SILENCING SCOFFERS AT CORINTH (11 OF 13)
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 11:1-33
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Silencing Scoffers at Corinth (11 of 13)
Series: 2 Corinthians
Donald Cantrell
2 Corinthians 11:1-33
I - Paul's Jealousy Revealed (1 - 6)
II - Paul's Generosity Remembered (7 - 12)
III - Paul's Enemy Renounced (13 - 15)
IV - Paul's Anxiety Reiterated (16 - 20)
V - Paul's Ministry Recorded (21 - 30)
VI - Paul's Story Reassured (31 - 33)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Theme: Paul strongly silences his scoffers by verifying his ministry
Risking Involvement
To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out for another is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings is to risk exposing, your true self.
To place your ideas, your dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To live is to risk dying.
To hope is to risk despair.
To try is to risk failure.
But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person, who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing and is nothing.
They may avoid suffering and sorrow but they cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love or live.
Charmed by their attitudes they are a slave, they have forfeited their freedom
Only a person who risks is free.
HEROES WHO CAN'T SWIM
Paul Harvey tells the story of Ray Blankenship preparing his breakfast and gazing out the window, when he saw a small girl being swept along in the rain-flooded drainage ditch beside his Andover, Ohio, home. Blankenship knew that farther downstream, the ditch disappeared with a roar underneath a road and then emptied into the main culvert.
Ray dashed out the door and raced along the ditch, trying to get ahead of the floundering child. Then he hurled himself into the deep, churning water. Blankenship surfaced and was able to grab the child's arm. They tumbled end over end. Within about three feet of the yawning culvert, Ray's free hand felt something protruding from one bank. ...
Series: 2 Corinthians
Donald Cantrell
2 Corinthians 11:1-33
I - Paul's Jealousy Revealed (1 - 6)
II - Paul's Generosity Remembered (7 - 12)
III - Paul's Enemy Renounced (13 - 15)
IV - Paul's Anxiety Reiterated (16 - 20)
V - Paul's Ministry Recorded (21 - 30)
VI - Paul's Story Reassured (31 - 33)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Theme: Paul strongly silences his scoffers by verifying his ministry
Risking Involvement
To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out for another is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings is to risk exposing, your true self.
To place your ideas, your dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To live is to risk dying.
To hope is to risk despair.
To try is to risk failure.
But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person, who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing and is nothing.
They may avoid suffering and sorrow but they cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love or live.
Charmed by their attitudes they are a slave, they have forfeited their freedom
Only a person who risks is free.
HEROES WHO CAN'T SWIM
Paul Harvey tells the story of Ray Blankenship preparing his breakfast and gazing out the window, when he saw a small girl being swept along in the rain-flooded drainage ditch beside his Andover, Ohio, home. Blankenship knew that farther downstream, the ditch disappeared with a roar underneath a road and then emptied into the main culvert.
Ray dashed out the door and raced along the ditch, trying to get ahead of the floundering child. Then he hurled himself into the deep, churning water. Blankenship surfaced and was able to grab the child's arm. They tumbled end over end. Within about three feet of the yawning culvert, Ray's free hand felt something protruding from one bank. ...
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