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 Good morning. Welcome to Church of the Advent. If you're here for the first time, this is the time in our service when we typically have a sermon.

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 We spend roughly a half hour looking in depth at one or more of the passages of Scripture that we have just read. But we rarely stop to ask the question in this church,

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 what's the point of this whole part of the worship service? I mean, just to be totally honest, it would be a lot shorter if we cut this part out.

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 And we could just skip straight to the creed, especially with the fact that now we live in a world where there are so many sermons online,

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 so much digital content out there that we can listen to anytime we want. Why the need to come and to do something like this in person on a Sunday morning?

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 It would be a lot more efficient if we didn't do it. And then why is it that when you go to one church and then you go to another church and you do it in another church,

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 the way this time is used is vastly different. You might go to one church and you hear somebody talking or teaching about the Bible.

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 Maybe you go to another church and you hear what sounds more like a political speech or a political rant.

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 You go to another church and there might be a 15-minute reflection on the size of the universe and our place in it.

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 What is the point of preaching? What are we supposed to be doing with this time and why does it matter?

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 That's kind of what we're going to be looking at this morning. We're going to have a bit of a meta sermon, a sermon about sermons.

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 We're going to have some preaching about preaching, which is not something that we typically do, and I think it's fine that we don't do this a lot.

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 It just so happens that this is what the Apostle Paul is talking about in the passage from 2 Timothy this morning.

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 Now, what we're going to be focusing on is primarily what happens here, the Sunday gathered worship and the sermon that happens as a part of that.

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 But a lot of what we're going to say could apply to many situations and contexts beyond this room.

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 I know there are a lot of people with a gift and ministry of preaching who don't necessarily wear collars.

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 And there's a lot of opportunities for this kind of thing to happen outside of Sunday, but Paul's primary emphasis is Timothy's ministry and the ministry of the elders who serve under him in Sunday worship.

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 And so that's what we're going to primarily be talking about.

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 And I think this is relevant because, as I said, a lot of people don't fully understand what preaching is or why it matters.

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 So that's what we're going to be looking at.

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 What is preaching?

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 Why do we need it?

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 And then how to receive it.

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 How to receive it.

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 Let's pray.

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 Our Lord and Heavenly Father, thank you for your word.

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 Really, it's your word that we're going to be considering this morning.

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 And because of that, we thank you and we praise you.

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 And we praise you ultimately that what we're doing here doesn't depend or hinge on us,

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 that we're here because you are a God who has initiated.

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 You're a God who speaks.

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 And we ask for the grace to receive your word.

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 And we pray this that we might glorify you in your Son's name.

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 Amen.

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 So first of all, the question, what is preaching?

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 What we see in this passage is that the nature of preaching, the ministry of preaching,

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 is shaped and determined by the nature of Scripture itself.

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 The nature of preaching flows out of the nature of Scripture.

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 The Apostle Paul writes in verse 16,

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 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction,

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 and for training in righteousness, that the servant of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

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 So what does this tell us?

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 Well, first and foremost, it tells us that Scripture, and by that we mean the words that we now have in the Bible.

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 So the Old Testament was considered Scripture, but then in one of Peter's letters,

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 he refers to the writings of Paul as Scripture.

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 And then in the first few centuries of the church, there's a gathering together of all of the written words

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 that constitute what the church considers to be Scripture.

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 So all Scripture is essentially the Word of God.

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 That's what this passage is saying.

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 So unlike anything else ever written, Scripture, graphe, is uniquely described as being God-breathed.

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 So in one sense, Scripture was written by human authors, dozens of authors over centuries and centuries.

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 But as those authors wrote, God guided and directed their writing through the power of the Holy Spirit

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 in such a way that they wrote His words as He intended.

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 So one of my favorite ways of talking about the nature of the Bible is it is just like Jesus.

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 It is fully human, and it is fully divine at the same time.

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 It reflects human authorship with personalities and cultural characteristics,

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 and yet it is also God's Word written as He intended.

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 So in a sense, we can say that God has delegated His authority to the words of Scripture,

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 which makes Scripture very unique.

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 Unlike anything else ever written, this book has the final say on what is real,

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 on what is true.

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 So we don't treat this like we do other old books.

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 We don't look at this and say, well, this is advice from our ancestors.

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 This is wisdom from the past.

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 These words are uniquely meant to rule the hearts and minds of God's people.

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 So because of that, Paul goes on to say, verse 17,

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 Scripture is profitable.

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 It is uniquely useful and able to be used to do a number of things by the servant of God,

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 by primarily He has in mind ministers.

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 We can use the Scripture to do a number of things,

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 and, you know, so teaching, reproving, correcting, training people in righteousness.

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 And if you look down in chapter 4, verse 2,

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 the job of a preacher corresponds to these purposes of Scripture.

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 So Paul says very strongly, preach the Word.

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 And what does he mean by that?

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 Reprove.

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 That means to name attitudes or behaviors that are wrong,

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 that are outside of God's will.

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 Rebuke.

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 That means calling people to turn away from those attitudes or behaviors.

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 And then the word either encourage or exhort.

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 That means essentially to set people on a new path, set people on a new trajectory.

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 So Scripture is uniquely able to be used in that way,

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 to reprove and rebuke and encourage and exhort.

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 And as Jesus says to the disciples after His resurrection,

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 as they're journeying toward Emmaus,

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 all Scripture is ultimately about Him.

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 All Scripture ultimately points to Him.

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 So the goal of all the reproving and rebuking and exhorting and encouraging and training,

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 the goal of all of that is ultimately to drive people toward Christ.

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 It is to set people on a path into the arms of Christ

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 and into the truth of the gospel.

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 That's the ultimate aim of preaching.

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 So based on all of this,

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 here's one definition of preaching that I would submit to you.

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 Preaching is God's Word spoken through His people

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 in order to do His work in His people.

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 It is God's Word spoken through His people

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 in order to do His work in His people.

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 And by the way,

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 preachers are not exempt from preaching, right?

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 So every sermon preached

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 is a sermon preached just as much to the preacher

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 as it is to those in the congregation.

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 And most people who preach regularly will tell you

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 before the text ever makes it out,

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 it does a lot of work in here.

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 It is as though my wife has described it as the text

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 or the texts that are coming up kind of descend on the house.

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 And you sort of live and marinate

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 and operate within those words for days and days

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 and they go to work on you before they ever come out.

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 And so preachers are not exempt.

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 This is God's Word spoken through His very fallible people

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 in order to do His work in everyone present, right?

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 So there are some implications for this.

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 Draw out a lot.

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 I'll just draw out a couple so we can move on.

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 Here's implication number one.

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 Preaching is not the same thing as teaching.

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 A sermon is not the same thing as a TED Talk.

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 There's a place for both.

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 There's a place in the church for teaching.

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 We just had the adult ed hour.

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 That's a time for teaching, right?

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 When the kids downstairs right now,

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 they're receiving teaching of some kind.

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 There's a place for that.

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 But preaching is something distinctly different.

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 The word that we translate preaching,

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 the word caruso means heralding, to herald.

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 You're announcing something.

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 Imagine a herald coming into a town,

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 ringing a bell, making an announcement,

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 and you're calling people to something.

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 You're a herald.

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 So biblical preaching calls people

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 to reflect on attitudes or behaviors

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 that are not in line with God's will.

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 Biblical preaching calls people to recenter themselves

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 on what is true and real.

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 Biblical preaching shows us our need

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 for Jesus and the gospel.

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 We're heralding.

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 And so unlike teaching,

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 preaching demands a response, right?

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 It demands a response.

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 So preaching is not the same thing as teaching.

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 Second implication,

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 the job of a preacher

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 is not to share their personal opinions,

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 but to explain and apply God's word

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 to the lives of people,

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 what we call expository preaching,

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 explaining and applying God's word

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 to people's lives,

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 exposing the truth of the text.

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 And this is extremely important to bear in mind

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 because a lot of churches these days,

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 the sermon is more or less

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 the personal reflections of the speaker.

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 Or when something major happens in the news,

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 a major current event,

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 you know, a war breaks out

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 or someone gets killed,

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 there can be this expectation

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 that we should be able to come to church on a Sunday

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 and the preacher is going to use that time

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 to share their reflections on that event,

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 to address that event

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 and give a commentary on that event.

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 And those expectations make sense

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 because we live in a culture

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 where the world is full of pundits

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 and thought leaders

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 whose entire job is to offer opinions

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 about various things.

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 And some of you, that is your job.

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 You are a professional opinion giver

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 and you speak or write or go on the news

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 and you answer questions

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 about things that are happening in the world.

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 So there can be an expectation,

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 why does that happen in church as well?

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 Now, of course, there is a time

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 and a place for churches to talk about

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 and engage major current events

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 happening in the world.

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 There are all kinds of opportunities

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 to have classes and panel discussions

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 and forums and weekend symposia

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 that cover a whole variety of topics.

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 But that is not the purpose of preaching.

