How to Handle Questionable Issues!
Marvin Patterson
1 Corinthians 8
In a never-ending effort to attract the unchurched, some churches have considered translating their unfamiliar terminology into familiar football phrases:
BLOCKING: Talking endlessly to the pastor at the church door and keeping everyone else from exiting.
DRAFT CHOICE: The decision to sit close to an air conditioning vent.
END ZONE: The pews.
EXTRA POINT: What you receive when you tell the preacher his sermon was too short.
ILLEGAL MOTION: Leaving before the benediction.
INTERFERENCE: Talking during the organ prelude.
TWO-MINUTE WARNING: The pastor's wife looking at her watch in full view of the pastor.
QUARTERBACK SNEAK: Sunday School teachers entering the building five minutes after classes began.i
Introduction:
What would you do if you went to the supermarket and saw two piles of steaks sitting in the meat counter? One stack said Idol meat, which had been offered to the idols of the day. It was only $1.00 per pound. You get to thinking that the idols are false and there is nothing to them, and you could have many cookouts with all those steaks!
And the other pile of steaks had a sign which said fresh steaks $10.00 per pound! You are thinking that you could get ten times as many by buying the idol meat, so you start to load up! And all of a sudden, a young Christian walks up and greets you, and asks what you are doing? You try to explain the deal, but the young Christian says 'That meat has demons in it doesn't it?" You try to explain, but you can see they are not ready for the doctrine of Christian liberty, and they still are convinced that since the meat had been offered to idols, then it was demon possessed! What are you going to do?
That is a very serious situation that deserves some explanation that we will look at this evening! ...
Marvin Patterson
1 Corinthians 8
In a never-ending effort to attract the unchurched, some churches have considered translating their unfamiliar terminology into familiar football phrases:
BLOCKING: Talking endlessly to the pastor at the church door and keeping everyone else from exiting.
DRAFT CHOICE: The decision to sit close to an air conditioning vent.
END ZONE: The pews.
EXTRA POINT: What you receive when you tell the preacher his sermon was too short.
ILLEGAL MOTION: Leaving before the benediction.
INTERFERENCE: Talking during the organ prelude.
TWO-MINUTE WARNING: The pastor's wife looking at her watch in full view of the pastor.
QUARTERBACK SNEAK: Sunday School teachers entering the building five minutes after classes began.i
Introduction:
What would you do if you went to the supermarket and saw two piles of steaks sitting in the meat counter? One stack said Idol meat, which had been offered to the idols of the day. It was only $1.00 per pound. You get to thinking that the idols are false and there is nothing to them, and you could have many cookouts with all those steaks!
And the other pile of steaks had a sign which said fresh steaks $10.00 per pound! You are thinking that you could get ten times as many by buying the idol meat, so you start to load up! And all of a sudden, a young Christian walks up and greets you, and asks what you are doing? You try to explain the deal, but the young Christian says 'That meat has demons in it doesn't it?" You try to explain, but you can see they are not ready for the doctrine of Christian liberty, and they still are convinced that since the meat had been offered to idols, then it was demon possessed! What are you going to do?
That is a very serious situation that deserves some explanation that we will look at this evening! ...
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