Why did Obama sit in the hateful Rev Wright's church for 20 years and deny he didn't listen to his sermons.
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.
I don't listen to sermons online or podcasts (unless it is humour).
After a while I could
not listen to a sermon in a PCA church without wondering which parts did and didn't apply to me, since I'm female.
So here is a guy who can not read his Bible, can not attend church, and can
not listen to sermons or preaching on the radio.
I may
not listen to sermons but I have heard the old saying «Practice what you preach».
Not exact matches
And yet, familiar disappointment in the Church rises
to the surface as Helene says, «Enough that I don't
listen to what the priests blabber in their
sermons.
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?»
What Thom Rainer doesn't seem
to understand or recognize is that just because someone stops sitting in a pew on Sunday morning and
listening to a
sermon, this does
not mean that they have left church.
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.
But I think that if you re-read the entire post, you will see that I am
not saying that Jesus calls people
to leave the Church (His Body), but rather, that Jesus might be calling some members of His Body
to be the church in a way that looks different than the Sunday morning activity of sitting in a pew and
listening to a
sermon.
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.
he cautioned us
to be ready and alert for His coming,
not dreaming of escaping
to an out of body place and
not fussing over whether we have ticked all the theological boxes while we sit slumped in the Sunday pew
listening to yet another
sermon on how
to be saved (when we are already saved).
While it is
not possible in most situations
to sit all day in church and
listen to seven
sermons, we can give the majority of our time in church
to the study of God's Word.
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..
I don't think it necessarily has
to be in a building on Sunday morning where they sing, sit in pews, and
listen to a
sermon.
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...
«I don't see the point of
listening to sermons!»
You mean my right
not to be forced
to listen to religious
sermons or prayers should be overwriten by your apparent right
to force me
to?
I was once
listening to a
sermon and the pastor said this from the pulpit: «Children are dying of starvation in Africa, and most of you in the pews don't give a shit... But you know what is the saddest thing of all?
We can
not «get credit» for church by showing up in some building for an hour on Sunday morning, singing a few songs, smiling a few smiles, and
listening to a
sermon.
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.
Why don't you spend some time
listening to his online
sermons and develop your own opinion?
Since I do
not believe «we are all unbelievers at heart», why would I want
to listen to an entire
sermon by a guy I firmly believe is seriously misguided?
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.
If you are
not feeding daily on Scripture, and
listening to Biblically based
sermons as often as you can, and attending Bible studies, and then, living out what God teaches you from His Word, you will never produce an abundant harvest.
I got
to the point where I didn't think I could
listen to one more
sermon, one more «praise report,» one more prayer request (that I knew would never be answered), one more «message from the Lord» in the form of speaking in tongues and interpretation, or one more «prophecy.»
Jesus didn't find Levi in the Temple
listening to the priest's
sermons.
When I first heard this, I read some of his blog posts and
listened to some of his
sermons, and honestly, I can
not tell if he is arguing the same thing or
not.
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».
A lot of people seem
to think that they don't have
to study the Bible and don't have
to listen to sermons and don't have
to have daily devotions because the Holy Spirit can just pop the verse into their minds when they need it.
Then there is this fellow who doesn't spend much time
listening to sermons and attending Bible studies, but spends time with people.
The ministry of the congregation during the preacher's
sermon is
to listen,
not passively, but actively out of their own meanings, and in their very
listening to challenge and encourage the preacher in what he is trying
to say.
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.
Well, I'm sorry but I didn't come
to church
to just sit there and
listen to a
sermon.
Anything that makes people actually think for themselves, while
listening to the strange things spoken in
sermons, can't be bad.
I leave the house only
to have coffee with a friend and
to hike, and this time I don't
listen to an anti-football
sermon.
PassionSearch is
not one of
Listen to Christian radio ministry broadcasts, programs, and
sermons from pastors, speakers like John MacArthur, Adrian Rogers, Beth Moore, David Jeremiah.
Btw,
listening to your church's recent
sermon online, Great teaching, Love that the focus is God's word, too many church's are going the way of pop culture, alot of man's opinion, less gospel,
not your church, very cool!