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 That's not how the pulpit is meant to be used.

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 Sermons should be based on God's Word.

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 In other words, you should be able to see

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 how the main points of the message

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 come from the Bible.

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 That's one of the reasons we print the Scripture

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 being preached on in the bulletin

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 so that even if you left your Bible at home,

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 you can see, is this connected

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 to what this Scripture actually says?

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 Caveats.

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 Yes, sermons will pull in quotes or illustrations

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 or references from other sources.

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 We see the Apostle Paul doing that very thing in his letters.

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 And sermons may very well address

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 and speak into current events or issues

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 if the Scripture happens to apply to those things.

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 But the point is the main points,

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 the main theme of the sermon

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 should come clearly from the Bible,

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 not from the opinions or thoughts of the preacher.

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 And there are a couple of reasons

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 why this is extremely important.

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 First and foremost, the main reason this matters

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 is because if you cannot see

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 how a sermon comes from the Bible,

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 then ultimately, if you sit under that kind of teaching

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 week in and week out, your faith will end up

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 resting on the opinions of a human being

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 rather than on the Word of God.

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 And Paul doesn't say,

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 my opinions are profitable for proof and rebuke.

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 And he says, God's Word is

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 because God has breathed His Spirit

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 into these words alone, right?

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 So that's the first thing.

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 Secondly, second reason why it matters

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 that the sermon comes from the Bible

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 and not from the opinions of the preacher?

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 I think I can speak for all preachers here,

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 at least all the ones I know personally.

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 To be totally honest,

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 most of our personal opinions are not worth sharing.

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 They're not worth sharing.

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 I have a ton of opinions.

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 If you want to take me out and buy me a beer

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 and ask me my take on this or that,

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 it might take a couple of beers,

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 but I'll get there and we can talk about it, okay?

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 But most of my opinions are not worth sharing

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 because we simply do not have time in a given week

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 to do the kind of deep dive research necessary

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 to develop deep, nuanced, thoughtful, prayerful opinions

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 about all the issues out there.

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 Now, some of you do.

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 Some of you have research assistants.

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 Some of you are experts in your field.

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 That is simply not our vocation.

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 I have lots of opinions,

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 but some of them, maybe a decent number,

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 are pretty under-informed,

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 and they're subject to my biases,

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 and frankly, some of them are half-baked.

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 So they're not really worth that much.

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 And even if I did have a well-developed approach

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 to this or that cultural issue

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 that I really wanted to talk about,

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 a 30-minute time slot on a Sunday

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 is not nearly enough time

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 to give most of the big issues a fair treatment.

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 So you're gonna need to give me a lot more time.

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 So based on all of this,

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 I believe that what the Apostle Paul is saying

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 in 2 Timothy about the nature of preaching

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 means that any preacher

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 who uses this time on a Sunday morning

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 to share their personal opinions

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 rather than to teach and apply God's Word

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 is committing malpractice.

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 That's simply not what preaching is meant to be.

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 So preaching is God's Word

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 spoken through His people

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 in order to do His work in His people.

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 Now, why does preaching matter so much?

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 And if we read this text,

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 we see very clearly it does matter a great deal.

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 Listen to the strength of Paul's words

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 in his exhortation to Timothy.

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 Listen to this.

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 Imagine somebody saying this to you.

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 I charge you in the presence of God

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 and of Christ Jesus

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 who is to judge the living and the dead

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 and by His appearing and His kingdom

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 preach the Word.

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 I don't think you can find a stronger exhortation.

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 There are a lot of things that are important.

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 We need to be caring for the poor.

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 We need to be seeking justice and mercy.

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 We need to be, right,

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 there are lots of needs

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 that the church is commanded to address in the world.

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 But I don't think you will ever find an exhortation

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 this strong in the New Testament.

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 Right?

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 I charge you in the presence of Christ

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 who is right here watching you, right?

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 Christ is my witness, right?

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 Who's going to judge the living and the dead?

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 Preach the Word.

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 It's a very strong exhortation.

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 There's an urgency to it.

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 There's an intensity to it.

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 It's as though He's saying,

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 your main job, Timothy,

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 your main priority,

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 if you do nothing else,

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 preach the Word.

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 Now, why?

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 Here's the reason.

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 Verse 3.

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 For the time is coming

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 when people will not endure sound teaching

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 but will have itching ears

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 or having itching ears.

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 They will accumulate for themselves

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 teachers to suit their own passions

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 and will turn away from listening to the truth

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 and wander off into myths.

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 So here's the diagnosis of the human condition

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 that is very important for understanding

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 why preaching matters so much.

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 Where does it begin?

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 Where does the problem begin?

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 If you break down what Paul's actually saying,

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 the issue starts within us.

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 It starts with our passions.

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 The problem is that there are passions inside people.

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 And by that he means,

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 the word is epithumia,

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 the things that we over-desire.

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 In other words,

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 things that we desire, love,

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 and crave more than Jesus.

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 There are these passions,

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 these epithumias inside us

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 where we desire and love

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 and trust and hope in things

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 more than Jesus.

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 It's the most important thing.

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 And Jesus is decentered

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 and something else becomes the center of our life.

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 There are these passions

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 and that makes our ears itch.

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 We get itching ears.

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 We want those passions to be reinforced

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 and justified and inflamed.

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 And so then people get itching ears

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 and so then people gravitate to teachers

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 who scratch that itch.

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 I love hearing that person talk

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 because it justifies

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 and gives validity to my passions.

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 It makes me feel like I'm right.

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 It makes me feel like I've got it.

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 It makes me feel like I'm on the side of good.

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 It makes me feel like I'm living my life

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 in the right direction.

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 I like that teaching.

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 So we accumulate teachers

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 who scratch that itch.

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 And then ultimately, Paul says,

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 the result of that is that truth

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 is replaced with myth.

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 What are myths?

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 Myths.

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 Things that,

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 it's us saying,

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 I would rather pretend

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 that I live in this kind of world

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 than to accept the fact

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 that I live in this kind of world.

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 It's things we would prefer to believe

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 rather than things that we believe

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 because they're actually true.

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 Myths.

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 So here are the implications of this.

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 I mean, Paul is essentially saying,

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 why is preaching so necessary?

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 Why is biblical preaching so urgent?

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 Maybe Timothy's highest priority?

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 Because without sound biblical preaching,

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 the passions win.

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 The passions will take over.

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 And there's nothing to challenge them.

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 And I think this has only become

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 more and more true in our day.

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 I mean, these days,

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 if you think about the world

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 that we live in,

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 digital media, social media, right,

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 online content,

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 makes it easier than ever

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 to accumulate teachers

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 to suit our passions.

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 It is effortless

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 to curate our social feeds,

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 to curate the podcasts

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 and content that we consume,

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 to curate our news sources,

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 to curate our friend groups,

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 to really, if we want to,

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 avoid anything

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 that would really challenge

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 our worldview.

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 And we can make it so that

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 that itch is constantly being scratched

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 by the content that we consume

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 on a weekly basis.

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 We're just constantly feeling good

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 about our choices,

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 feeling good about our worldview,

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 feeling like there are other people

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 that were right

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 and the other people are wrong.

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 It can just constantly reaffirm

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 how we think.

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 And, friends,

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 that's just the beginning.

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 Right?

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 It's gotten to the point

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 where we don't even actually

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 have to actively curate

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 any of that anymore

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 because the algorithm

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 does it for us.

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 Right?

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 So the path of least resistance,

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 if you do nothing,

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 is to have it curated for you

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 because every day

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 we're being fed things

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 that inflame our passions

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 because people have learned

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 that if you can inflame

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 people's passions,

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 they'll click

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 and they'll like

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 and they'll respond

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 and they'll engage

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 and you can sell that for money.

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 This has had a major impact

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 on the church.

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 I think one day

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 we're going to look back

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 and the history books

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 are going to talk about

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 the radical impact

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 of everything I just said

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 on the church.

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 A few years ago,

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 Mike Graham published

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 a landmark article

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 called The Six-Way Fracturing

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 of Evangelicalism.

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 And, essentially,

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 he says,

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 and you should go read it

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 if you haven't read it,

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 but many Christians

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 used to assume,

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 and this is primarily

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 you think about

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 evangelical Christians,

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 used to assume

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 that their unity

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 was mainly theological

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 or missional.

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 The original meaning

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 of evangelical

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 was a theological definition.

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 A historian named Bebbington

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 actually defined

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 what evangelicals care about,

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 like personal conversion

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 and the authority of Scripture

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 and all of that.

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 So, originally,

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 that's what it meant,

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 but now,

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 political and cultural alignment

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 has become far more important

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 than theological unity.

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 And as a result of that,

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 the church has become

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 deeply divided.

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 I know couples

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 who have gotten divorced.

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 I know families

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 that have been torn apart

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 and no longer speak

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 to each other.

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 I know churches

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 that have split

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 and fragmented apart,

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 not over theological disagreements.

