generous, reckless and lavish.