Still Time to Change Your Mind

It is Holy Week in Matthew's Gospel. Jesus has entered Jerusalem and cleared the Temple, and now the chief priests and elders demand to know where his authority comes from. Jesus answers with a question about John the Baptist that exposes their hearts, then tells the parable of two sons... one who said no but went, and one who said yes but stayed home. This sermon holds up the grace of a God who keeps inviting, the honesty of a repentance that shows up in action, and the tragedy of religious people who saw the truth and would not change their minds. Themes to plan around: repentance, obedience that follows grace, God's patient invitation, working in the vineyard.