In 1995, as he preached his last sermon before leaving for the mission field, Pastor Yohannes Mengsteab found a giant cardboard foot taped to his office door. On the back were the words “How beautiful are the feet who bring good tidings.” In this episode he unpacks the question at the heart of Romans 10: how are they to call on him in whom they have not believed, and how are they to hear without someone preaching? His answer is as personal as it is urgent. Someone has to go for someone to know, and the going begins not in Africa or Asia but right here in Palestine, Texas.
This episode draws from Romans 10:5-17, with the appointed readings from Job 38:4-18 and the Holy Gospel from St. Matthew 14:22-33, and the sermon also visits Paul’s conversion in Acts 9:1-19, the Great Commission of Matthew 28:19-20, and the great multitude of Revelation 7:9-17.
Key themes include evangelism and missions, faith that comes by hearing, the priesthood of all believers, overcoming the fear of rejection, reaching the unchurched, and the promise of a heaven gathered from every nation and language.