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 People who all believe

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 the gospel,

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 they all believe in Scripture,

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 they all believe in Jesus,

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 they all believe

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 in the resurrection.

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 They've split over

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 a divergence of political views

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 and ethical priorities

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 and cultural issues

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 and philosophy of ministry.

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 Right?

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 In the last few years,

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 things have gotten

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 to the point

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 where brothers and sisters

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 in Christ

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 who share the same faith,

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 who believe in the same Christ,

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 who share the same baptism,

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 cannot even relate

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 to one another

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 because there's this cultural chasm

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 that has opened up

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 between us.

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 So, you're talking to somebody

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 who is a Christian,

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 who believes everything

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 that you believe theologically,

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 and it feels like

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 you're talking to somebody

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 from a different dimension,

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 from a different planet

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 because their view

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 is so radically different

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 than yours

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 on all of these other issues.

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 Let me ask you a question.

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 This is,

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 I don't want to see

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 any hands here.

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 I just want to know

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 just your honest reflection.

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 We have a section

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 in our church worship.

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 It's coming up

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 called The Prayers of the People.

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 And in The Prayers of the People,

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 we take time

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 and sometimes we invite people

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 to pray aloud

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 for the needs of the world.

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 So, this is the time.

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 This is the opportunity

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 for the church

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 to bring anything

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 and everything

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 that's happening in the world

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 that's on our heart

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 to the Lord.

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 Here's my question,

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 two-part question.

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 Number one,

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 have you ever

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 felt inclined

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 to pray for a certain issue

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 or current event

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 and inclined to pray aloud for that?

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 And it might be something

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 that you're praying for at home,

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 but you hesitate

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 or even don't pray

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 because you're afraid

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 that if you pray

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 for that issue

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 or if you pray

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 for that side of the issue

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 or if you pray

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 in a way

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 where you use certain words

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 that are coded left

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 or coded right,

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 that other people

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 will pick up on that

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 and make assumptions

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 about your politics

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 and judge you?

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 Have you ever worried

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 about praying for something

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 because it will out you

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 and so you haven't prayed?

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 Have you ever heard

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 somebody else pray

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 for a certain issue

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 and made assumptions

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 about them

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 and judged them

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 or thought to yourself,

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 I'll never be friends

00:24:09.439 --> 00:24:10.039
 with that person

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 because they care

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 about this other side

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 of the issue

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 and not my side?

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 To the extent

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 that that is true,

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 that should be a warning sign

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 that something

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 is deeply wrong.

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 It should be a wake-up call.

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 As a pastor,

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 I'm deeply, deeply,

00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.559
 deeply concerned

00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:30.579
 about the spiritual health

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 of our congregation

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 in a culture like this.

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 And I think

00:24:34.419 --> 00:24:35.859
 to try to pull

00:24:35.859 --> 00:24:36.899
 the wool over our eyes

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 and pretend like

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:38.619
 it's not going to impact us

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 is naive.

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 I was with a group

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:42.139
 of pastors

00:24:42.139 --> 00:24:43.099
 actually a week ago

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 in Montana.

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 We were fishing together.

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 It was wonderful.

00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:47.480
 These are pastors

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 from two or three

00:24:48.320 --> 00:24:49.220
 different denominations

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 and not all Anglican.

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 But it was interesting

00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:53.300
 one night

00:24:53.300 --> 00:24:53.740
 we were sitting

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.259
 around the fire

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 we're talking

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 we realized

00:24:55.100 --> 00:24:56.380
 that over the last few years

00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:56.840
 and I'm talking

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 like since COVID

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:58.420
 last three or four years

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 we've seen all

00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:00.900
 in our churches.

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 These are people

00:25:02.580 --> 00:25:03.480
 from all around the country

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 different denominations

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:05.019
 we've all seen

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:05.680
 the same thing

00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:06.800
 in our churches.

00:25:07.320 --> 00:25:09.320
 Just in the last few years

00:25:09.320 --> 00:25:11.320
 we have all seen

00:25:11.320 --> 00:25:12.660
 a dramatic shift.

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:14.420
 A dramatic shift.

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 Here's what we've seen.

00:25:15.820 --> 00:25:16.400
 Here's what we agreed

00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:16.640
 on.

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 More and more people

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:20.019
 choose their church home

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 not based on the theology

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 but along cultural

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 and political lines.

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 That's what we're seeing.

00:25:29.300 --> 00:25:30.580
 We're also seeing this.

00:25:30.780 --> 00:25:32.080
 People are much more likely

00:25:32.080 --> 00:25:33.500
 to leave their church

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 if there is any indication

00:25:36.360 --> 00:25:37.920
 that the church

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:39.080
 is not aligned with them

00:25:39.080 --> 00:25:39.940
 on these political

00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:40.500
 social

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:41.540
 cultural issues.

00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:42.500
 People will leave churches

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.240
 they've been a part of

00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:43.960
 for a decade

00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:47.059
 over a word

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:48.940
 misspoken

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:49.400
 in a prayer

00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:49.940
 or a sermon.

00:25:52.100 --> 00:25:53.019
 Third thing we've seen

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:54.079
 and we've all experienced this.

00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:56.200
 Third thing we've recognized

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:56.960
 is that whenever there is

00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:57.779
 a major current event

00:25:57.779 --> 00:25:58.319
 that happens

00:25:58.319 --> 00:26:00.720
 we find ourselves

00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:01.779
 caught in a predicament

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.579
 when we think about

00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:03.380
 what does Sunday worship

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:03.920
 look like.

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 I'm just going to be

00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:05.600
 this is me

00:26:05.600 --> 00:26:06.500
 being totally honest

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:08.640
 being totally transparent

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:10.220
 culture we live in

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:11.480
 this is not a personal

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.039
 indictment of anybody

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:12.559
 in this room

00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:13.420
 this is a conversation

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:14.019
 that we had

00:26:14.019 --> 00:26:15.000
 as pastors

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:16.400
 in another context

00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:17.960
 but we've all seen this

00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:18.640
 that whenever there's

00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:19.400
 a major current event

00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:20.019
 we know

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:21.160
 we've had to come to accept

00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:21.980
 just in the last few years

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.799
 I didn't see this

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.779
 for about 15 years

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:25.200
 only in the last few years

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:28.279
 whatever we do

00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:28.880
 or don't do

00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:29.980
 whether we choose

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:31.000
 to address that issue

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:31.539
 or not

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:33.640
 whatever words we choose

00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:34.819
 however we go about it

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:35.900
 we know that we're

00:26:35.900 --> 00:26:36.759
 going to lose people

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:38.960
 and we also know

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:39.440
 that we're probably

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:40.319
 going to gain people

00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:42.359
 because there is

00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:43.119
 this sorting

00:26:43.119 --> 00:26:43.960
 that is constantly

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:44.460
 happening

00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:45.319
 are these people

00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:46.319
 like me or not

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:47.500
 are these my people

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:48.319
 or not

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:50.160
 and we see this

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:50.500
 everywhere

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:51.859
 so what I'm saying

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:52.980
 is that Mike Graham's

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:54.259
 six way fracturing

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:55.059
 article

00:26:55.059 --> 00:26:56.779
 really predicted

00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:58.240
 something that I have

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:59.079
 started to see

00:26:59.079 --> 00:26:59.579
 come true

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:00.279
 and I think many

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:00.900
 pastors have

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:01.940
 started to see

00:27:01.940 --> 00:27:02.420
 come true

00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:03.700
 here's the major

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.319
 prediction of his

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:04.940
 article is this

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.879
 that people

00:27:05.880 --> 00:27:06.900
 moving forward

00:27:06.900 --> 00:27:07.820
 are no longer

00:27:07.820 --> 00:27:08.680
 going to be willing

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:09.400
 to tolerate

00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:11.320
 being in church

00:27:11.320 --> 00:27:12.820
 alongside people

00:27:12.820 --> 00:27:13.640
 who hold

00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:14.780
 meaningfully different

00:27:14.780 --> 00:27:15.920
 social or political

00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:16.560
 opinions

00:27:16.560 --> 00:27:18.580
 I would say

00:27:18.580 --> 00:27:18.940
 that's really

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:19.800
 started to come true

00:27:19.800 --> 00:27:22.280
 so churches

00:27:22.280 --> 00:27:23.060
 themselves

00:27:23.060 --> 00:27:24.140
 are becoming

00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:25.260
 echo chambers

00:27:25.260 --> 00:27:28.120
 echo chambers

00:27:28.120 --> 00:27:29.480
 so what's the point

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:30.200
 of this whole

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:31.820
 diatribe here

00:27:31.820 --> 00:27:35.240
 now maybe more

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:36.400
 than any time

00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:37.400
 in history

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:39.279
 there is an urgent

00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:40.420
 need for biblical

