Image Is Everything (3 of 6)
Series: Fake News
Jeff Strite
James 2:1-13
This sermon was preached by our Family Minister Scott Jewell.
(Disclaimer- You need to know your audience to do what I did. It could probably be tamed down with wearing just a pair of sunglasses. I started behind the closed doors at the entrance of the sanctuary. When the entrance music for WWE's The Big Show started to play, I flung the doors open and began to strut up the aisle, decked out in a three-piece suit and sunglasses. I shook hands, gave high fives, and chest bumped someone on my way to the pulpit, then flung the sunglasses to the people in the front row. After reading the text, I removed the full suit to reveal my normal attire underneath as I began the message.)
From the looks on some of your faces, it seems that something isn't quite right this morning. I know most of you have never seen me in a suit outside of a wedding or funeral. You're probably wondering, ''What in the world is going on here? Has Scott lost his ever-loving mind? Don't tell me he fell down another set of bleachers at the baseball game this week!'' I assure you, I didn't fall. You see, what we wear when we worship is really about personal preference. Personally, I feel constrained by a suit when I'm preaching, it makes it harder for me to move around and I tend to talk with my hands. Besides, it's rather hot today.
Don't get me wrong- some of us like to wear suits every Sunday to church. It's what they're used to, it's what they like to wear as they worship, and that's perfectly fine. Some of us prefer more of a business casual outfit as we come to worship and that's fine too. Some of us like to dress more leisurely, maybe we've had to wear a uniform of some sort and we'd like to feel more relaxed as we spend time with our family in worship and that's also fine. You see, God doesn't look at what we're wearing, He looks at our heart. We simply need to be true to who we are as we honor God togethe ...
Series: Fake News
Jeff Strite
James 2:1-13
This sermon was preached by our Family Minister Scott Jewell.
(Disclaimer- You need to know your audience to do what I did. It could probably be tamed down with wearing just a pair of sunglasses. I started behind the closed doors at the entrance of the sanctuary. When the entrance music for WWE's The Big Show started to play, I flung the doors open and began to strut up the aisle, decked out in a three-piece suit and sunglasses. I shook hands, gave high fives, and chest bumped someone on my way to the pulpit, then flung the sunglasses to the people in the front row. After reading the text, I removed the full suit to reveal my normal attire underneath as I began the message.)
From the looks on some of your faces, it seems that something isn't quite right this morning. I know most of you have never seen me in a suit outside of a wedding or funeral. You're probably wondering, ''What in the world is going on here? Has Scott lost his ever-loving mind? Don't tell me he fell down another set of bleachers at the baseball game this week!'' I assure you, I didn't fall. You see, what we wear when we worship is really about personal preference. Personally, I feel constrained by a suit when I'm preaching, it makes it harder for me to move around and I tend to talk with my hands. Besides, it's rather hot today.
Don't get me wrong- some of us like to wear suits every Sunday to church. It's what they're used to, it's what they like to wear as they worship, and that's perfectly fine. Some of us prefer more of a business casual outfit as we come to worship and that's fine too. Some of us like to dress more leisurely, maybe we've had to wear a uniform of some sort and we'd like to feel more relaxed as we spend time with our family in worship and that's also fine. You see, God doesn't look at what we're wearing, He looks at our heart. We simply need to be true to who we are as we honor God togethe ...
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