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Don't Be Fooled!
The Third Sunday in Epiphany
I Corinthians 12.12-30 January 26, 1992
F or weeks people in Minneapolis have been preparing for this very special
Sunday on their liturgical calendar--Super Bowl time! Aside from the
promoters who are pushing Super Bowl memorabilia, Christians are
promoting the Christian message. They hope to reach 1 million people for
Christ. Some 100 high school assemblies in the three weeks prior to this
Sunday featured sports figures and popular assembly speakers. A gospel
music concert sponsored by the National Football League featuring Rosie
Greer will take place. Reggie White has been designated Minister of
Defense and recipient of the Bart Starr award which is given to a player
who exemplifies witnessing for Christ as a style of life. Members of
churches are staging in-home Super Bowl parties during the game and
inviting neighbors to attend. During half time, they'll pop a 15 minute
video into their V C to listen to local sports personalities talk about their
faith.
There are all kinds of churches. Small ones, big ones, mega-churches.
There are singing churches, quiet churches, bouncing churches, angry
churches, happy churches. You will note I am not talking about buildings,
but about people.
There was no more diverse church than the one Paul was writing to at
Corinth. They came from everywhere. Their conversion was not
immediate. They tended to get pulled into side issues. To use Paul's words,
they were pagans. That didn't mean that they were bad or immoral. Many
of them enjoyed the good life. There were Jews and Gentiles, slaves and
free.
I. Today those who profess the Christian faith as their own are often
found in two camps.
A. There are those with dogmatic rigidity, i.e., those who have
outlined every jot and tittle of faith. Dogmatism on one side
leads us to the burning of witches in Salem to the creedal
examinations demanded of seminary professors who are
teaching in southern-baptist related seminaries.
1. There are churches that if you belong to them you must
think as everyone else thinks. A woman who belonged to
a church several years ago was removed from membership
after she would not confess her illicit affair and ask for
forgiveness. She sued the church, but the court made it
clear that a church may employ its own discipline and law
in the maintaining of its life.
2. But don't be fooled! Dogmatic rigidity is not what Jesus
came to establish.
B. There are others who are indifferent to the affirmations that
Christians make when they say they are Christian. Whatever
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Object Description
| Title of Sermon | Don't Be Fooled! |
| Author | Landwehr, Arthur |
| Subject | Church as Organism, Roles in the Church |
| Date of sermon | 1992-01-26 |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Number of Pages | 4 |
| Language | English |
| Biblical Book | 1 Corinthians |
| Verses | 12:12-30 |
| Rights | For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please contact The Styberg Library by phone (847)866-3909 or email styberg.library@garrett.edu |
| Collection | The Arthur Landwehr Sermon Collection (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary) |
| Identifier | 751 Don't Be Fooled!.pdf |
Description
| Title of Sermon | Page 1 |
| Biblical Book | Biblical Book |
| Collection | The Arthur Landwehr Sermon Collection (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary) |
| Transcript | Don't Be Fooled! The Third Sunday in Epiphany I Corinthians 12.12-30 January 26, 1992 F or weeks people in Minneapolis have been preparing for this very special Sunday on their liturgical calendar--Super Bowl time! Aside from the promoters who are pushing Super Bowl memorabilia, Christians are promoting the Christian message. They hope to reach 1 million people for Christ. Some 100 high school assemblies in the three weeks prior to this Sunday featured sports figures and popular assembly speakers. A gospel music concert sponsored by the National Football League featuring Rosie Greer will take place. Reggie White has been designated Minister of Defense and recipient of the Bart Starr award which is given to a player who exemplifies witnessing for Christ as a style of life. Members of churches are staging in-home Super Bowl parties during the game and inviting neighbors to attend. During half time, they'll pop a 15 minute video into their V C to listen to local sports personalities talk about their faith. There are all kinds of churches. Small ones, big ones, mega-churches. There are singing churches, quiet churches, bouncing churches, angry churches, happy churches. You will note I am not talking about buildings, but about people. There was no more diverse church than the one Paul was writing to at Corinth. They came from everywhere. Their conversion was not immediate. They tended to get pulled into side issues. To use Paul's words, they were pagans. That didn't mean that they were bad or immoral. Many of them enjoyed the good life. There were Jews and Gentiles, slaves and free. I. Today those who profess the Christian faith as their own are often found in two camps. A. There are those with dogmatic rigidity, i.e., those who have outlined every jot and tittle of faith. Dogmatism on one side leads us to the burning of witches in Salem to the creedal examinations demanded of seminary professors who are teaching in southern-baptist related seminaries. 1. There are churches that if you belong to them you must think as everyone else thinks. A woman who belonged to a church several years ago was removed from membership after she would not confess her illicit affair and ask for forgiveness. She sued the church, but the court made it clear that a church may employ its own discipline and law in the maintaining of its life. 2. But don't be fooled! Dogmatic rigidity is not what Jesus came to establish. B. There are others who are indifferent to the affirmations that Christians make when they say they are Christian. Whatever 1 |
