Are You Underwhelmed, Overwhelmed, or Just Whelmed?
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Many years ago, a friend of mine and I went to another church to hear a visiting preacher they had brought in to speak for about a week’s worth of services. After the sermon and services were over, and we were back in the privacy of the car, I wryly asked, “Well, what did you think of the sermon?” I’ll never forget his matter-of-fact reply, “I was underwhelmed,” he said. I expected some sort of answer like that, which is why I waited until we were in the car to ask, but I didn’t expect that particular one! “Underwhelmed” was a word which I had never heard, but immediately added to my vocabulary because it so appropriately fit. I too had been underwhelmed by the lesson! Though nothing said was overtly unscriptural, the points being made lacked real relevancy, and were produced with a blustering passion and zeal which was therefore misguided, and thus fell flat. James and I were both underwhelmed. But this got me to thinking…
“Just Do the Right Thing!”
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Two of the most successful marketing phrases/slogans ever had just three words each, and shared the first word. Can we adopt a similarly brief biblical mantra from the New Testament which can also help to inspire us to live godly lives? I think perhaps we can....
Can You “See” God?
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This PowerPoint sermon answers the title question with "Yes, if you really look, and look in the right way and right places." Details are given on "seeing" God: in the Abstract; in Nature; in Jesus, the Man/Son of God; in the Church; and in Christians.
Electronic Bibles
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Many years ago there was a minor controversy, being promulgated by some at least, over which version of the Bible Christians should use. A preacher from another congregation, in an apparent attempt to engage me in the squabble, asked me what I thought (which can be dangerous, as some of you know). I responded with something along these lines, “Well, I just try to get our folks to pick one and read it!” I still feel that way. Oh sure, I have my favorite translation, and others I like, and some for which I don’t particularly care, but the lack of Bible reading is a much bigger problem than which one is read!