A New Thought -- My Sermons

As I was thinking about writing a new post, I thought of my sermons. It's not that they need to be preserved, but my mind is thoroughly preoccupied with thinking about my sermon. Since I don't speak from a manuscript, I will have to do a little work to get the sermon in shape to be placed on line.

My sermon today was titled "Isn't the Church an Anachronism?" The text was Matthew 16:13-20. I was reading and preparing the sermon on this text, while also reading Kimball's "They Like Jesus, But Not the Church." I present the Church of Jesus Christ as the visible expression of Jesus in the world today. The church is relevant. The church is a product of His love. Those of us who know Jesus must love the church! We must minister in the context of the church. But, I also presented the fact that the church is made up of very fallible men and women. We are not always relevant. We present obstacles in the way of people coming to Jesus. Therefore our job as the church is to be Jesus for our world.

I am not entirely satisfied with this little synopsis! I think that each Saturday or Sunday I will give a brief synopsis followed by a separate post with the transcribed sermon. That way, if time is of the essence -- or the interest is not there, you don't need to read the entire post.