Back at south Tuscaloosa for a day...

at 10/14/07 8:44PM
Today I preached am/pm sermons for the church at S.T. We had about 13 people there. Last night I began writing the sermons at 4PM and finished up @ 2AM. I had to stop after lesson 1 was finished and go to my parents to print my notes(dry ink in mine).When I had returned home, my BW had completely cleaned up the house and made a wonderful pot of that pumpkin spice coffee she was bragging about for my midnight oil session. Both sermons went well. One was about the healing of the demoniac(mark 5, and the other was about selfishness. This was something I put in the sermon on selfishness:

Leonard Bernstein, a famous orchestra conductor said concerning what orchestra position was the hardest to fill. “2nd fiddle. I can get plenty of 1st violinists, but to find someone who plays second violin or 2nd french horn or 2nd flute with as much enthusiasm, now that’s a problem. And yet if no one plays second , we have no harmony.”
  • dr_funkypants
    that's a wonderful illustration
    by dr_funkypants at 10/14/07 9:19PM
  • voice_of_truth
    BTW, we are going with Dial-A-Bible Study! Thanks for all the input!
    by voice_of_truth at 10/14/07 9:20PM
  • mommybug
    You know what would be neat to find, the remains of one of those giants (like Goliath), that would be really neat. But, then we wouldn't need faith. It is sorta like that. Most of the things that come up it comes down to faith. Would all those animals fit in the ark? Yes because it is in the Bible. Did men really live hundreds of years? Yes it is in the Bible. Were people really possessed with demons? Yes the Bible says it is true. It is a faith issue all the way. Still I think that for young kids, it is nice to give them some background of how science and history can be explained in a way that agrees with what is in the Bible. That won't take away a need for faith, but it can give them a better foundation than just saying, "We don't believe in ...whatever...evolution, the earth is millions of years old, we all came from a tiny one cell organism, blah blah, you know what I am saying.
    by mommybug at 10/15/07 9:53PM
  • marchmadness
    What I love is that you said, "I'm going to preach the sermon on the demoniac in the morning, because I want you to here the new one on selfishness.

    It was really good though, and I know I struggle with many of the things you mentioned.

    When I was in band, the 2nd most prize chair in the horn line was 3rd, not 2nd. Why? Because the 3rd chair french horn played the same part as 1rst chair through many of the songs. The harmony was so important, that a 2nd chair needed to play it, not just the 3rd and 4th.
    by marchmadness at 10/16/07 1:43PM
  • jake28
    hey david. yeah, curtis is a great preacher. he had 3 excellent lessons from the Word yesterday! we're having a great week so far! hope to see ya.
    by jake28 at 10/22/07 9:05AM
  • jake28
    thanks for coming last night! i know our folks were encouraged to see y'all!
    by jake28 at 10/23/07 11:45AM
  • junebug84
    Hey I hope everything is going well and that was a great illustration.
    by junebug84 at 12/02/07 5:19PM