00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:40.900
 preaching

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:43.720
 because biblical

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:45.160
 preaching refuses

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:46.220
 to indulge

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:46.940
 our passions

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:48.759
 because biblical

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.460
 preaching

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:51.779
 refuses to suit

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.460
 itself

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:54.700
 to the views

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:55.559
 of the tribe

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:56.779
 to the views

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.500
 of the base

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:59.799
 because the aim

00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:00.620
 of biblical

00:28:00.620 --> 00:28:01.120
 preaching

00:28:01.119 --> 00:28:02.239
 is always

00:28:02.239 --> 00:28:03.579
 to disrupt

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:04.919
 everybody

00:28:04.919 --> 00:28:05.719
 in that room

00:28:05.719 --> 00:28:07.899
 because the aim

00:28:07.899 --> 00:28:08.299
 of biblical

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:08.739
 preaching

00:28:08.739 --> 00:28:09.639
 is not to

00:28:09.639 --> 00:28:10.399
 suit passions

00:28:10.399 --> 00:28:10.919
 it's to

00:28:10.919 --> 00:28:11.739
 transform

00:28:11.739 --> 00:28:12.759
 passions

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:14.799
 it's to

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.500
 recapture

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.019
 people

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:17.139
 who have been

00:28:17.139 --> 00:28:17.879
 led away

00:28:17.879 --> 00:28:18.679
 from Christ

00:28:18.679 --> 00:28:20.699
 believing that

00:28:20.699 --> 00:28:21.339
 other things

00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:21.819
 are more

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:22.319
 important

00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:23.559
 and if you

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:24.279
 can't associate

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:24.939
 with a Christian

00:28:24.939 --> 00:28:25.639
 brother or sister

00:28:25.639 --> 00:28:26.139
 because of their

00:28:26.139 --> 00:28:26.859
 political views

00:28:26.859 --> 00:28:27.659
 I'm talking

00:28:27.659 --> 00:28:28.199
 about you

00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:30.360
 and the aim

00:28:30.360 --> 00:28:30.740
 of biblical

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.160
 preaching

00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:32.240
 is to call

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.920
 people back

00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:33.640
 to Christ

00:28:33.640 --> 00:28:34.740
 and the unity

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.519
 that comes

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:36.480
 through Christ

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:36.860
 alone

00:28:36.860 --> 00:28:38.400
 so for many

00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:38.799
 Christians

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.640
 I think

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:40.279
 this is just

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:40.680
 I don't

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:41.799
 I believe

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.580
 that for many

00:28:42.580 --> 00:28:42.980
 Christians

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:44.319
 going to church

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:46.200
 and hearing

00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:46.720
 a biblical

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.220
 sermon

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:47.779
 aimed at

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:48.460
 transforming

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:49.279
 your passions

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:50.580
 may for many

00:28:50.580 --> 00:28:51.240
 people be the

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:52.039
 only time

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:53.019
 in your week

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.500
 where you are

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:54.160
 exposed to

00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:54.620
 anything

00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:55.620
 that meaningfully

