http://www.justinbuzzard.net/2008/07/23/the-use-abuse-of-sermons/ Gospel. Culture. Life. > in the West Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:40:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.justinbuzzard.net/2008/07/23/the-use-abuse-of-sermons/comment-page-1/#comment-997 Francis Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:17:46 +0000 http://www.justinbuzzard.net/?p=219#comment-997 I'd like to add that as someone who struggles with being amazed by and shocked by people rather than God. It's less tempting for me to be sucked into the individual when I am getting my goods from the source. (carry over from following too much self help material) It's kinda like someone buy food from a chef and then bringing it to a potluck. Even if the person says from the get go that the compliments go to the chef, you tend to forget. Or at least I do... I’d like to add that as someone who struggles with being amazed by and shocked by people rather than God. It’s less tempting for me to be sucked into the individual when I am getting my goods from the source. (carry over from following too much self help material)
It’s kinda like someone buy food from a chef and then bringing it to a potluck. Even if the person says from the get go that the compliments go to the chef, you tend to forget.
Or at least I do…

]]> http://www.justinbuzzard.net/2008/07/23/the-use-abuse-of-sermons/comment-page-1/#comment-998 Carl Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:49:42 +0000 http://www.justinbuzzard.net/?p=219#comment-998 I'm not a pastor (I don't even play one on TV) but I do read and listen to sermons, both vintage (Spurgeon, Whitefield, Gill, Wesley, etc.) and modern (Piper, MacArthur, Jeremiah, NOBTS, DTS, etc.) which not only complement my own church attendence and Bible readings but they also aid me in thinking about scripture in ways I hadn't considered before. I regularly post on Christian Usenet Newsgroups and such sermons give me spiritual ammunition (to go along with the armor of God so to speak) when I engage Christian brethren in discussions (I've stopped responding to the vehement and vitriolic anti-Christian participants -- funny thing...they're insulted that I refuse to engage them in their attacks). Anyway, just wanted to share how online sermons both in text format as well as audio format benefit an average layperson. I’m not a pastor (I don’t even play one on TV) but I do read and listen to sermons, both vintage (Spurgeon, Whitefield, Gill, Wesley, etc.) and modern (Piper, MacArthur, Jeremiah, NOBTS, DTS, etc.) which not only complement my own church attendence and Bible readings but they also aid me in thinking about scripture in ways I hadn’t considered before. I regularly post on Christian Usenet Newsgroups and such sermons give me spiritual ammunition (to go along with the armor of God so to speak) when I engage Christian brethren in discussions (I’ve stopped responding to the vehement and vitriolic anti-Christian participants — funny thing…they’re insulted that I refuse to engage them in their attacks).
Anyway, just wanted to share how online sermons both in text format as well as audio format benefit an average layperson.

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