How Can a Christian Have the Mind of a Serpent and the Heart of a Dove?

The sermon successfully shows that Christian wisdom is not worldly cleverness and Christian innocence is not naïveté, but both flow from Christ through His Word and are used in service to His Gospel.

Jesus sends His people out as sheep among wolves, yet commands them to be "as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves." What does that mean for Christians living in a world filled with false teaching, hostility, and temptation?

In this sermon on Matthew 10:16-23, we explore how Christians can faithfully respond to false teaching, persecution, and a hostile culture while remaining both wise and innocent through the power of God's Word.