00:28:55.620 --> 00:28:56.200
 challenges

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:57.019
 your worldview

00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:57.440
 assumptions

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:59.100
 and that's

00:28:59.100 --> 00:28:59.600
 why you need

00:28:59.600 --> 00:28:59.860
 it

00:28:59.860 --> 00:29:02.580
 and in a

00:29:02.580 --> 00:29:03.080
 church like

00:29:03.080 --> 00:29:03.539
 Church of the

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:03.819
 Advent

00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:04.500
 where we are

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:05.180
 committed to

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:05.640
 remaining

00:29:05.640 --> 00:29:06.299
 and being

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:06.880
 politically

00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:07.360
 purple

00:29:07.360 --> 00:29:09.779
 that means

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.720
 everyone is

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:11.400
 probably going

00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:11.980
 to get offended

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.600
 at some point

00:29:12.600 --> 00:29:14.440
 if we're doing

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:14.779
 it well

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:15.900
 and I'm not

00:29:15.900 --> 00:29:16.200
 saying we

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:16.660
 always do it

00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:16.900
 well

00:29:16.900 --> 00:29:18.980
 frankly

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:19.840
 we're not

00:29:19.840 --> 00:29:20.380
 concerned

00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:20.980
 about your

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:21.500
 politics

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:22.720
 we welcome

00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:23.220
 people from

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:23.539
 the left

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:24.019
 and the right

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.779
 we know

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.080
 that there

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:25.960
 are very

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.399
 important

00:29:26.399 --> 00:29:27.019
 significant

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:27.779
 meaningful

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.319
 issues

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:28.659
 that we

00:29:28.659 --> 00:29:28.960
 disagree

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:29.339
 over

00:29:29.339 --> 00:29:29.699
 and we

00:29:29.699 --> 00:29:29.960
 want to

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.139
 work

00:29:30.139 --> 00:29:30.279
 through

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:30.519
 those

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:30.859
 things

00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:31.619
 together

00:29:31.619 --> 00:29:32.559
 but we're

00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:33.000
 not really

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.439
 concerned

00:29:33.439 --> 00:29:33.839
 about your

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.279
 politics

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.699
 it's not

00:29:34.699 --> 00:29:35.319
 part of our

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:35.720
 membership

00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:36.139
 covenant

00:29:36.139 --> 00:29:37.460
 right when

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:37.799
 you join

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.299
 the church

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:39.699
 we are

00:29:39.699 --> 00:29:40.079
 deeply

00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:40.599
 concerned

00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:41.000
 about the

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.359
 extent

00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:41.839
 to which

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:42.220
 your

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.720
 politics

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.159
 may

00:29:43.159 --> 00:29:43.579
 have

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:43.919
 replaced

00:29:43.919 --> 00:29:44.399
 Christ

00:29:44.399 --> 00:29:45.159
 at the

00:29:45.159 --> 00:29:45.299
 center

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:45.519
 of your

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:45.799
 life

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:47.579
 and

00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:48.659
 to the

00:29:48.659 --> 00:29:49.019
 extent

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.399
 that we

00:29:49.399 --> 00:29:49.879
 sense

00:29:49.879 --> 00:29:50.339
 that that

00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:50.659
 is the

00:29:50.659 --> 00:29:50.939
 case

00:29:50.939 --> 00:29:51.199
 we're

00:29:51.199 --> 00:29:51.379
 going to

00:29:51.379 --> 00:29:51.740
 come out

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.319
 swinging

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:53.700
 every

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:54.339
 Sunday

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:55.159
 morning

00:29:55.159 --> 00:29:57.319
 so we're

00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:57.480
 going to

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:57.779
 try to

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.019
 preach

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.339
 in a way

00:29:58.339 --> 00:29:58.980
 that seeks

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.480
 to turn

00:29:59.480 --> 00:29:59.980
 hearts

00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:02.220
 away from

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:02.519
 whatever

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.759
 stranglehold

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:05.679
 the culture

00:30:05.679 --> 00:30:06.379
 has on them

00:30:06.379 --> 00:30:06.759
 and back

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.139
 to Christ

00:30:07.139 --> 00:30:07.539
 it doesn't

00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:07.839
 mean the

00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:08.339
 issues don't

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:08.619
 matter

00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:09.200
 it just

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:09.619
 means they

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:10.139
 matter a

00:30:10.139 --> 00:30:10.740
 little less

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:11.980
 than you

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:12.339
 think they

00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:12.559
 did

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:13.299
 so why

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:13.559
 do we

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:13.759
 need

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.200
 preaching

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.939
 so urgently

00:30:14.939 --> 00:30:15.539
 because without

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:15.939
 it the

00:30:15.939 --> 00:30:16.559
 passions take

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:16.839
 over

00:30:16.839 --> 00:30:19.839
 now lastly

00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:20.159
 I want to

00:30:20.159 --> 00:30:20.639
 spend a little

00:30:20.639 --> 00:30:21.179
 bit of time

00:30:21.179 --> 00:30:22.079
 I don't have

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:22.539
 much time

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:22.859
 left

00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:23.720
 but I want

00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:23.919
 to spend

00:30:23.919 --> 00:30:24.119
 a little

00:30:24.119 --> 00:30:24.639
 time talking

00:30:24.639 --> 00:30:25.039
 about how

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.500
 to receive

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:25.959
 preaching

00:30:25.959 --> 00:30:26.759
 now that's

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.099
 an odd

00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:27.419
 thing to

00:30:27.419 --> 00:30:27.579
 say

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:28.019
 receive

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.480
 preaching

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:29.619
 you know

00:30:29.619 --> 00:30:30.039
 well

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.799
 that's an

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:31.039
 odd way

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:31.259
 to put

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:31.359
 it

00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:32.139
 but we

00:30:32.139 --> 00:30:32.339
 don't

00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:32.639
 listen

00:30:32.639 --> 00:30:33.199
 to sermons

00:30:33.199 --> 00:30:33.639
 like we

00:30:33.639 --> 00:30:33.779
 would

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.039
 listen

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:34.240
 to

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.439
 TED

00:30:34.439 --> 00:30:34.759
 talks

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.500
 as we

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:35.759
 said

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:37.500
 a sermon

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:37.980
 has to

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.139
 be

00:30:38.139 --> 00:30:38.639
 received

00:30:38.639 --> 00:30:39.980
 in the

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.459
 same way

00:30:40.459 --> 00:30:40.799
 that the

00:30:40.799 --> 00:30:41.319
 Eucharist

00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:41.980
 has to

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:42.199
 be

00:30:42.199 --> 00:30:42.720
 received

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:43.959
 there's a

00:30:43.959 --> 00:30:44.299
 parallel

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:44.699
 there

00:30:44.699 --> 00:30:45.379
 right

00:30:45.379 --> 00:30:46.139
 there's a

00:30:46.139 --> 00:30:46.659
 recognition

00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:47.279
 that you

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:47.800
 need it

00:30:47.800 --> 00:30:48.140
 there's a

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:48.620
 recognition

00:30:48.620 --> 00:30:49.340
 there's a

00:30:49.340 --> 00:30:49.860
 hunger

00:30:49.860 --> 00:30:50.380
 in you

00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:50.860
 for it

00:30:50.860 --> 00:30:51.180
 and there's

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:51.620
 a willingness

00:30:51.620 --> 00:30:52.500
 to open

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:53.320
 yourself up

00:30:53.320 --> 00:30:54.120
 to receive

00:30:54.120 --> 00:30:54.540
 it just

00:30:54.540 --> 00:30:54.840
 as you

00:30:54.840 --> 00:30:54.980
 would

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:55.480
 receive

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:56.500
 the bread

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.200
 and the

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:57.519
 wine

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:59.540
 as we

00:30:59.540 --> 00:30:59.960
 said before

00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:00.259
 preaching

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:00.820
 is God's

00:31:00.820 --> 00:31:01.340
 word spoken

00:31:01.340 --> 00:31:01.980
 through God's

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.380
 people to

00:31:02.380 --> 00:31:03.019
 do God's

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.600
 work in

00:31:03.600 --> 00:31:04.080
 his people

00:31:04.080 --> 00:31:04.420
 it has

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:04.680
 to be

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:05.040
 received

00:31:05.040 --> 00:31:05.740
 I love

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:06.000
 the way

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.360
 Pastor

00:31:06.360 --> 00:31:06.720
 John

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:07.100
 Ames

00:31:07.100 --> 00:31:07.660
 puts it

00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:08.100
 in the

00:31:08.100 --> 00:31:08.580
 novel

00:31:08.580 --> 00:31:09.180
 Gilead

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:10.180
 he describes

00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:10.680
 a sermon

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:11.279
 as one

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:12.000
 side of a

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:12.420
 passionate

00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:13.240
 conversation

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.920
 between

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:14.360
 three

00:31:14.360 --> 00:31:14.820
 parties

00:31:14.820 --> 00:31:15.820
 you know

00:31:15.820 --> 00:31:16.040
 there's

00:31:16.040 --> 00:31:16.180
 the

00:31:16.180 --> 00:31:16.460
 preacher

00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:17.079
 who

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:18.740
 yields

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.019
 the

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:19.319
 thought

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:19.640
 there's

00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:19.759
 the

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.120
 congregation

00:31:20.120 --> 00:31:20.559
 who

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:20.880
 hears

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:21.100
 and

00:31:21.100 --> 00:31:21.559
 responds

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:21.940
 to the

00:31:21.940 --> 00:31:22.220
 thought

00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:22.840
 and then

00:31:22.840 --> 00:31:23.100
 there's

00:31:23.100 --> 00:31:23.440
 God

00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:23.980
 himself

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:25.640
 and that

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:26.240
 conversation

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:27.759
 is always

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.480
 happening

00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:29.079
 so a sermon

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.680
 has to be

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:30.160
 heard that

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:30.400
 way

00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:31.100
 the goal

00:31:31.100 --> 00:31:31.480
 friends

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:31.980
 is not

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.340
 to

00:31:32.340 --> 00:31:33.840
 listen to

00:31:33.840 --> 00:31:34.259
 or

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:35.160
 only

00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:35.519
 listen

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:35.759
 to

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:35.940
 the

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:36.220
 preacher

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:38.120
 because

00:31:38.120 --> 00:31:38.340
 your

00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:39.299
 true aim

00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:39.840
 here

00:31:39.840 --> 00:31:40.840
 should be

00:31:40.840 --> 00:31:41.200
 to hear

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:41.640
 the voice

00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:42.000
 of the

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.259
 Lord

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:44.320
 so

00:31:44.320 --> 00:31:45.200
 first

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.560
 before

00:31:45.560 --> 00:31:45.800
 the

00:31:45.800 --> 00:31:46.040
 sermon

00:31:46.040 --> 00:31:46.380
 even

00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:47.020
 starts

00:31:47.020 --> 00:31:47.200
 the

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:47.400
 first

00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:47.600
 thing

00:31:47.600 --> 00:31:47.759
 that

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:47.880
 you

00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:48.040
 can

00:31:48.040 --> 00:31:48.220
 do

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:48.420
 to

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:48.900
 prepare

00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:49.940
 before

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:50.800
 you even

00:31:50.800 --> 00:31:51.220
 come to

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:51.580
 church

00:31:51.580 --> 00:31:52.060
 maybe that

00:31:52.060 --> 00:31:52.540
 morning

00:31:52.540 --> 00:31:53.340
 pray

00:31:53.340 --> 00:31:53.940
 and ask

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:54.100
 the

00:31:54.100 --> 00:31:54.280
 Lord

00:31:54.280 --> 00:31:54.720
 to speak

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.020
 to you

00:31:55.020 --> 00:31:55.200
 through

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:55.400
 the

00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:55.820
 teaching

00:31:55.820 --> 00:31:56.120
 and

00:31:56.120 --> 00:31:56.360
 preaching

00:31:56.360 --> 00:31:56.540
 of

00:31:56.540 --> 00:31:56.800
 God's

00:31:56.800 --> 00:31:57.020
 word

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:57.920
 God

00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:58.200
 would you

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:58.460
 speak

00:31:58.460 --> 00:31:58.720
 to me

00:31:58.720 --> 00:31:58.859
 through

00:31:58.859 --> 00:31:59.000
 the

00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.299
 sermon

00:31:59.299 --> 00:31:59.500
 this

00:31:59.500 --> 00:31:59.740
 morning

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:01.319
 maybe

00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:01.660
 it

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:01.980
 comes

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.220
 through

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:02.379
 the

00:32:02.379 --> 00:32:02.660
 preacher

00:32:02.660 --> 00:32:03.039
 maybe

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:03.500
 friends

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:03.680
 it

00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:03.960
 comes

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.240
 in

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:04.639
 spite

00:32:04.639 --> 00:32:04.839
 of

00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:04.980
 the

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.240
 preacher

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:06.799
 as

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:06.960
 we

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.299
 become

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:07.639
 more

00:32:07.639 --> 00:32:07.859
 and

00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:08.059
 more

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:08.440
 mature

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:08.660
 as

00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:08.960
 Christians

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.240
 I

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:09.440
 think

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:09.599
 the

00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:10.039
 abilities

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:10.279
 of

00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:10.799
 preachers

00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:11.259
 should

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:11.539
 matter

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:11.879
 less

00:32:11.879 --> 00:32:12.039
 and

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.359
 less

00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:14.839
 God

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:15.039
 is

00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:15.319
 not

00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:15.980
 thwarted

00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:16.460
 by a

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:16.680
 D

00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:16.940
 plus

00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:17.359
 sermon

00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:18.960
 any

00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:19.200
 more

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:19.359
 than

00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:19.519
 he

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:19.680
 has

00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:19.960
 helped

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.299
 by an

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:20.420
 A

00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:20.639
 plus

00:32:20.639 --> 00:32:21.000
 sermon

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:22.740
 God

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:22.960
 can

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.299
 speak

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:23.319
!

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:23.619
 because

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:24.000
 God

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.180
 is

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:24.559
!

