Sentences with phrase «of good sermons»

It was genuinely one of the best sermons I had heard in years.

Honestly, it was one of the better sermons I've heard in Texas so far.

Not exact matches

yes, churches often feed the homeless - one of the things i like best about churches - but often the price of that bowl of soup is a sermon.

How truly well put, stunningly beautiful... not only did you express your experience perfectly but you have offered many of us who wander and wonder a sense of the greater peace through the door of love and forgiveness... acknowledging the fact that a steeple, a sermon, nor an offering plate are a requirement in finding God at the heart of us all...

The net effect of Luther's new focus on the authority of Christ in the sacramental sign is to subordinate the old strategy of contrariety to a new strategy of particularity, well summarized in a line from one of Luther's later sermons: «We have a definite Lord, one we can grasp.»

Back in the 80s I think it was, when there was a war going on between the fundamentalist wing of the church and those who were merely conservative (and the few who were moderate), one of the fundamentalist leaders gave a speech or sermon in which he said, «If the Southern Baptist Convention votes that pickles are divine, then the professors at our seminaries had better start teaching that indeed pickles are divine.»

I just thought of this — Billy Graham was pretty much a bully as well — he very strongly told people to repent and his sermons were all about repenting of sin and accept Jesus or you spend eternity in Hell.

Also, the Bible has basic elements of good vs. evil, and for the purpose of a sermon (ie a pastoral message meant to convey some sort of spiritual lesson), having a good modern day example of Christian symbolism is always a fun tool to use to keep a congregation interested.

In that church the offering was received near the end of the service, well after the conclusion of the 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.

I was just reading the Sermon on the Mount: «Blessed are the conservatives who keep wealth in the hands of the few... Blessed are those who want to move towards the way things were in the good old days... Blessed are those who repeal programs for the poor and give to the rich.»

I would say to all preachers: If your preaching of salvation has not been misunderstood in that way, then you had better examine your sermons again, and you had better make sure that you really are preaching the salvation that is offered in the New Testament to the ungodly, to the sinner, to those who are dead in trespasses and sins, and to those who are enemies of God.

I spent a good deal of time preparing that sermon and I delivered it with confidence, even though I knew that there would be many in the congregation who would take issue with it, because I believed that what I was saying had integrity.

I would say to all preachers: If your preaching of salvation has been understood in that way, then you had better examine your sermons again, and you had better make sure that you really are preaching the salvation that is offered in the New Testament to the ungodly, to the sinner, to those who are alive in trespasses and sins, and to those who are enemies of God.

This book has been my companion for eight years of Advent now, for some reason I find more solace in poetry during times of longing than in any well - delivered sermon or point - by - point systematic theology argument.

Broadly speaking, it is probably true to say that the Church was more concerned to communicate the schema to the laity than the Bible itself; but in doing so it ensured that whatever of the biblical material became available, either by direct reading, or through liturgy and offices, through sermons, hymns or pictures, was seen in a well - defined perspective.

«At the center of biblical faith,» says Walter Brueggemann in a sermon on this passage, «is a command from God that curbs economic transactions by an act of communal sanity that restores everyone to proper place in the economy, because life in the community of faith does not consist of getting more but in sharing well.»

Best Sermon: Nadia Bolz - Weber with «Sermon on that special class of salty, light - bearing people to whom Jesus preaches»

Meticulously well - researched, carefully written, and beautifully delivered, the sermon highlighted why the eunuch's interest in the writings of Isaiah were of particular significance to his own life story, illustrating the inclusive and deeply personal love that God has for all people.

As a kid, the Exodus story was a feel - good story of liberation that provided the backdrop for a riveting dramatic film and for my pastor's equally captivating sermons.

There is a good deal of discussion currently about the primary literary genre in the Christian gospel — sermon, story, parable, and so on.

It's all good, but sometimes I feel as if I'm at church every day of the week listening to a different sermon and having to digest it all so rapidly I can barely keep up.

The whole meaning of the violence of love is contained in Paul's word that evil is to be overcome with good (Romans 12:17 - 21) This is a generalization of the sermon on the Mount.

