THE DANGER OF BEING DISTANT HEARTED (1 OF 7)
Scripture: Mark 7:1-9
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The Danger of Being Distant Hearted (1 of 7)
Series: The Anatomy of a Christian
Donald Cantrell
Mark 7: 1 - 9
I - The Implication of one's Dirty Hands (1 - 5)
A) The Religious Fault Finders (1 - 2)
B) The Rigid Foolish Format (3 - 4)
C) The Rebellious Forces Finger-pointing (5)
II - The Illumination of one's Distant Hearts (6)
A) Prophetic Reminder (6a)
B) Pointed Rebuke (6b)
C) Painful Reality (6c)
III - The Infiltration of one's Diluted Habits (7 - 9)
A) The Deadness of their Worship and Doctrine (7)
B) The Deceptiveness of their Ways and Deeds (8)
C) The Dismissiveness of their Wellbeing and Desires (9)
Theme: ''Exposing deadness and worthless traditions in the church''
The Heart of the Matter
Carlyle Fielding Ste, How Long Will You Limp?: ''Too many churches today are devoid of the Spirit of Pentecost because they are dry and stale, where people are in a stupor; where worship services are wooden and so scripted that they are hollow; where the preaching is dull and flat; where the singing is Geritol-tired and without the vim and vigor which speaks of a crucified, died and risen Lord; where if anyone taps his foot and says, ''Amen'', he is stared into silence, and if anyone shouts, ''Thank you, Jesus'' the people call the EMS or 911!''
''Too many churches have become mausoleums for the dead rather than coliseums of praise for a living God. They have lost the spirit of Pentecost! They have lost their enthusiasm. They have lost their joy for Jesus and find themselves suffering from what William Willimon calls ''Institutional and Spiritual Dry Rot.'' If the Church is to survive the next millennium it must recapture some of the praise and enthusiasm it had two millennia ago.''
Billy Graham: ''We're suffering from only one disease in the world. Our basic problem is not a race problem. Our basic problem is not a poverty problem. Our basic problem is not a war problem. Our basic problem is a heart problem. We need to get the hea ...
Series: The Anatomy of a Christian
Donald Cantrell
Mark 7: 1 - 9
I - The Implication of one's Dirty Hands (1 - 5)
A) The Religious Fault Finders (1 - 2)
B) The Rigid Foolish Format (3 - 4)
C) The Rebellious Forces Finger-pointing (5)
II - The Illumination of one's Distant Hearts (6)
A) Prophetic Reminder (6a)
B) Pointed Rebuke (6b)
C) Painful Reality (6c)
III - The Infiltration of one's Diluted Habits (7 - 9)
A) The Deadness of their Worship and Doctrine (7)
B) The Deceptiveness of their Ways and Deeds (8)
C) The Dismissiveness of their Wellbeing and Desires (9)
Theme: ''Exposing deadness and worthless traditions in the church''
The Heart of the Matter
Carlyle Fielding Ste, How Long Will You Limp?: ''Too many churches today are devoid of the Spirit of Pentecost because they are dry and stale, where people are in a stupor; where worship services are wooden and so scripted that they are hollow; where the preaching is dull and flat; where the singing is Geritol-tired and without the vim and vigor which speaks of a crucified, died and risen Lord; where if anyone taps his foot and says, ''Amen'', he is stared into silence, and if anyone shouts, ''Thank you, Jesus'' the people call the EMS or 911!''
''Too many churches have become mausoleums for the dead rather than coliseums of praise for a living God. They have lost the spirit of Pentecost! They have lost their enthusiasm. They have lost their joy for Jesus and find themselves suffering from what William Willimon calls ''Institutional and Spiritual Dry Rot.'' If the Church is to survive the next millennium it must recapture some of the praise and enthusiasm it had two millennia ago.''
Billy Graham: ''We're suffering from only one disease in the world. Our basic problem is not a race problem. Our basic problem is not a poverty problem. Our basic problem is not a war problem. Our basic problem is a heart problem. We need to get the hea ...
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