Episode

When Jesus Doesn't Meet Your Expectations - Palm Sunday | Bill Dogterom

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GARDEN CHURCH Podcast
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Mar 29, 2026
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2053
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Summary

This Palm Sunday message invites us to wrestle with a version of Jesus that doesn’t always match what we want. The crowd expected power, control, and deliverance on their terms. Instead, Jesus comes gentle, refusing to be shaped by their expectations and showing that the way of the Kingdom is not climbing up, but laying things down. This is a story about what happens when Jesus disappoints us, and what it looks like to keep following Him anyway. Because the truth is, we often want Jesus to serve our agenda, but He invites us to surrender to His. Resurrection changes everything, but it begins with surrender.