At Easter, 1965, I attempted to present the «good news» of Christ's Resurrection to a mass audience through a televised sermon delivered at a service of Holy Communion in a great parish church.

He preached an average of five sermons a week, and wrote numerous books, tracts, as a well as a set of commentaries on almost every book of the Bible.

(Wright offers some specific suggestions for preserving a liturgically - grounded reading of scripture — including warnings against dropping certain portions of scripture from liturgical readings because they are startling or strange, as well as warnings against making sermons the focus of corporate worship — that we don't have time to discuss in detail here.)

They're doing good work within the framework of church traditions, like services, fellowship, programs and sermons.

The use of colloquial English reminds us that this is a work of art, an interpretation, a sermon — and a good one at that.

Anyway... I found myself wanting to watch my church service online, or look on television for another service... or looking for sermons that I could find online... and then Jesus did one of those... Jesus things, that He does so well.

I thought he was supposed to read from the Bible, give us sermons to help us understand how the word of God fits into our lives, how to get past conflicts, issues and become better people.

Since the days of I Kissed Dating Goodbye, it's become increasingly common for articles, books and sermons to provide us with tips and instructions on «how to date well» and «what Christian dating should look like.»

It is this kind of in - depth, verse - by - verse study that the best preaching pastors do for the sermon preparation as they preach through books of the Bible.

Of course, if you just want some help with sermon preparation or for a Bible study, these sites will (eventually) provide some aid there as well.

Those who have had basic courses in the biblical languages and are willing to devote 20 minutes a day to such language study should gain enough language ability to base their sermon text study on the original text, and they should have enough linguistic skill to use the best of the great philological commentaries, which often cite words from the original languages.

The great American Puritan John Cotton declared in more than one sermon that it was God's good will that men and women should spend most of their time and energy working.

Well Susie, allow me to remind you of Jesus» direct instructions from the Sermon On The Mount, Matthew 5:17 - 20:

Bob Jones University is in the news concerning its poor handling of sexual assault as well as its week - long chapel sermons on homosexuality.

He began his sermon with some good - natured sarcasm concerning the medieval kitsch of the Friar Tuck Inn in which the festival was held.

Recently as I was sitting in church listening to a rather good sermon on the importance of «working for justice and peace.»

But advanced academic work does have a point to it; there are great riches in the Christian tradition, and it's often only the trained theologian who will see the dangers to which an argument might lead or remember the beautiful passage from one of Augustine's sermons that best illumines a point.

We were told a few people were occasionally getting saved at the end of a sermon at church, but that plan wasn't working well.

The resulting substitute is at best conventional pious words and moral platitudes, at worst a string of interesting illustrations to make the sermon snappy.

In the rest of the paragraph in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus gives a reason for loving enemies and persecutors (Mt 5:45 - 46): «so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

50,000 members self - proclaimed Pastors preaching feel good Oprah sermons instead of proclaiming the good news the Gospel of Jesus Christ!

I taught and used WOTM in one of the churches I pastored, have listened to several sermons by Ray Comfort (Hell's Best Kept Secret, etc), and have listened to numerous evangelism encountered on «Way of the Master Radio.»

To be more biblical means the greater use of the Bible in sermons as well as in religious education, and instruction as to how to understand the Bible both in its historical setting and as the Word of God speaking to the human spirit in every age.

I wish it (Christianity) were more productive of good works... I mean real good works... not holy day keeping, sermon - hearing... or making long prayers, filled with flatteries and compliments despised by wise men, and much less capable of pleasing the Deity.

Though one question, since all «good» muslims pray 5 times a day does that then mean that the schools will now have to allow students breaks five times a day to pray, maybe put in a tower to call all of the faithful and braodcast a sermon?

In order to continue to protect Pastor Tullian and his family, as well as the integrity of the message he preached, we have decided to pull his sermons for the foreseeable future.

Prophetic Preaching: A Pastoral Approach by Leonora Tubbs Tisdale (a couple others I've enjoyed by this author are A Sermon Workbook: Exercises in the Art and Craft of Preaching as well as Preaching As Local Theology and Folk Art)