Title: Someone Must Care
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Psalm 142:4
Psa 142:4 KJV - I looked on [my] right hand, and beheld, but [there was] no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
I - The Misery & Callousness of This Verse
II - The Magnitude & Challenge of This Verse
III - The Message & Charge of This Verse
IV - The Motivation & Consideration of This Verse
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
I used to go to management meetings on a regular basis and one of our Human Resource Managers always used the same old adage, "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, yet expecting different results." It drove me insane, because he always told used that same quote, yet he never offered us real answers, who was the insane one, oops!!!
The church is in a steady decline, which was already taking place, even before the pandemic, but there has been a significance increase in "Nones" in the last few years. You may say, "What is a 'none'?" The definition is very simple, a "none" is "people who describe themselves as atheists, agnostics or nothing in particular when asked about their religious identity."
When I became a believer in 1979 our local county as around 75% unchurched, but that number is around 82% now, though we have a church on every corner and on can find various denominations in ever community. We have more churches in our area than we have ever had, yet we have more people that are unaffiliated with any church than ever before.
We are in a conundrum, as the church seemed to be confused, as we face times of difficulty. We are facing a major problem within what we call evangelical churches, as we focus on those within and forget about those without. Most all of our resources and our energy is inward, though we should be majoring on the outward.
If the church continues with the status quo, then we will be nailing the final nails in the churches ...
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Psalm 142:4
Psa 142:4 KJV - I looked on [my] right hand, and beheld, but [there was] no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
I - The Misery & Callousness of This Verse
II - The Magnitude & Challenge of This Verse
III - The Message & Charge of This Verse
IV - The Motivation & Consideration of This Verse
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
I used to go to management meetings on a regular basis and one of our Human Resource Managers always used the same old adage, "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, yet expecting different results." It drove me insane, because he always told used that same quote, yet he never offered us real answers, who was the insane one, oops!!!
The church is in a steady decline, which was already taking place, even before the pandemic, but there has been a significance increase in "Nones" in the last few years. You may say, "What is a 'none'?" The definition is very simple, a "none" is "people who describe themselves as atheists, agnostics or nothing in particular when asked about their religious identity."
When I became a believer in 1979 our local county as around 75% unchurched, but that number is around 82% now, though we have a church on every corner and on can find various denominations in ever community. We have more churches in our area than we have ever had, yet we have more people that are unaffiliated with any church than ever before.
We are in a conundrum, as the church seemed to be confused, as we face times of difficulty. We are facing a major problem within what we call evangelical churches, as we focus on those within and forget about those without. Most all of our resources and our energy is inward, though we should be majoring on the outward.
If the church continues with the status quo, then we will be nailing the final nails in the churches ...
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