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The Towel Over The Ticket

Nov 8, 2026  •  Pastor Mark Ogletree

What does it look like to truly follow Jesus in a world that seems more divided by the day? In John 13, we find ourselves at a table that should not work -- tax collectors sitting beside political revolutionaries, betrayers breaking bread with the one they are about to hand over. And yet, in the middle of all of that tension and dysfunction, Jesus does something that stops everything in its tracks. He picks up a towel. Before the cross, before the resurrection, before the great commission, He gets on His knees and washes feet. This sermon invites us to wrestle with a truth that cuts against the grain of everything our culture tells us: that real influence, real faith, and real love are not found in winning arguments or picking sides, but in humble, costly service. The security Jesus carried -- knowing who He was, where He came from, and where He was going -- is what made it possible for Him to kneel. And that same security is available to us. When we know who we are in Christ, we stop fighting for position and start picking up towels. This message challenges us to ask whose feet we need to wash this week, and whether our faith is something we perform on Sunday or something we live out every single day.