ENEMIES OF THE CROSS AT PHILIPPI (9 OF 11)
Scripture: Philippians 3:17-21
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Enemies of the Cross at Philippi (9 of 11)
Series: Philippians
Donald Cantrell
Philippians 3:17-21
I - The Christian and his Example (17)
II - The Cross and its Enemies (18)
III - The Combatants and their Ending (19)
IV - The Citizenship and our Expectation (20)
V - The Change and our Elevation (21a, 21b)
VI - The Conqueror and his Empowerment (21c, 21d)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Theme: ''Paul deals with the evildoers that hate Christ and the cross''
Christian Walk Compared to Learning How to Pitch Horseshoes
When I married into Charlotte's family I married into a really close family that liked to spend a lot of time together. Almost every Sunday was spent at Charlotte's Mom and Dad's house. There were football or baseball games to watch or play. There was supper to be eaten. Those were great times.
It didn't take long to find out that there were some things that the men in the family liked to do and these were things that I was not very good at; they liked to play pinochle and they liked to pitch horseshoes. Pinochle I picked up pretty easily. The problem with pinochle or any kind of cards is that you have to get good cards to play with. If you don't have the cards you can't win. You can't practice pinochle and get good at it. Well you can to some degree but not really.
Horseshoes, however, are different. I was so bad at horseshoes that nobody ever wanted me on their team. So here is what I decided to do. I set up some pegs out in the yard and every day when I came home from work, before I would go in the house, I would set my lunch box and thermos down at the back door, walk down to the horseshoe pits and throw fifty shoes. Now there was a method to my madness. In throwing those practice shoes I began by learning how to make the shoe do one complete turn. (I throw a flip-flop shoe - end over end). That was the hardest thing. Once I got that down I began working on my distance. Then the righ ...
Series: Philippians
Donald Cantrell
Philippians 3:17-21
I - The Christian and his Example (17)
II - The Cross and its Enemies (18)
III - The Combatants and their Ending (19)
IV - The Citizenship and our Expectation (20)
V - The Change and our Elevation (21a, 21b)
VI - The Conqueror and his Empowerment (21c, 21d)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Theme: ''Paul deals with the evildoers that hate Christ and the cross''
Christian Walk Compared to Learning How to Pitch Horseshoes
When I married into Charlotte's family I married into a really close family that liked to spend a lot of time together. Almost every Sunday was spent at Charlotte's Mom and Dad's house. There were football or baseball games to watch or play. There was supper to be eaten. Those were great times.
It didn't take long to find out that there were some things that the men in the family liked to do and these were things that I was not very good at; they liked to play pinochle and they liked to pitch horseshoes. Pinochle I picked up pretty easily. The problem with pinochle or any kind of cards is that you have to get good cards to play with. If you don't have the cards you can't win. You can't practice pinochle and get good at it. Well you can to some degree but not really.
Horseshoes, however, are different. I was so bad at horseshoes that nobody ever wanted me on their team. So here is what I decided to do. I set up some pegs out in the yard and every day when I came home from work, before I would go in the house, I would set my lunch box and thermos down at the back door, walk down to the horseshoe pits and throw fifty shoes. Now there was a method to my madness. In throwing those practice shoes I began by learning how to make the shoe do one complete turn. (I throw a flip-flop shoe - end over end). That was the hardest thing. Once I got that down I began working on my distance. Then the righ ...
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