STIRRING UP THE TRUTH (5 OF 6)
Scripture: 2 Peter 3:1-10
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Title: Stirring Up The Truth (5 of 6)
Series: 2 Peter
Author: Robert Dawson
Text: 2 Peter 3:1-10
In college I rented a mother-in-law suite from an elderly couple, the Clarks, who added it onto their home years earlier for Mrs. Clark's mother to live in. After her death, they rented the apartment to students at the Bible College.
They were an incredibly sweet couple. They charged us a whopping $275 a month. She would bake cookies and bring them over to me and my roommate.
Mr. Clark was a mess. He loved to pick. He loved to joke. When Robert Sherouse and Michael Turner get old, they'll be a lot like him. In that little town, most mornings, all the old guys gather at this old-school diner for breakfast, coffee, and to chew the fat. They all gave my landlord a nickname. They called him the agitator. He kept things stirred up.
If you haven't noticed, there are people in life who enjoy "stirring the pot." I've also learned there are two kinds of pot stirrers.
- The first kind are those who stir up trouble, confusion, and division. They stir up a mess and create a stink.
- They are not happy unless there is chaos.
- They are not content unless there is tension.
- Love it. They live for it. Something is terribly wrong with them.
- The second kind are those who stir up the status quo to inject some excitement, levity or disrupt the complacency and malaise that has settled in.
- If the party has gotten dull or the gathering has gone quiet, they will find a way to liven things up and get people to laugh and have fun.
- If a team has lost focus, things have gotten off track or the group's performance is not up to standard, they will do something to get people back on mission.
- If a sports team is not doing well, the season is not turning out as expected, they will call a player's only meeting with the hopes of getting the team refocused, back to fundamentals, and winning. The essence of most of the speeches is, "We're better th ...
Series: 2 Peter
Author: Robert Dawson
Text: 2 Peter 3:1-10
In college I rented a mother-in-law suite from an elderly couple, the Clarks, who added it onto their home years earlier for Mrs. Clark's mother to live in. After her death, they rented the apartment to students at the Bible College.
They were an incredibly sweet couple. They charged us a whopping $275 a month. She would bake cookies and bring them over to me and my roommate.
Mr. Clark was a mess. He loved to pick. He loved to joke. When Robert Sherouse and Michael Turner get old, they'll be a lot like him. In that little town, most mornings, all the old guys gather at this old-school diner for breakfast, coffee, and to chew the fat. They all gave my landlord a nickname. They called him the agitator. He kept things stirred up.
If you haven't noticed, there are people in life who enjoy "stirring the pot." I've also learned there are two kinds of pot stirrers.
- The first kind are those who stir up trouble, confusion, and division. They stir up a mess and create a stink.
- They are not happy unless there is chaos.
- They are not content unless there is tension.
- Love it. They live for it. Something is terribly wrong with them.
- The second kind are those who stir up the status quo to inject some excitement, levity or disrupt the complacency and malaise that has settled in.
- If the party has gotten dull or the gathering has gone quiet, they will find a way to liven things up and get people to laugh and have fun.
- If a team has lost focus, things have gotten off track or the group's performance is not up to standard, they will do something to get people back on mission.
- If a sports team is not doing well, the season is not turning out as expected, they will call a player's only meeting with the hopes of getting the team refocused, back to fundamentals, and winning. The essence of most of the speeches is, "We're better th ...
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