00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:24.740
 and

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:25.000
 so

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:25.440
 we're

00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:25.599
 not

00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:25.799
 here

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.059
 looking

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:26.200
 to

00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:26.339
 be

00:32:26.339 --> 00:32:26.779
 entertained

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:27.319
 and

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:27.420
 as

00:32:27.420 --> 00:32:27.539
 we

00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:27.680
 get

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:27.980
 better

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.160
 at

00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:28.559
 discerning

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:28.720
 the

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:28.940
 voice

00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:29.079
 of

00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:29.299
 God

00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:29.460
 as

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:29.900
 Christians

00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:30.559
 I

00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:30.759
 think

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:30.900
 we

00:32:30.900 --> 00:32:31.039
 get

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:31.299
 better

00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:31.519
 at

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:32.059
 discerning

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:32.400
 his

00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:32.859
 voice

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:34.500
 coming

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:34.680
 to

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:34.900
 us

00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:35.079
 through

00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:35.259
 the

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:35.500
 preached

00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:35.759
 word

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:35.920
 so

00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:36.059
 that's

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.160
 the

00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:36.339
 first

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:36.599
 thing

00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:37.599
 pray

00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:37.779
 and

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:38.000
 ask

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.259
 God

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.460
 to

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:38.779
 speak

00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:38.920
 to

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:39.019
 you

00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:39.160
 through

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:39.319
 the

00:32:39.319 --> 00:32:39.599
 preaching

00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:39.779
 of

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:39.920
 his

00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:40.140
 word

00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:40.559
 number

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:40.839
 two

00:32:40.839 --> 00:32:41.220
 prepare

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:41.620
 your

00:32:41.620 --> 00:32:42.000
 heart

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.539
 to

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:43.120
 hear

00:32:43.120 --> 00:32:43.359
 from

00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:43.519
 the

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:43.740
 Lord

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:43.920
 and

00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:44.500
 respond

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:45.779
 that

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:45.980
 means

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.180
 having

00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:46.339
 a

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.259
 Martin

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:55.500
 Luther

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:55.940
 famously

00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:56.359
 said

00:32:56.359 --> 00:32:56.559
 or

00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:57.200
 infamously

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:57.579
 said

00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:58.740
 always

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.200
 preach

00:32:59.200 --> 00:32:59.559
 in such

00:32:59.559 --> 00:32:59.819
 a way

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.099
 that if

00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:00.259
 the

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:00.539
 people

00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:00.960
 listening

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:01.680
 do not

00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:02.059
 come to

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:02.220
 hate

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:02.420
 their

00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:02.819
 sin

00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:03.559
 they

00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:03.759
 will

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.319
 instead

00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:04.720
 hate

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.120
 you

00:33:05.120 --> 00:33:07.819
 that

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.000
 can

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.400
 definitely

00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:08.680
 be

00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:09.519
 misapplied

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:12.359
 but I

00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:12.539
 think

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:12.900
 the point

00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:13.240
 is this

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:13.539
 it's not

00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:13.740
 about

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:13.940
 being

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:14.500
 intentionally

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:14.960
 harsh

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.279
 or

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:15.819
 intentionally

00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:16.539
 divisive

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:16.640
 or

00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:17.220
 abrasive

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:17.720
 it's

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:17.920
 about

00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:18.140
 being

00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:18.680
 faithful

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:18.920
 to

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.039
 what

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:19.180
 is

00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:19.539
 true

00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:19.880
 even

00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:20.099
 when

00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:20.240
 it

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:20.559
 cuts

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:22.480
 and

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:22.859
 good

00:33:22.859 --> 00:33:23.299
 preaching

00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:23.620
 should

00:33:23.620 --> 00:33:24.180
 confront

00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:24.359
 the

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:24.920
 heart

00:33:24.920 --> 00:33:25.079
 it

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:25.259
 should

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:25.700
 strip

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:26.019
 away

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.359
 self

00:33:26.359 --> 00:33:26.880
 righteousness

00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:27.259
 it

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:27.400
 should

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:27.799
 pierce

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:28.019
 through

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:28.779
 hypocrisy

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:29.779
 it

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:29.980
 should

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:30.420
 drive

00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:30.779
 people

00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:30.980
 into

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:31.140
 the

00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:31.420
 arms

00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:31.599
 of

00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:31.859
 Christ

00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:32.319
 so

00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:32.559
 if

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:32.720
 you

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:33.099
 do

00:33:33.099 --> 00:33:33.620
 find

00:33:33.620 --> 00:33:34.079
 yourself

00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:34.319
 in

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:34.460
 a

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:34.759
 church

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.019
 one

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.339
 Sunday

00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:35.660
 morning

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:35.920
 and

00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:36.059
 you

00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:36.220
 do

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:36.400
 get

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:36.779
 offended

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:39.359
 before

00:33:39.359 --> 00:33:39.559
 you

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:39.720
 write

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:39.819
 an

00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:40.019
 email

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.180
 or

00:33:40.180 --> 00:33:40.319
 leave

00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:40.460
 the

00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:40.779
 church

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:43.839
 simply

00:33:43.839 --> 00:33:44.400
 pause

00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:44.559
 and

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:44.940
 ask

00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:45.440
 where

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:45.740
 is

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:45.920
 the

00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:46.380
 offense

00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:46.779
 coming

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.160
 from

00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:50.000
 is it

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.359
 coming

00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:50.720
 from

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:50.920
 the

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:51.279
 preacher

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:51.720
 or

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:52.019
 is it

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:52.339
 coming

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:52.680
 from

00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:52.920
 the

00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:53.220
 Lord

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:53.859
 is God

00:33:53.859 --> 00:33:54.240
 trying

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:54.660
 to do

00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:55.140
 something

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:55.980
 is God

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:56.420
 trying to

00:33:56.420 --> 00:33:56.819
 challenge

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:57.400
 or disrupt

00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:57.799
 something

00:33:57.799 --> 00:33:58.200
 is God

00:33:58.200 --> 00:33:58.599
 giving me

00:33:58.599 --> 00:33:59.120
 a nudge

00:33:59.120 --> 00:33:59.420
 that I

00:33:59.420 --> 00:33:59.660
 need to

00:33:59.660 --> 00:33:59.880
 listen

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:00.180
 to

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:03.660
