Signs of Pentecost (3 of 34)
Series: Acts
Robert Dawson
Acts 2:1-13
On the way to the men's conference last weekend the driver of the van, who shall remain nameless but stands before you this morning, took a wrong turn because the person sitting in the navigator's seat, who shall also remain nameless but is married to Kristi Combass and is a deacon in our faith family, failed to do his job.
In reality it was only a one lane mistake. If said driver would have shifted just one lane to the left and the navigator, who, I am convinced, was really at fault, would have kept his eye on the road signs trouble would have been avoided.
Because we were distracted and lost sight of the road signs we found ourselves on a road we did not need to be on. It was a road, a really big and busy road, and it led to somewhere but not the somewhere we needed to be nor wanted to be.
Thankfully the quick thinking and observant driver immediately noticed the navigator's error changed direction and began searching for signs that would lead us back to the place where things went so wrong so that we could get ourselves back on track and to the place we needed to be.
When you are on a journey road signs are important. They give direction and provide guidance. They help us stay the course.
Somewhere along the way the church has lost its way. We have lost sight of the road-signs that the early church left for us.
1. We started focusing on things that were secondary and not primary.
2. We started elevating methods, buildings, budgets, marketing and cultural relevance above the Word of God and the necessity of complete dependence on the Spirit of God.
3. I'm not saying those things are not useful tools but they are not the markers the early church left for us to follow.
Somewhere along the way we have gotten lost.
In my reading this week someone said the church has tried so hard to be relevant that they have inadvertently, unintentionally, become irrelevant. I ...
Series: Acts
Robert Dawson
Acts 2:1-13
On the way to the men's conference last weekend the driver of the van, who shall remain nameless but stands before you this morning, took a wrong turn because the person sitting in the navigator's seat, who shall also remain nameless but is married to Kristi Combass and is a deacon in our faith family, failed to do his job.
In reality it was only a one lane mistake. If said driver would have shifted just one lane to the left and the navigator, who, I am convinced, was really at fault, would have kept his eye on the road signs trouble would have been avoided.
Because we were distracted and lost sight of the road signs we found ourselves on a road we did not need to be on. It was a road, a really big and busy road, and it led to somewhere but not the somewhere we needed to be nor wanted to be.
Thankfully the quick thinking and observant driver immediately noticed the navigator's error changed direction and began searching for signs that would lead us back to the place where things went so wrong so that we could get ourselves back on track and to the place we needed to be.
When you are on a journey road signs are important. They give direction and provide guidance. They help us stay the course.
Somewhere along the way the church has lost its way. We have lost sight of the road-signs that the early church left for us.
1. We started focusing on things that were secondary and not primary.
2. We started elevating methods, buildings, budgets, marketing and cultural relevance above the Word of God and the necessity of complete dependence on the Spirit of God.
3. I'm not saying those things are not useful tools but they are not the markers the early church left for us to follow.
Somewhere along the way we have gotten lost.
In my reading this week someone said the church has tried so hard to be relevant that they have inadvertently, unintentionally, become irrelevant. I ...
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