The Importance of Coming Together for Worship
Scott Maze
Hebrews 10:24-25
Take God's Word and find Hebrews chapter 10 with me, would you? Page 1194 in the pew Bible. When you find it, look up here.
The ground has shifted in remarkable ways over the past four months. With the onset of a deadly virus, many of you rightly changed your Sunday habits of worship. A virus has demanded that we take precautions with our health. We are at a crossroads where scientists and doctors are battling for our safety. And economists are battling for our economy - to get us back to work.
But I want us to look underneath these two issues for something else. I want to focus on our attention on our habits related to worship for a few minutes. I believe this pandemic may very will alter our worship habits.
Colossal events have a way of changing us in ways we don't see coming. Known as the greatest generation, many of our grandparents successfully fought WW II, came home and started a housing boom as well as a baby boom. Urbanization has moved more than half of the world's population to cities for the first time in our history.
Do you know The Pill is turning sixty years old this year? Medical technology gave us birth control. The FDA approved the revolutionary pill on May 9, 1960. Known simply as The Pill, it changed the world. Not surprisingly, families are much smaller today than before the invention of the pill. In 1959, the US birth rate was just a hair over twenty-three babies for every 1,000 people. In 2020, that same rate is just under twelve babies for every 1,000 people. In time, we may not have enough children to make social security work for our nation. Yes, technology gives us some great gifts but at times, they come with a cost.
And now a pandemic has halted America in its tracks. For Christian worshippers, the ability to watch worship online is a great gift. I am so grateful for technology to connect with you. Yet, the ability to watch wors ...
Scott Maze
Hebrews 10:24-25
Take God's Word and find Hebrews chapter 10 with me, would you? Page 1194 in the pew Bible. When you find it, look up here.
The ground has shifted in remarkable ways over the past four months. With the onset of a deadly virus, many of you rightly changed your Sunday habits of worship. A virus has demanded that we take precautions with our health. We are at a crossroads where scientists and doctors are battling for our safety. And economists are battling for our economy - to get us back to work.
But I want us to look underneath these two issues for something else. I want to focus on our attention on our habits related to worship for a few minutes. I believe this pandemic may very will alter our worship habits.
Colossal events have a way of changing us in ways we don't see coming. Known as the greatest generation, many of our grandparents successfully fought WW II, came home and started a housing boom as well as a baby boom. Urbanization has moved more than half of the world's population to cities for the first time in our history.
Do you know The Pill is turning sixty years old this year? Medical technology gave us birth control. The FDA approved the revolutionary pill on May 9, 1960. Known simply as The Pill, it changed the world. Not surprisingly, families are much smaller today than before the invention of the pill. In 1959, the US birth rate was just a hair over twenty-three babies for every 1,000 people. In 2020, that same rate is just under twelve babies for every 1,000 people. In time, we may not have enough children to make social security work for our nation. Yes, technology gives us some great gifts but at times, they come with a cost.
And now a pandemic has halted America in its tracks. For Christian worshippers, the ability to watch worship online is a great gift. I am so grateful for technology to connect with you. Yet, the ability to watch wors ...
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