DON'T MESS WITH THE MESSAGE! (1 OF 15)
by Bob Ingle
Scripture: Galatians 1:1-9
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Don't Mess With the Message! (1 of 15)
Series: No Other Gospel
Bob Ingle
Galatians 1:1-9
Turn to the book of Galatians. You're going to hear me say that so many times over the next few months, you're going to get sick of hearing it. By the time we get done your bibles will just flop open to the book of Galatians. Today we're starting a brand-new sermon series from this book called 'No Other Gospel', and whenever a pastor starts a new series, especially from a particular book of the bible, it's always useful to know why this book and why now. After all, there are 65 other books in the Bible. So why study Galatians now?
And the answer is simple. In the last few years, the Lord has blessed our church with several hundred new people. We've added over 741 new members in the last 5 years. It's been pretty amazing. And tons of you are from other church backgrounds like Lutheran, Catholic, Assembly of God, Church of Christ, Methodist, EFree, non-denominational. And many of you were totally unchurched before you got here.
I love that, and think it's a beautiful thing. But it's also a challenge because whenever a church adds that many people in that short of time, there is always a danger that people will join the church not really knowing what they are joining, or knowing exactly what the church really believes. Some come because they like the music, or because they just moved to the area, or because we have a great children's ministry, or the pastor here is better looking than where they came, or whatever. Hey, it could happen! So people get here and stay here for whatever reason, but don't know our doctrine. They don't know what we believe. They don't know what we stand on and stand for. And, over time, that can create an extremely dangerous situation.
Now, we don't all have to agree on everything. My wife and I don't agree on everything; she allows me be wrong about a lot things. But there are some things that as a church we have to be on the same pag ...
Series: No Other Gospel
Bob Ingle
Galatians 1:1-9
Turn to the book of Galatians. You're going to hear me say that so many times over the next few months, you're going to get sick of hearing it. By the time we get done your bibles will just flop open to the book of Galatians. Today we're starting a brand-new sermon series from this book called 'No Other Gospel', and whenever a pastor starts a new series, especially from a particular book of the bible, it's always useful to know why this book and why now. After all, there are 65 other books in the Bible. So why study Galatians now?
And the answer is simple. In the last few years, the Lord has blessed our church with several hundred new people. We've added over 741 new members in the last 5 years. It's been pretty amazing. And tons of you are from other church backgrounds like Lutheran, Catholic, Assembly of God, Church of Christ, Methodist, EFree, non-denominational. And many of you were totally unchurched before you got here.
I love that, and think it's a beautiful thing. But it's also a challenge because whenever a church adds that many people in that short of time, there is always a danger that people will join the church not really knowing what they are joining, or knowing exactly what the church really believes. Some come because they like the music, or because they just moved to the area, or because we have a great children's ministry, or the pastor here is better looking than where they came, or whatever. Hey, it could happen! So people get here and stay here for whatever reason, but don't know our doctrine. They don't know what we believe. They don't know what we stand on and stand for. And, over time, that can create an extremely dangerous situation.
Now, we don't all have to agree on everything. My wife and I don't agree on everything; she allows me be wrong about a lot things. But there are some things that as a church we have to be on the same pag ...
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