Title: The Simon Syndrome
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Luke 7: 36-50
I - The Sinner's Intrusion (36 - 38)
II - The Stoic Insinuation (39)
III - The Splendid Illustration (40 - 43)
IV - The Scathing Implication (44 - 47)
V - The Significant Information (48 - 50)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
Sin Is Sin
One Sunday morning long ago, two men knelt at the altar of a church-- one a convicted criminal who had recently been released from prison, the other a judge who sent him to jail for 7 years.
After the service, the judge was speaking with the pastor and asked him, "Did you notice who was kneeling beside me at the altar this morning?" The pastor replied, "Yes, but I didn't know that you noticed." Then the judge said, "What a miracle of grace." The pastor nods in agreement. "Yes, what a marvelous miracle of grace for Christ to forgive such a criminal."
Then the judge said "Pastor, I was not referring to the criminal, but to myself. You see it did not cost that criminal much to get converted when he came out of jail. When he saw Jesus as his Savior, he knew there was salvation and hope and joy for him. But look at me. I've lived a good moral life from my youth, went to church every Sunday. Nothing but the grace of God could have caused me to admit that I was a sinner on a level with that criminal.
In Need of Forgiveness
Two boys discovered a new word to use when upset with each other. Their mother was shopping with them when suddenly they became angry with each other. "I hate you!" and "I hate you, too!" they yelled back and forth. "That's not very nice," their mother said. "I'm certainly not going to take two little boys who hate each other to McDonald's for lunch." Five-year-old Jamie quickly backed down. "I don't really hate you, Billy." But Billy, with the clear logic of three years, responded, "I still hate you! Cuz' I'm not hungry."
We must not offer conditional forgiveness, because who a ...
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Luke 7: 36-50
I - The Sinner's Intrusion (36 - 38)
II - The Stoic Insinuation (39)
III - The Splendid Illustration (40 - 43)
IV - The Scathing Implication (44 - 47)
V - The Significant Information (48 - 50)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
Sin Is Sin
One Sunday morning long ago, two men knelt at the altar of a church-- one a convicted criminal who had recently been released from prison, the other a judge who sent him to jail for 7 years.
After the service, the judge was speaking with the pastor and asked him, "Did you notice who was kneeling beside me at the altar this morning?" The pastor replied, "Yes, but I didn't know that you noticed." Then the judge said, "What a miracle of grace." The pastor nods in agreement. "Yes, what a marvelous miracle of grace for Christ to forgive such a criminal."
Then the judge said "Pastor, I was not referring to the criminal, but to myself. You see it did not cost that criminal much to get converted when he came out of jail. When he saw Jesus as his Savior, he knew there was salvation and hope and joy for him. But look at me. I've lived a good moral life from my youth, went to church every Sunday. Nothing but the grace of God could have caused me to admit that I was a sinner on a level with that criminal.
In Need of Forgiveness
Two boys discovered a new word to use when upset with each other. Their mother was shopping with them when suddenly they became angry with each other. "I hate you!" and "I hate you, too!" they yelled back and forth. "That's not very nice," their mother said. "I'm certainly not going to take two little boys who hate each other to McDonald's for lunch." Five-year-old Jamie quickly backed down. "I don't really hate you, Billy." But Billy, with the clear logic of three years, responded, "I still hate you! Cuz' I'm not hungry."
We must not offer conditional forgiveness, because who a ...
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