tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302121.post2770680790949833457..comments2023-10-30T05:30:50.899-05:00Comments on Internationally Known on the Microphone: Sermon Pt. 1Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07874012298542994380noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302121.post-72990590317362264662007-06-05T20:28:00.000-05:002007-06-05T20:28:00.000-05:00I am so very proud of you!DadI am so very proud of you!<BR/><BR/>DadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302121.post-29505741469454473572007-06-03T13:57:00.000-05:002007-06-03T13:57:00.000-05:00Adam:Excellent job in the pulpit today. You start...Adam:<BR/><BR/>Excellent job in the pulpit today. You started out a little tense, but you got the congregation with you. And then the Mustoe Mustoe that we all know and love came out. You do have mad preacherin' skillz. <BR/><BR/>An interesting parallel to your story was a sermon I heard John Ortberg give. He preached on a similar topic, but he used Luke 18:9-14 (The pharisee and the tax collector). It is one of those parables where Jesus speaks to us today in the first verse. His point was similar to yours on judging others, but he took it in the direction of we as followers of Christ should not read the parable and think "Lord, thank you for not making me like that pharisee." I refer to it as Jesus "trap" parable.<BR/><BR/>Which brings me to one topic that we should explore sometime. We tend to set up the pharisees all being these self-righteous brood of vipers (love that "oh, snap" moment too). There is some strong evidence that some pharisees had a influence on Jesus, and not all took the micro-manage position that the villains in the New Testament took. After all, Judaism has evolved since the first century, and most of my Jewish friends look at some of the commentary in the Talmud, which was started later in the first century (I think, but then again I am the one who told the confirmands to spell Yahweh backwards on their stoles) and follow a great many of Christ's teachings - because the early writers were moving away from the letter and more toward the spirit, of the law.<BR/><BR/>At any rate, the point comes back to yours. We must be extremely careful about judgment and how we deal with it. <BR/><BR/>By the way, it is a God thing that we did "Great Is Thy Faithfulness" as the closing hymn. I had a time in darkness (nice metaphor for sin, eh?) this week, and found myself singing the chorus to myself during morning prayers.<BR/><BR/>"Great is Thy faithfulness!<BR/>Great is Thy faithfulness!<BR/>Morning by morning new mercies I see.<BR/>All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;<BR/>Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!"<BR/><BR/><BR/>Made me a little verklempt during the singing. I love it when God gives feedback. And I tell everyone the misting in my eyes is allergies.<BR/><BR/>Preach on son!<BR/><BR/>ScottProfessor RJ Gumbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07011963901601606924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302121.post-24734818853590795572007-06-01T20:13:00.000-05:002007-06-01T20:13:00.000-05:00Mustoe Mustoe:Go with your head on the sermon. I...Mustoe Mustoe:<BR/><BR/>Go with your head on the sermon. I would not put anything out ahead of time. Do your own thought process, check your sources, and go for it.<BR/><BR/>Best way to learn. Don't worry about getting feedback from other sources. Then if there are critics, you can debate them and learn.Professor RJ Gumbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07011963901601606924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302121.post-19741792984081097082007-06-01T20:11:00.000-05:002007-06-01T20:11:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Professor RJ Gumbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07011963901601606924noreply@blogger.com