tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622820281827881345.post1143084135054239384..comments2024-01-02T10:13:02.894+00:00Comments on LLM Calling: Clean and Unclean - Sermon on 30th August 2009LLM Callinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17199375981896229914noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622820281827881345.post-40437893284110438762009-09-06T20:49:42.303+01:002009-09-06T20:49:42.303+01:00Emma,
From what I read, your sermon challenged an...Emma,<br /><br />From what I read, your sermon challenged and provoked, which might be outside the comfort zone for some. But surely if you got them thinking, whether liking or not liking, you have achieved the aim.<br /><br />When Jesus was teaching and preaching, he was not concerned about the comfort of his listeners, rather to help them to understand that this was their chance and opportunity and to seize it. The Pharisees were taken outside their comfort zone, as they were set in their ways with rituals and public acts to gain approval of their fellow men, not really focused on God.<br /><br />I believe that your call is God's will, therefore, you are being called to challenge and provoke debate and discussion and thought. That is the sign of a Preacher.<br /><br />I am in the middle of Donald Coggin's "The Sacrement of the Word", which makes good reading on this topic. <br /><br />Worth a read some time.UKViewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114944341930758335noreply@blogger.com