GROWING IN THE WORD (2 OF 5)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:14-17
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Sermon: Growing In The Word (2 of 5)
Series: Growing As A Church
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: 2 Timothy 3:14-17
ILLUS: A famous Christian writer told of doing a lectureship at Ohio State University. As he was being driven to the lecture, he passed the new Wexner Art Center and the driver said, "This is a new art building for the university. It is a fascinating building designed in the post-modernist view of reality." Post-Modernist view of reality - what does that mean? Well, apparently the building had no pattern. There were staircases that didn't go anywhere. And there were pillars that didn't support anything. And the architect was praised (by somebody) for designing a building to reflect how he saw life. He saw life as going nowhere and as being mindless and senseless.
The Christian writer turned to his driver and asked, "Did they do the same thing with the foundation?" and the driver laughed and said "Oh no. You can't do that with a foundation." Then the writer commented "You can get away with the infrastructure of a building being mindless and senseless. But once you started tampering with the foundations of a building, you begin experiencing serious side-effects. (Ravi Zacharias)
I've talked with contractors who've refurbished old homes and they tell me that they don't care what the rest of the house looks like - as long as the roof and the foundation are sound, they'll invest their time and money in it. But otherwise, they won't touch it.
That's what our passage this morning is talking about: If you want to GROW HIGHER in your faith, you've gotta have a good foundation. If your foundation is NOT sound, then the rest of your faith will crumble
Paul was writing to his young co-worker Timothy and told Timothy NOT to neglect his foundation. "... Continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Chr ...
Series: Growing As A Church
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: 2 Timothy 3:14-17
ILLUS: A famous Christian writer told of doing a lectureship at Ohio State University. As he was being driven to the lecture, he passed the new Wexner Art Center and the driver said, "This is a new art building for the university. It is a fascinating building designed in the post-modernist view of reality." Post-Modernist view of reality - what does that mean? Well, apparently the building had no pattern. There were staircases that didn't go anywhere. And there were pillars that didn't support anything. And the architect was praised (by somebody) for designing a building to reflect how he saw life. He saw life as going nowhere and as being mindless and senseless.
The Christian writer turned to his driver and asked, "Did they do the same thing with the foundation?" and the driver laughed and said "Oh no. You can't do that with a foundation." Then the writer commented "You can get away with the infrastructure of a building being mindless and senseless. But once you started tampering with the foundations of a building, you begin experiencing serious side-effects. (Ravi Zacharias)
I've talked with contractors who've refurbished old homes and they tell me that they don't care what the rest of the house looks like - as long as the roof and the foundation are sound, they'll invest their time and money in it. But otherwise, they won't touch it.
That's what our passage this morning is talking about: If you want to GROW HIGHER in your faith, you've gotta have a good foundation. If your foundation is NOT sound, then the rest of your faith will crumble
Paul was writing to his young co-worker Timothy and told Timothy NOT to neglect his foundation. "... Continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Chr ...
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