 and

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:03.859
 number

00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:04.120
 three

00:34:04.120 --> 00:34:04.599
 as often

00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:04.900
 as you

00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:05.180
 can

00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:05.720
 receive

00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:06.240
 preaching

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.640
 in the

00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:07.160
 context

00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:07.420
 of

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:07.720
 worship

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.039
 in a

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:08.300
 local

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:08.739
 church

00:34:08.739 --> 00:34:09.880
 now

00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:10.119
 why

00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:10.260
 does

00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:10.440
 that

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:10.719
 matter

00:34:10.719 --> 00:34:11.320
 there's

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:11.639
 nothing

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:12.079
 wrong

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:12.440
 with

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:12.719
 listening

00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:12.920
 to

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.159
 sermons

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:13.619
 online

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:13.920
 I

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:14.239
 listen

00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:14.420
 to

00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:14.719
 tons

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:14.900
 of

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.280
 sermons

00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:16.039
 online

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:16.800
 all

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:16.980
 the

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.340
 time

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:17.500
 I

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:17.619
 have

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:17.760
 a

00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:18.000
 steady

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:18.340
 diet

00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:18.500
 of

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:18.880
 content

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:19.099
 that

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:19.280
 I'm

00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:19.739
 constantly

00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:20.320
 consuming

00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:21.360
 and I

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:21.500
 think

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:21.640
 it's

00:34:21.640 --> 00:34:21.920
 great

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.900
 but

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:23.120
 there's

00:34:23.120 --> 00:34:23.380
 no

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:23.880
 substitute

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:24.440
 for a

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:24.680
 steady

00:34:24.680 --> 00:34:25.000
 diet

00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:25.180
 of

00:34:25.180 --> 00:34:25.519
 preaching

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:26.180
 in a

00:34:26.180 --> 00:34:26.660
 local

00:34:26.660 --> 00:34:27.900
 church

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:28.620
 worship

00:34:28.620 --> 00:34:29.340
 gathering

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:29.580
 number

00:34:29.580 --> 00:34:30.140
 one

00:34:30.140 --> 00:34:31.820
 because

00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:32.140
 good

00:34:32.140 --> 00:34:32.500
 preaching

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:32.860
 is going

00:34:32.860 --> 00:34:33.059
 to be

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:34.180
 contextualized

00:34:34.180 --> 00:34:34.780
 to that

00:34:34.780 --> 00:34:35.500
 specific

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:36.280
 audience

00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:37.740
 right

00:34:37.740 --> 00:34:38.180
 scripture

00:34:38.180 --> 00:34:38.600
 is going

00:34:38.600 --> 00:34:39.300
 to apply

00:34:39.300 --> 00:34:40.580
 to one

00:34:40.580 --> 00:34:41.240
 congregation

00:34:41.240 --> 00:34:42.539
 in ways

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:42.800
 that it

00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:43.160
 might not

00:34:43.160 --> 00:34:43.660
 apply

00:34:43.660 --> 00:34:44.780
 to another

00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:45.420
 congregation

00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:45.800
 so

00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:46.220
 all

00:34:46.220 --> 00:34:46.780
 good

00:34:46.780 --> 00:34:47.119
 faithful

00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:47.460
 preaching

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:47.659
 is

00:34:47.659 --> 00:34:48.760
 contextualized

00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:50.380
 to you

00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:50.780
 if you're

00:34:50.780 --> 00:34:51.059
 a part

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:51.300
 of that

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:51.840
 community

00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:52.980
 number

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:53.420
 two

00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:54.460
 because

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:54.740
 the

00:34:54.740 --> 00:34:55.059
 sermon

00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:55.480
 is

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:55.920
 one

00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.320
 part

00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:56.519
 of

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:56.659
 a

00:34:56.659 --> 00:34:57.200
 greater

00:34:57.200 --> 00:34:57.619
 whole

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:58.599
 and

00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:58.800
 we

00:34:58.800 --> 00:34:59.039
 see

00:34:59.039 --> 00:34:59.280
 that

00:34:59.280 --> 00:34:59.460
 when

00:34:59.460 --> 00:34:59.599
 we

00:34:59.599 --> 00:34:59.820
 look

00:34:59.820 --> 00:34:59.920
 at

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:00.059
 the

00:35:00.059 --> 00:35:00.340
 flow

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:00.519
 of

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:00.680
 the

00:35:00.680 --> 00:35:01.059
 liturgy

00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:01.280
 it's

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:01.460
 not

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:01.700
 just

00:35:01.700 --> 00:35:01.920
 a

00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:02.360
 few

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:02.880
 songs

00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:03.180
 and

00:35:03.180 --> 00:35:03.340
 a

00:35:03.340 --> 00:35:03.659
 sermon

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.700
 and

00:35:04.700 --> 00:35:04.920
 that's

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:05.360
 intentional

00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:06.400
 the

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:06.840
 sermon

00:35:06.840 --> 00:35:07.079
 is

00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:07.220
 meant

00:35:07.220 --> 00:35:07.380
 to

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:07.680
 stir

00:35:07.680 --> 00:35:07.900
 up

00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:08.280
 things

00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:08.539
 in

00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:08.760
 us

00:35:08.760 --> 00:35:08.940
 that

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:09.099
 we

00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:09.320
 then

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:09.519
 have

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:09.639
 an

00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:10.059
 opportunity

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:10.300
 as

00:35:10.300 --> 00:35:10.440
 we

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:10.639
 move

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:11.119
 forward

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:11.280
 in

00:35:11.280 --> 00:35:41.260
 the

00:35:41.260 --> 00:35:41.380
 community

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:41.600
 to

00:35:41.600 --> 00:35:42.060
 confess

00:35:42.060 --> 00:35:42.480
 and

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:42.600
 we

00:35:42.600 --> 00:35:43.080
 confess

00:35:43.080 --> 00:35:43.380
 that

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:43.560
 to

00:35:43.560 --> 00:35:43.720
 the

00:35:43.720 --> 00:35:43.960
 Lord

00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:44.500
 silently

00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:45.200
 or

00:35:45.200 --> 00:35:45.540
 aloud

00:35:45.540 --> 00:35:45.720
 and

00:35:45.720 --> 00:35:45.820
 then

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:45.940
 we

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.120
 hear

00:35:46.120 --> 00:35:46.520
 God's

00:35:46.520 --> 00:35:47.040
 grace

00:35:47.040 --> 00:35:47.240
 and

00:35:47.240 --> 00:35:47.540
 pardon

00:35:47.540 --> 00:35:48.060
 spoken

00:35:48.060 --> 00:35:48.340
 into

00:35:48.340 --> 00:35:48.540
 our

00:35:48.540 --> 00:35:48.800
 lives

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:48.960
 a

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:49.700
 reaffirmation

00:35:49.700 --> 00:35:49.880
 that

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:50.020
 the

00:35:50.020 --> 00:35:50.320
 gospel

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:50.520
 that

00:35:50.520 --> 00:35:50.660
 was

00:35:50.660 --> 00:35:50.980
 preached

00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:51.440
 in

00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:51.580
 the

00:35:51.580 --> 00:35:51.920
 sermon

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:52.480
 God

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:52.780
 willing

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:53.320
 is

00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:54.180
 true

00:35:54.180 --> 00:35:54.480
 for

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:54.880
 us

00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:55.240
 right

00:35:55.240 --> 00:35:56.380
 and

00:35:56.380 --> 00:35:56.480
 then

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:56.780
 all

00:35:56.780 --> 00:35:56.940
 of

00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:57.180
 that

00:35:57.180 --> 00:35:58.020
 readies

00:35:58.020 --> 00:35:58.300
 us

00:35:58.300 --> 00:35:58.480
 to

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:58.780
 come

00:35:58.780 --> 00:35:59.000
 and

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.500
 receive

00:35:59.500 --> 00:36:00.060
 Christ

00:36:00.060 --> 00:36:00.220
 in

00:36:00.220 --> 00:36:00.320
 the

00:36:00.320 --> 00:36:00.460
 bread

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:00.600
 and

00:36:00.600 --> 00:36:00.760
 wine

00:36:00.760 --> 00:36:01.060
 as

00:36:01.060 --> 00:36:01.220
 we

00:36:01.220 --> 00:36:01.660
 received

00:36:01.660 --> 00:36:01.660


00:36:01.660 --> 00:36:01.880
 him

00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:02.280
 through

00:36:02.280 --> 00:36:02.460
 the

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:02.780
 preaching

00:36:02.780 --> 00:36:03.440
 of

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:03.600
 the

00:36:03.600 --> 00:36:03.780
 word

00:36:03.780 --> 00:36:04.000
 the

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.079
 the

00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:04.440
 climax

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:04.739
 of

00:36:04.739 --> 00:36:04.860
 the

00:36:04.860 --> 00:36:05.099
 service

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:05.300
 is

00:36:05.300 --> 00:36:05.440
 not

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:05.599
 the

00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:05.800
 sermon

00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:06.000
 the

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:06.219
 sermon

00:36:06.219 --> 00:36:06.380
 is

00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:06.480
 meant

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:06.619
 to

00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:06.960
 prepare

00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:07.340
 us

00:36:07.340 --> 00:36:07.739
 on

00:36:07.739 --> 00:36:07.900
 our

00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:08.139
 journey

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:08.280
 to

