Not exact matches
Just a few years ago, I
listened to a
sermon where the pastor put the word «consent» in air quotes: «The world says that as long as
there's «consent,» it's alright, but we know better than that, don't we?»
Thankfully, Jesus is using people like me (and millions of others in the same boat)
to show these people who have stopped attending church that
there is wonderful way of following Jesus as part of His Body, the church, which does not involve sitting in a pew on Sunday morning and
listening to a
sermon.
At a leadership conference in Oslo, Norway, where I was speaking, a pastor
there shared how a well - respected businessman in his church was healed while
listening to one of my
sermon CDs.
it should be everyday!!!!! but,
there is nothing wrong if people still wants
to do the fellowship on Sunday morning, sit, and
listen to the
sermon... and I admit, it is not enough...
There are many
sermons that you can
listen to and learn Jesus» wisdom... instead of being a pompous vain jerk, believing you know something about life,
to find out you know nothing but your vain imagination.
They are still part of His Church, but
there might be something else He has in store for them that does not involve singing songs and
listening to a
sermon on Sunday morning.
What he was doing was leading; he was saying «this is where this community is going, where God has called us
to go, and
there may be other churches that God has called
to just preach
sermons and have people come and
listen, perhaps doing ministry outside the community.»
There are lots of ways
to assemble with other believers that do not involve sitting in a pew on Sunday morning
to listen to a
sermon.
I'm not harassing salespeople who greet me with the «wrong» holiday greeting — that's Christians who have
sermons (I've sat
there and
listened to them) all about how it's good
to harass employees of stores that say «Happy Holidays».
In order
to become a «speaker» at the site designated for the performance of the
sermon, the preacher must first stand at many other sites where «voices» are heard and «presences» are embodied and
there learn how
to listen attentively.
Then
there is this fellow who doesn't spend much time
listening to sermons and attending Bible studies, but spends time with people.
Well, I'm sorry but I didn't come
to church
to just sit
there and
listen to a
sermon.
In the course of the movie, we visit Italy, France, Finland, Slovenia, Germany, Portugal, Norway, Tunisia and Iceland — with no explanation as
to why these countries were chosen — meet a few folks here and
there, and then
listen to Moore's grandiloquent
sermons about how much we can learn from our (mostly European) neighbors across the Atlantic.