LOVE WHERE YOU LIVE (1 OF 4)
by Jim Perdue
Scripture: Matthew 22:35-40
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Love Where You Live (1 of 4)
Series: Love Where You Live
Jim Perdue
Matthew 22:35-40
Intro/Attention
Find your Bible and open it to Matthew 22:35-40. This morning, I’m starting a brand new sermon series leading up to Easter called Love Where You Live. I’m preaching a sermon today by the same title. We will talk about how to love where we live, where we work, where we go, and where we are. This series will remind us of some of the most important things God has called our church to do.
*In the late 1900’s there was a very popular theologian who asked a significant question. Her name was Tina Turner. And her hit song asked the question in 1984, What’s Love Got to Do With It? Tina didn’t know this, but there was a group of theologians who had answered this question 17 years earlier. This group called themselves The Beatles. They had already given the answer with their 1970’s hit, All You Need is Love. This week, I typed one word in the google search engine: ‘‘love.’’ I got all sorts of answers. Some of these answers were expected and some were very strange. What I did notice is that our world is infatuated with the concept of love. But they twist it and contort it to fit their own whims or desires. The sad truth is, most people don’t even understand what love is. Forrest Gump said, ‘‘I’m not a smart man but I know what love is.’’ Karl Barth arguably was the greatest theologian of the twentieth century. His twelve-volume Church Dogmatics, alone, consists of over ten thousand pages of systematic theology. Toward the end of his life, Barth made a tour of the United States, where he had the opportunity to speak at several of our nation’s top universities. During a question and answer time following one of his lectures, a student posed, what seemed an impossible question to answer. ‘‘Dr. Barth, you have written extensively on every aspect of theology and church history. I’m wondering if you could sum it all up in a short sentence or two.’’ The room fell silen ...
Series: Love Where You Live
Jim Perdue
Matthew 22:35-40
Intro/Attention
Find your Bible and open it to Matthew 22:35-40. This morning, I’m starting a brand new sermon series leading up to Easter called Love Where You Live. I’m preaching a sermon today by the same title. We will talk about how to love where we live, where we work, where we go, and where we are. This series will remind us of some of the most important things God has called our church to do.
*In the late 1900’s there was a very popular theologian who asked a significant question. Her name was Tina Turner. And her hit song asked the question in 1984, What’s Love Got to Do With It? Tina didn’t know this, but there was a group of theologians who had answered this question 17 years earlier. This group called themselves The Beatles. They had already given the answer with their 1970’s hit, All You Need is Love. This week, I typed one word in the google search engine: ‘‘love.’’ I got all sorts of answers. Some of these answers were expected and some were very strange. What I did notice is that our world is infatuated with the concept of love. But they twist it and contort it to fit their own whims or desires. The sad truth is, most people don’t even understand what love is. Forrest Gump said, ‘‘I’m not a smart man but I know what love is.’’ Karl Barth arguably was the greatest theologian of the twentieth century. His twelve-volume Church Dogmatics, alone, consists of over ten thousand pages of systematic theology. Toward the end of his life, Barth made a tour of the United States, where he had the opportunity to speak at several of our nation’s top universities. During a question and answer time following one of his lectures, a student posed, what seemed an impossible question to answer. ‘‘Dr. Barth, you have written extensively on every aspect of theology and church history. I’m wondering if you could sum it all up in a short sentence or two.’’ The room fell silen ...
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