Dealing With Guilt (6)
Series: Dealing With...
Donald Cantrell
Psalms 51:1-19
Theme: ‘‘Guilt can be disruptive and detrimental to one’s daily life’’
Sermon Series ‘‘Dealing With...’’ Sermon 6
I - The Main Reason of Guilt
II - The Massive Reach of Guilt
III - Misfortunate Record of Guilt
IV - The Miserable Results of Guilt
V - The Meaningful Removal of Guilt
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Guilt’s Power
Noel Coward, a well known British playwright and comedian in the 20th century, once played a prank on ten famous men in London. He sent each of these distinguished men the same note which read: ‘‘We know what you have done. If you don’t want to be exposed, leave town.’’ Within six months all ten men had moved out of London.
‘‘Man is the only animal that blushes or needs to.’’
Mark Twain
The Guilt of Omission
In his book Craddock Stories, Rev. Craddock offers the following stark confession concerning a blaring mistake he made in his early years in ministry:
I was in graduate school at Vanderbilt.
I had left the family and children in the little parish I served and moved into a little room to prepare for those terrible comprehensive exams. It’s make-it-or-break-it time; they can kill you. I would go every night about 11:30 or 12:00 to a little all-night diner no tables, just little stools and have a grilled cheese and a cup of coffee to take a break from my studies. It was the same every night; the fellow behind the counter at the grill knew when I walked in to prepare a grilled cheese and a cup of coffee. He’d give me a refill, sometimes come again and give me another refill. I joined the men of the night sitting there over our coffee, still thinking about my own possible questions about the New Testament oral exams.
Then I noticed a man who was there when I went in, but had not yet been waited on. I had been waited on, had a refill, and so had the others. Then finally the man b ...
Series: Dealing With...
Donald Cantrell
Psalms 51:1-19
Theme: ‘‘Guilt can be disruptive and detrimental to one’s daily life’’
Sermon Series ‘‘Dealing With...’’ Sermon 6
I - The Main Reason of Guilt
II - The Massive Reach of Guilt
III - Misfortunate Record of Guilt
IV - The Miserable Results of Guilt
V - The Meaningful Removal of Guilt
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Guilt’s Power
Noel Coward, a well known British playwright and comedian in the 20th century, once played a prank on ten famous men in London. He sent each of these distinguished men the same note which read: ‘‘We know what you have done. If you don’t want to be exposed, leave town.’’ Within six months all ten men had moved out of London.
‘‘Man is the only animal that blushes or needs to.’’
Mark Twain
The Guilt of Omission
In his book Craddock Stories, Rev. Craddock offers the following stark confession concerning a blaring mistake he made in his early years in ministry:
I was in graduate school at Vanderbilt.
I had left the family and children in the little parish I served and moved into a little room to prepare for those terrible comprehensive exams. It’s make-it-or-break-it time; they can kill you. I would go every night about 11:30 or 12:00 to a little all-night diner no tables, just little stools and have a grilled cheese and a cup of coffee to take a break from my studies. It was the same every night; the fellow behind the counter at the grill knew when I walked in to prepare a grilled cheese and a cup of coffee. He’d give me a refill, sometimes come again and give me another refill. I joined the men of the night sitting there over our coffee, still thinking about my own possible questions about the New Testament oral exams.
Then I noticed a man who was there when I went in, but had not yet been waited on. I had been waited on, had a refill, and so had the others. Then finally the man b ...
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