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:08.400
 the

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:08.699
 table

00:36:08.699 --> 00:36:13.360
 so

00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:13.519
 as

00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:13.800
 often

00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:13.980
 as

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:14.099
 you

00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:14.440
 can

00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:17.219
 experience

00:36:17.219 --> 00:36:18.199
 preaching

00:36:18.199 --> 00:36:18.559
 in the

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:19.159
 context

00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:19.739
 of

00:36:19.739 --> 00:36:20.159
 Eucharistic

00:36:20.159 --> 00:36:20.500
 worship

00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:21.940
 it's

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:22.139
 part

00:36:22.139 --> 00:36:22.219
 of

00:36:22.219 --> 00:36:22.300
 a

00:36:22.300 --> 00:36:22.460
 greater

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:22.780
 whole

00:36:22.780 --> 00:36:23.900
 so

00:36:23.900 --> 00:36:25.599
 I'm

00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:25.739
 going to

00:36:25.739 --> 00:36:25.880
 bring

00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:26.000
 all

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:26.139
 this

00:36:26.139 --> 00:36:26.260
 to

00:36:26.260 --> 00:36:26.380
 a

00:36:26.380 --> 00:36:26.659
 close

00:36:26.659 --> 00:36:26.900
 at

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.219
 Advent

00:36:27.219 --> 00:36:28.460
 we

00:36:28.460 --> 00:36:28.679
 are

00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:29.059
 deeply

00:36:29.059 --> 00:36:29.440
 committed

00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:29.679
 to

00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:30.000
 biblical

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:30.840
 expository

00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:31.280
 preaching

00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:31.960
 and

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:32.360
 teaching

00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:32.860
 and

00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:32.980
 that

00:36:32.980 --> 00:36:33.120
 is

00:36:33.120 --> 00:36:33.480
 only

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:33.700
 going

00:36:33.700 --> 00:36:33.820
 to

00:36:33.820 --> 00:36:34.000
 be

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.400
 more

00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:34.760
 true

00:36:34.760 --> 00:36:35.519
 in

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:35.820
 the

00:36:35.820 --> 00:36:36.060
 years

00:36:36.060 --> 00:36:36.260
 to

00:36:36.260 --> 00:36:36.540
 come

00:36:36.540 --> 00:36:37.460
 we

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:37.600
 are

00:36:37.600 --> 00:36:38.000
 also

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.380
 committed

00:36:38.380 --> 00:36:38.620
 to

00:36:38.620 --> 00:36:38.840
 this

00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:39.060
 being

00:36:39.060 --> 00:36:39.180
 a

00:36:39.180 --> 00:36:39.440
 place

00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:39.620
 where

00:36:39.620 --> 00:36:39.940
 people

00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:40.180
 are

00:36:40.180 --> 00:36:40.600
 welcomed

00:36:40.600 --> 00:36:41.780
 and

00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:41.960
 where

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:42.100
 they

00:36:42.100 --> 00:36:42.240
 are

00:36:42.240 --> 00:36:43.060
 encouraged

00:36:43.060 --> 00:36:44.220
 but

00:36:44.220 --> 00:36:44.680
 also

00:36:44.680 --> 00:36:44.960
 where

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:45.080
 they

00:36:45.080 --> 00:36:45.260
 are

00:36:45.260 --> 00:36:46.000
 challenged

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:46.340
 to

00:36:46.340 --> 00:36:46.600
 grow

00:36:46.600 --> 00:36:46.720
 in

00:36:46.720 --> 00:36:46.880
 their

00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:47.280
 faith

00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:48.740
 if

00:36:48.740 --> 00:36:48.840
 you

00:36:48.840 --> 00:36:49.000
 went

00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:49.220
 to

00:36:49.220 --> 00:36:49.420
 a

00:36:49.420 --> 00:36:49.700
 physical

00:36:49.700 --> 00:36:50.120
 trainer

00:36:50.120 --> 00:36:50.380
 and

00:36:50.380 --> 00:36:50.519
 you

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:50.820
 said

00:36:50.820 --> 00:36:51.140
 I'm

00:36:51.140 --> 00:36:51.400
 eating

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:51.620
 junk

00:36:51.620 --> 00:36:51.820
 food

00:36:51.820 --> 00:36:51.920
 and

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:51.960
 I

00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:52.100
 never

00:36:52.100 --> 00:36:52.440
 exercise

00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:52.720
 and

00:36:52.720 --> 00:36:52.840
 they

00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:53.000
 said

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.240
 great

00:36:53.240 --> 00:36:53.620
 job

00:36:53.620 --> 00:36:53.620


00:36:53.700 --> 00:36:53.880
 keep

00:36:53.880 --> 00:36:54.000
 it

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:54.220
 up

00:36:54.220 --> 00:36:55.160
 or

00:36:55.159 --> 00:36:55.259
 if

00:36:55.259 --> 00:36:55.319
 you

00:36:55.319 --> 00:36:55.440
 went

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:55.519
 to

00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:55.659
 a

00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:55.940
 doctor

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:56.099
 and

00:36:56.099 --> 00:36:56.199
 you

00:36:56.199 --> 00:36:56.339
 said

00:36:56.339 --> 00:36:56.460
 I've

00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:56.579
 got

00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:56.799
 blood

00:36:56.799 --> 00:36:57.079
 coming

00:36:57.079 --> 00:36:57.199
 out

00:36:57.199 --> 00:36:57.299
 of

00:36:57.299 --> 00:36:57.539
 multiple

00:36:57.539 --> 00:36:57.920
 places

00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:58.099
 in

00:36:58.099 --> 00:36:58.219
 my

00:36:58.219 --> 00:36:58.519
 body

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:58.679
 and

00:36:58.679 --> 00:36:59.299
 discoloration

00:36:59.299 --> 00:36:59.579
 and

00:36:59.579 --> 00:37:00.199
 I'm

00:37:00.199 --> 00:37:00.539
 losing

00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:01.059
 consciousness

00:37:01.059 --> 00:37:01.699
 periodically

00:37:01.699 --> 00:37:01.879
 and

00:37:01.879 --> 00:37:02.019
 they

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.219
 said

00:37:02.219 --> 00:37:02.399
 well

00:37:02.399 --> 00:37:02.539
 you

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:02.719
 sound

00:37:02.719 --> 00:37:02.839
 like

00:37:02.839 --> 00:37:02.960
 the

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:03.199
 picture

00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:03.359
 of

00:37:03.359 --> 00:37:03.539
 health

00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:03.679
 to

00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:03.899
 me

00:37:03.899 --> 00:37:05.359
 right

00:37:05.359 --> 00:37:05.699
 that's

00:37:05.699 --> 00:37:06.960
 malpractice

00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:07.119
 it's

00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:07.239
 not

00:37:07.239 --> 00:37:07.339
 going

00:37:07.339 --> 00:37:07.359
 to

00:37:07.359 --> 00:37:07.460
 be

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:07.599
 that

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:07.759
 kind

00:37:07.759 --> 00:37:07.839
 of

00:37:07.839 --> 00:37:08.199
 church

00:37:08.199 --> 00:37:09.119
 you're

00:37:09.119 --> 00:37:09.219
 going

00:37:09.219 --> 00:37:09.259
 to

00:37:09.259 --> 00:37:09.379
 be

00:37:09.379 --> 00:37:09.940
 challenged

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:11.199
 you

00:37:11.199 --> 00:37:11.519
 might

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:11.659
 be

00:37:11.659 --> 00:37:12.019
 offended

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:13.379
 because

00:37:13.379 --> 00:37:13.579
 our

00:37:13.579 --> 00:37:13.879
 ultimate

00:37:13.879 --> 00:37:14.279
 aim

00:37:14.279 --> 00:37:14.559
 is

00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:14.699
 to

00:37:14.699 --> 00:37:14.899
 see

00:37:14.899 --> 00:37:15.019
 you

00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:15.179
 grow

00:37:15.179 --> 00:37:15.279
 in

00:37:25.159 --> 00:37:26.539
 let's

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:26.739
 pray

00:37:26.739 --> 00:37:28.500
 Lord

00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:28.659
 we

00:37:28.659 --> 00:37:28.920
 thank

00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:29.119
 you

00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:29.319
 and

00:37:29.319 --> 00:37:29.679
 praise

00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:29.920
 you

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:30.559
 and

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:31.000
 even

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:31.319
 as

00:37:31.319 --> 00:37:31.500
 we

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:31.859
 say

00:37:31.859 --> 00:37:32.299
 the

00:37:32.299 --> 00:37:33.319
 purpose

00:37:33.319 --> 00:37:33.539
 of

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:33.699
 this

00:37:33.699 --> 00:37:33.839
 we

00:37:33.839 --> 00:37:34.039
 pray

00:37:34.039 --> 00:37:34.239
 that

00:37:34.239 --> 00:37:34.500
 the

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:34.839
 purpose

00:37:34.839 --> 00:37:35.019
 of

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:35.179
 this

00:37:35.179 --> 00:37:35.359
 would

00:37:35.359 --> 00:37:35.480
 be

00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:35.699
 true

00:37:35.699 --> 00:37:35.879
 that

00:37:35.879 --> 00:37:36.019
 we

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.159
 would

00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:36.420
 now

00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:36.699
 be

00:37:36.699 --> 00:37:37.099
 further

00:37:37.099 --> 00:37:37.599
 prepared

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:38.399
 to

00:37:38.399 --> 00:37:38.920
 pray

00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:39.139
 to

00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:39.359
 you

00:37:39.359 --> 00:37:39.719
 to

00:37:39.719 --> 00:37:41.659
 confess

00:37:41.659 --> 00:37:41.940
 our

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:42.159
 sin

00:37:42.159 --> 00:37:42.339
 to

00:37:42.339 --> 00:37:42.579
 you

00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:42.879
 and

00:37:42.879 --> 00:37:43.059
 to

00:37:43.059 --> 00:37:43.319
 come

00:37:43.319 --> 00:37:43.440
 and

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:43.759
 receive

00:37:43.759 --> 00:37:44.059
 you

00:37:44.059 --> 00:37:44.679
 through

00:37:44.679 --> 00:37:44.819
 the

00:37:44.819 --> 00:37:44.960
 bread

00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:45.119
 and

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:45.319
 wine

00:37:45.319 --> 00:37:45.500
 Lord

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:45.639
 we

00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:45.960
 pray

00:37:45.960 --> 00:37:46.179
 that

00:37:46.179 --> 00:37:46.379
 your

00:37:46.379 --> 00:37:47.179
 sacrifice

00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:47.539
 for

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:47.839
 us

00:37:47.839 --> 00:37:48.539
 that

00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:48.759
 set

00:37:48.759 --> 00:37:48.920
 us

00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:49.119
 free

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:49.279
 and

00:37:49.279 --> 00:37:49.420
 gave

00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:49.559
 us

00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:49.739
 new

00:37:49.739 --> 00:37:50.059
 life

00:37:50.059 --> 00:37:50.619
 we

00:37:50.619 --> 00:37:50.880
 pray

00:37:50.880 --> 00:37:51.059
 that

00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:51.380
 new

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:51.639
 life

00:37:51.639 --> 00:37:51.779
 would

00:37:51.779 --> 00:37:51.880
 be

00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:52.079
 something

00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:52.259
 we

00:37:52.259 --> 00:37:52.579
 taste

00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:52.719
 and

00:37:52.719 --> 00:37:53.179
 experience

00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:53.460
 here

00:37:53.460 --> 00:37:53.579
 and

00:37:53.579 --> 00:37:53.840
 now

00:37:53.840 --> 00:37:54.820
 Lord

00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:54.940
 as

00:37:54.940 --> 00:37:55.059
 we

00:37:55.059 --> 00:37:55.340
 continue

00:37:55.340 --> 00:37:55.539
 our

00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:55.820
 worship

00:37:55.820 --> 00:37:56.340
 and

00:37:56.340 --> 00:37:56.860
 we

00:37:56.860 --> 00:37:57.039
 pray

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:57.219
 this

00:37:57.219 --> 00:37:57.340
 in

00:37:57.340 --> 00:37:57.539
 Jesus

00:37:57.539 --> 00:37:57.940
 holy

00:37:57.940 --> 00:37:58.199
 name

00:37:58.199 --> 00:37:58.679
 amen