MINISTRY EVALUATIONS (8)
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:18-23, 1 Corinthians 4:1-21
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Title: Ministry Evaluations (8)
Series: 1 Corinthians
Author: Robert Dawson
Text: 1 Corinthians 3:18-4:21
All of us secretly fancy ourselves as judges. We enjoy evaluating everything and everyone, from the food at the restaurant to the family seated at the table next to us. We love passing judgment.
- We watch shows like "The Voice," "Dancing with the Stars," or "America's Got Talent," and we sit back with our imaginary buzzers and scorecards and offer our opinion on whether that person or act should go on to the next round. It's fun! If you think about it, it also a little humorous. We find ourselves saying things like...
o They missed that note. That was a poor song choice. They should have sung that song full voice rather than falsetto.
o They didn't flourish their hips enough during that salsa dance or their footwork was a little sloppy there...as if I know anything about hip flourishing or fancy footwork.
- We watch sports and evaluate every move the coaches and players make while sitting 30 feet above the action or kicked back in our recliner with a corndog and a coke.
- Every year part of our Christmas tradition is to drive around and look at Christmas lights, but we don't just observe them we judge them. We rate them. A. B. C. D. F.
- Every four years the Olympics roll around and we sit back and watch them perform and we evaluate. We watch the figure skaters, as if anyone born and reared in South Georgia knows anything about figure skating, and say, "They really missed that triple Lutz going into the double Salchow, and that Biellmann spin did not have the extension or rotation that it needed.
We critique everything and are self-certified experts in everything. Just check out social media posts or the comments at the end of online articles, regardless of the subject. We carry this mentality with us everywhere we go...even into the church.
- We evaluate the everything from the temperature in the room to the tempo on the platfo ...
Series: 1 Corinthians
Author: Robert Dawson
Text: 1 Corinthians 3:18-4:21
All of us secretly fancy ourselves as judges. We enjoy evaluating everything and everyone, from the food at the restaurant to the family seated at the table next to us. We love passing judgment.
- We watch shows like "The Voice," "Dancing with the Stars," or "America's Got Talent," and we sit back with our imaginary buzzers and scorecards and offer our opinion on whether that person or act should go on to the next round. It's fun! If you think about it, it also a little humorous. We find ourselves saying things like...
o They missed that note. That was a poor song choice. They should have sung that song full voice rather than falsetto.
o They didn't flourish their hips enough during that salsa dance or their footwork was a little sloppy there...as if I know anything about hip flourishing or fancy footwork.
- We watch sports and evaluate every move the coaches and players make while sitting 30 feet above the action or kicked back in our recliner with a corndog and a coke.
- Every year part of our Christmas tradition is to drive around and look at Christmas lights, but we don't just observe them we judge them. We rate them. A. B. C. D. F.
- Every four years the Olympics roll around and we sit back and watch them perform and we evaluate. We watch the figure skaters, as if anyone born and reared in South Georgia knows anything about figure skating, and say, "They really missed that triple Lutz going into the double Salchow, and that Biellmann spin did not have the extension or rotation that it needed.
We critique everything and are self-certified experts in everything. Just check out social media posts or the comments at the end of online articles, regardless of the subject. We carry this mentality with us everywhere we go...even into the church.
- We evaluate the everything from the temperature in the room to the tempo on the platfo ...
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