Title: Debunking Tradition (12)
Series: Gospel of Mark
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Mark 7:1-37
Gospel of Mark Commentary Series - Sermon 12
I - One's Tainted Tradition (1 - 5)
II - One's Pointed Perspective (6 - 13)
III - One's Declared Defilement (14 - 23)
IV - One's Demonized Daughter (24 - 30)
V - One's Touched Tongue (31 - 37)
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Thanksgiving Traditions
One Thanksgiving as a man was walking through the kitchen, he observed his wife cutting the end off of the ham and discarding it, only to throw it away. The husband became curious, asking his wife "Why did you cut that big slab of ham off the end and throw it away?"
The man's wife said, "Silly, that's such a dumb question, I do it because that's what my mom did as she cooked our Thanksgiving ham." After dinner, the wife became a bit curious, picked up the phone and called her mom, asking her the following, "Mom, why did you always cut the end of the ham off, before discarding it and throwing it away?"
The mom sit there in silence, before replying, "That is what your grandmother did, so I just did the same thing." As they talked, the mother said. "Let's call your grandmother and ask her why she did it." Upon doing a three-way call, the mother asked the grandmother "Mom, why did you always cut the ham off and throw it away?" The grandmother laughed and said, "Because, the pan was too small for that big slab of ham!!!"
I am afraid that this story plays out in the life of many Christians and in many churches, day in and day out. We make up traditions and allow them to supersede the Word of God. I used to pastor a church that thought revivals had to be a certain week, during a certain month. In time, we changed those dates and allowed God to move as He saw fit and then we experienced a real Holy Ghost Heaven sent revival, which went on for three weeks.
Tradition must never supersede God's word, if it doe ...
Series: Gospel of Mark
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Mark 7:1-37
Gospel of Mark Commentary Series - Sermon 12
I - One's Tainted Tradition (1 - 5)
II - One's Pointed Perspective (6 - 13)
III - One's Declared Defilement (14 - 23)
IV - One's Demonized Daughter (24 - 30)
V - One's Touched Tongue (31 - 37)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
Thanksgiving Traditions
One Thanksgiving as a man was walking through the kitchen, he observed his wife cutting the end off of the ham and discarding it, only to throw it away. The husband became curious, asking his wife "Why did you cut that big slab of ham off the end and throw it away?"
The man's wife said, "Silly, that's such a dumb question, I do it because that's what my mom did as she cooked our Thanksgiving ham." After dinner, the wife became a bit curious, picked up the phone and called her mom, asking her the following, "Mom, why did you always cut the end of the ham off, before discarding it and throwing it away?"
The mom sit there in silence, before replying, "That is what your grandmother did, so I just did the same thing." As they talked, the mother said. "Let's call your grandmother and ask her why she did it." Upon doing a three-way call, the mother asked the grandmother "Mom, why did you always cut the ham off and throw it away?" The grandmother laughed and said, "Because, the pan was too small for that big slab of ham!!!"
I am afraid that this story plays out in the life of many Christians and in many churches, day in and day out. We make up traditions and allow them to supersede the Word of God. I used to pastor a church that thought revivals had to be a certain week, during a certain month. In time, we changed those dates and allowed God to move as He saw fit and then we experienced a real Holy Ghost Heaven sent revival, which went on for three weeks.
Tradition must never supersede God's word, if it doe ...
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