Title: Take My Word For It (15)
Series: Get Used to Different
Author: James Merritt
Text: Matthew 5:33-37
Introduction
1. There was a guy who was applying for a very high profile job at a major corporation that was going to pay him a high six-figure salary. He sent in his resume and was immediately called by this corporation to come in for an interview. When he sat down the CEO of this company looked at him and said, "Your resume is unbelievable. You got a business degree from Yale, a master's degree in engineering from MIT and a PhD in leadership from Harvard University. You've served in the administration of two presidents, one governor, and you were the Chief of Staff of a U.S Senator." He said, "Frankly, I'm ready to hire you on the spot. I just have one question." The man said, "Sure. What is it?" He said, "Can you just tell me one fault that you have? Just one shortcoming?" The man said, "I'm a habitual liar. You can't believe anything I say."
2. We laugh and yet that fictional story actually shares about a real crisis we are having in America - a crisis of trust. According to poll after poll, we are losing our trust in government, the economy, the media, higher educational institutions and one another. The Pew Research Center estimated that in 1993, 47 percent of Americans believed that most Americans could be trusted. Today, it is down to 32 percent.
3. Currently, 16% of Americans trust the government to do what is right just about always or most of the time. That is the lowest trust measure in nearly seventy years of polling. We have become so convinced that politicians and lying go together it has become a big joke.
4. I read about a bus full of politicians that was speeding down a country road, swerved into a field, and crashed into a tree. The farmer who owned the field heard the noise went to investigate, recognized who they were, dug a gigantic hole and buried all of them right there.
5. A few days later the sheriff d ...
Series: Get Used to Different
Author: James Merritt
Text: Matthew 5:33-37
Introduction
1. There was a guy who was applying for a very high profile job at a major corporation that was going to pay him a high six-figure salary. He sent in his resume and was immediately called by this corporation to come in for an interview. When he sat down the CEO of this company looked at him and said, "Your resume is unbelievable. You got a business degree from Yale, a master's degree in engineering from MIT and a PhD in leadership from Harvard University. You've served in the administration of two presidents, one governor, and you were the Chief of Staff of a U.S Senator." He said, "Frankly, I'm ready to hire you on the spot. I just have one question." The man said, "Sure. What is it?" He said, "Can you just tell me one fault that you have? Just one shortcoming?" The man said, "I'm a habitual liar. You can't believe anything I say."
2. We laugh and yet that fictional story actually shares about a real crisis we are having in America - a crisis of trust. According to poll after poll, we are losing our trust in government, the economy, the media, higher educational institutions and one another. The Pew Research Center estimated that in 1993, 47 percent of Americans believed that most Americans could be trusted. Today, it is down to 32 percent.
3. Currently, 16% of Americans trust the government to do what is right just about always or most of the time. That is the lowest trust measure in nearly seventy years of polling. We have become so convinced that politicians and lying go together it has become a big joke.
4. I read about a bus full of politicians that was speeding down a country road, swerved into a field, and crashed into a tree. The farmer who owned the field heard the noise went to investigate, recognized who they were, dug a gigantic hole and buried all of them right there.
5. A few days later the sheriff d ...
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