This sermon packs a punch! Dr. Sam Rodriquez, the president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, prophetically, movingly, biblically calls us back to "The Agenda of the Lamb."In this week's sermon he writes, "Friends, this nation stands divided; divided between liberals and conservatives, red states and blue states, elephants and donkeys. It's time for a movement that brings us together …. The agenda of the Lamb can truly be fulfilled when we reconcile the vertical with the horizontal. We need a church committed to saving the lost and transforming our communities, addressing sin and confronting injustice, protecting life and alleviating poverty, ending religious persecution and ending human trafficking." This sermon was originally given on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but it provides a stirring challenge for the church on any day of the year.

This week we also feature:

• Interview with Dr. Samuel Rodgiguez: "Preaching, Vertically and Horizontally"
• Editor's Choice Illustration: Wal-Mart Employee Finds and Returns $20,000
• Video: Bad News Good News

In Christ,

Matt Woodley
Managing Editor, PreachingToday.com
mwoodley@christianitytoday.com

Matt Woodley is the pastor of compassion ministries at Church of the Resurrection in Wheaton, Illinois.