Ok so you've probably all seen this a million times but I've only just stumbled across it. And oh how I did laugh...
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ9sJVJMiYM]
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Category: humourous
The Me Monster
My wife has long taught Sunday school children that sin is a power called the 'Me Me Monster.' But I've never seen it expounded so hilariously...
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ogZo9YreQ4&hl=en]
'Why the Cross?' sermon
My sermon on Romans 3:21-26 is here. Audio is here.
I preached on 'Why the Cross?' on Sunday. Thanks to all who gave help to this sermon.
In the end I guess I did a version of an old style law-gospel talk. Basically it ran - sin is very serious, thank Christ for atonement.
Now I'm aware that such a shape to preaching has both a long pedigree and a number of dangers. The dangers of this kind of preaching seem to me to be:
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Sin tends to be defined merely as transgression and almost never considered christologically
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It can sound like there's something called 'Justice' which forces God to punish sin
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It can sound quite impersonal (even if you accept Christ it can be more 'Whoopee I have a pardon' rather than 'Hallelujah I have the Son!')
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All in all, it can be, ironically, less than christocentric
But bearing in mind these pit-falls, there is much to commend such an approach. And I had a go!
Check it out here if you like.
Do you think my fears of law-gospel preaching are unfounded/insurmountable/irrelevant?
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‘Why the Cross?’ sermon
My sermon on Romans 3:21-26 is here. Audio is here.
I preached on 'Why the Cross?' on Sunday. Thanks to all who gave help to this sermon.
In the end I guess I did a version of an old style law-gospel talk. Basically it ran - sin is very serious, thank Christ for atonement.
Now I'm aware that such a shape to preaching has both a long pedigree and a number of dangers. The dangers of this kind of preaching seem to me to be:
-
Sin tends to be defined merely as transgression and almost never considered christologically
-
It can sound like there's something called 'Justice' which forces God to punish sin
-
It can sound quite impersonal (even if you accept Christ it can be more 'Whoopee I have a pardon' rather than 'Hallelujah I have the Son!')
-
All in all, it can be, ironically, less than christocentric
But bearing in mind these pit-falls, there is much to commend such an approach. And I had a go!
Check it out here if you like.
Do you think my fears of law-gospel preaching are unfounded/insurmountable/irrelevant?
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Heh heh
Two funnies that have made me chuckle this week:
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Hilariously tragically true:
http://xkcd.com/386/ H/T: Missy
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Now read all about St Simon the Fool. Beautifully silly
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