This week, we continue our Lenten journey together, moving ever closer to Holy Week. In the final "Curses" sermon before Holy Week, we turn our attention to a New Testament curse spoken by Jesus against fig tree that had no fruit on it. In many ways, the cursing of the fig tree is a mystery: some people offering differing interpretations and many more seem to ignore the story entirely.
It seems unclear how the fig tree has wronged Jesus -- after all, it was not the season for figs. But somehow this enigmatic story relates to authority, fruitfulness, and faithfulness. The question that Christians should dare to ask is, "Are we the fig tree or have we learned the lesson of the fig tree?"
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