Instead, we sing songs and
listen to sermons about it with smiles on our faces.
God has redeemed the crucifixion so that we now sing songs about it and
listen to sermons about the horrible death of an innocent victim with smiles on our faces.
I was raised in a Baptist home and spent the first twelve years
listening to their sermons about peace & love.
Not exact matches
So I
Listened to all of his
sermons read all of his blogs and than decided
to leave my number
to see if he would really call as he says on his web site, With in 2 hours I recieved a call and DR. Collins never rushed me off the telephone answered all my questions, And After just that one call you can tell he loves and believes in what he does, He wont be for everyone, Because he does talk
about damnation and what it takes
to get
to heaven, And its not from giving ministers our money > I watched the you tube videos of many and he is just for me, everyone has a choice but in
listening to his
sermons and reading his blogs and than the telephone call this guy is the real deal.
I still think we should still go
to the church... or maybe a meeting where all the believer can learn from each other, strengthening each other, pray for each other etc, and of course,
to worship God together... It is true that sometime I feel that I do not learn many thing from the
sermon, but, many times, I learn by going
to the church, knowing that I will not learn something from the preacher, humble myself
to still
listen to God and worship Him,,,, it is such a blessing
to hear others testimony
about how God works in their life, it is such an encouragement
to see people open up their problem, then, we can pray
about them..
And if you follow Jonathan's blog or
listen to his
sermons online you will know exactly what I'm talking
about.
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.
So if you have questions and doubts
about what I have been writing recently, I encourage you
to go
listen to Greg's
sermon.
I lived near St. Louis for a number of years and had
about an hour commute each way so I would
listen to a couple of
sermons or programs usually on the way in and a couple on the way home.
Reading all the books
about 2012, and
listening to all the doom and gloom
sermons, attending all the prayer meetings
about the end of the world, and watching the Discovery channel special
about Mayan calendars and aliens from space and Egyptian pyramid tunnels, OR loving our neighbors, serving our spouses, teaching our children, working hard at our jobs, and helping where people are hurting?
You will get pressure from your «dealer» (aka, Pastor)
about how your life is going
to fall apart now that you don't
listen to his
sermons.
Although homilies
about Christian miracles or heroism are much easier
to listen to, the best Christian preachers have always highlighted the
Sermon on the Mount, and the need
to practice its principles.
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».
I
listened to sermons every chance I got, read books only
about the Bible, and could only have discussion with people if they talked
about the Bible.
Furthermore, not many, if any, laymen ever receive instruction from the church
about the role of the congregation with respect
to the preacher's
sermon or how they are
to listen to it.
And much of this interaction consists of discourse: we talk
about our beliefs,
listen to sermons, read the discourse of sacred tradition, and may even hear the voice of our own conscience.
For many years I sat in a pew on Sundays,
listening to occasional
sermons about the poor, giving
to special offerings and looking appropriately sympathetic and concerned
about poverty.
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.