LOST AND FOUND (3)
Scripture: John 21:1-3, John 21:14-17
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Lost and Found (3)
Series: After Easter Series – From Mount Calvary to Mount Olivet
Donald Cantrell
John 21: 1 – 3, 14 – 17
I – The Past Situation of Peter
II – The Present Humiliation of Peter
III – The Powerful Confrontation of Peter
IV – The Precious Restoration of Peter
This is my third sermon in our “After Easter Series – From Mount Calvary to Mount Olivet. This sermon deals with Peter, his denial, his departure, and his dread of being displaced as a failure,
The Lord was not done with Peter, but he could not use him with his huge ego and his self centeredness. This sermon will show us how the Great Shepherd went out and found a sheep that was woefully lost and placed him back within the fold.
Theme: “The mighty Peter lost his way, but the Great Shepherd found him”
THE LOST (AND FOUND) BAPTISTERY
Supposedly, it was constructed around 1828; sometime between then and about 1930 it was forgotten and unused till discovered in May of 2002. No one knows for certain when the open air baptistery of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church in Fort Gaines, Georgia, was last used. In fact, it took weeks to locate anyone who even remembered it. Only a few people could recall the church ever having a place to baptize outside. But one member (who said he was "practically born and raised in this church"), remembers playing in the baptistery with his friends in 1932.
The baptistery was discovered when volunteers gathered to clear land for a parking lot in the woods across from the church. A deacon operating a backhoe hit something that attracted attention; the heavy equipment strained but couldn’t move whatever it was. Two additional deacons were called to bring hand tools to help clear the decades old accumulation of pine mulch covering the 600 gallon structure. These deacons didn’t know they had uncovered a century old baptistery; they initially thought it might be a grave or a septic tank. No one was as surprised about the find as were members of ...
Series: After Easter Series – From Mount Calvary to Mount Olivet
Donald Cantrell
John 21: 1 – 3, 14 – 17
I – The Past Situation of Peter
II – The Present Humiliation of Peter
III – The Powerful Confrontation of Peter
IV – The Precious Restoration of Peter
This is my third sermon in our “After Easter Series – From Mount Calvary to Mount Olivet. This sermon deals with Peter, his denial, his departure, and his dread of being displaced as a failure,
The Lord was not done with Peter, but he could not use him with his huge ego and his self centeredness. This sermon will show us how the Great Shepherd went out and found a sheep that was woefully lost and placed him back within the fold.
Theme: “The mighty Peter lost his way, but the Great Shepherd found him”
THE LOST (AND FOUND) BAPTISTERY
Supposedly, it was constructed around 1828; sometime between then and about 1930 it was forgotten and unused till discovered in May of 2002. No one knows for certain when the open air baptistery of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church in Fort Gaines, Georgia, was last used. In fact, it took weeks to locate anyone who even remembered it. Only a few people could recall the church ever having a place to baptize outside. But one member (who said he was "practically born and raised in this church"), remembers playing in the baptistery with his friends in 1932.
The baptistery was discovered when volunteers gathered to clear land for a parking lot in the woods across from the church. A deacon operating a backhoe hit something that attracted attention; the heavy equipment strained but couldn’t move whatever it was. Two additional deacons were called to bring hand tools to help clear the decades old accumulation of pine mulch covering the 600 gallon structure. These deacons didn’t know they had uncovered a century old baptistery; they initially thought it might be a grave or a septic tank. No one was as surprised about the find as were members of ...
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