SHEPHERDS & SHEEP (5 OF 5)
Scripture: 1 Peter 5:1-14
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Title: Shepherds & Sheep (5 of 5)
Series: Living with Hope & Holiness in a Hostile World
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: 1 Peter 5:1-14
I - The Critical Appeal (1 - 4)
II - The Church Audience (5 - 11)
III - The Closing Affirmation (12 - 14)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
DO WHATEVER THE CHAMPION DOES
In 1976, Finland's Lasse Viren made Olympic history when he became the first man to win both the 5,000- and 10,000-meter races in successive Olympiads. After his victory, his coach decided to take on the record of the legendary Emil Zatopek. Earlier in the century at the Helsinki games, Zatopek had won the 5,000 the 10,000 and the marathon. There was only one problem. Viren had never run a marathon before.
The Olympics are not exactly the place to take on a new event. But on the last day of the Montreal Olympics, Viren lined up to run the 26-mile race--and stood directly behind Frank Shorter, the American who had won the marathon gold medal four years earlier in Munich. As they took off, Shorter found out that he had a shadow. Lasse Viren's coach's strategy was to stay with Shorter through the whole race. Viren tried, but couldn't maintain the pace and finished fifth in his first marathon. But the lesson was simple--do whatever the champion had done, fast slow, hills, curves...whatever he saw Frank Shorter do, Lasse Viren imitated him. That's leading by example.
The church should have leaders that lead by example, in our message today, Peter discusses the church and her shepherds, along with the church and her sheep, you cannot lead without sheep, but sheep need shepherds.
The church is made up of leaders and followers, but both carry equal value and without them both, there would be no church!!!
PICKING THE WRONG DOOR
Stuart Briscoe, in his book Everyday Discipleship for Ordinary People, tells the story about a fellow pastor who was officiating at the funeral of a war veteran. The dead ...
Series: Living with Hope & Holiness in a Hostile World
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: 1 Peter 5:1-14
I - The Critical Appeal (1 - 4)
II - The Church Audience (5 - 11)
III - The Closing Affirmation (12 - 14)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
DO WHATEVER THE CHAMPION DOES
In 1976, Finland's Lasse Viren made Olympic history when he became the first man to win both the 5,000- and 10,000-meter races in successive Olympiads. After his victory, his coach decided to take on the record of the legendary Emil Zatopek. Earlier in the century at the Helsinki games, Zatopek had won the 5,000 the 10,000 and the marathon. There was only one problem. Viren had never run a marathon before.
The Olympics are not exactly the place to take on a new event. But on the last day of the Montreal Olympics, Viren lined up to run the 26-mile race--and stood directly behind Frank Shorter, the American who had won the marathon gold medal four years earlier in Munich. As they took off, Shorter found out that he had a shadow. Lasse Viren's coach's strategy was to stay with Shorter through the whole race. Viren tried, but couldn't maintain the pace and finished fifth in his first marathon. But the lesson was simple--do whatever the champion had done, fast slow, hills, curves...whatever he saw Frank Shorter do, Lasse Viren imitated him. That's leading by example.
The church should have leaders that lead by example, in our message today, Peter discusses the church and her shepherds, along with the church and her sheep, you cannot lead without sheep, but sheep need shepherds.
The church is made up of leaders and followers, but both carry equal value and without them both, there would be no church!!!
PICKING THE WRONG DOOR
Stuart Briscoe, in his book Everyday Discipleship for Ordinary People, tells the story about a fellow pastor who was officiating at the funeral of a war veteran. The dead ...
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