Tough Topics

Yesterday I finished a short 2 week mini-series called "The Untouchables". It was a series about topics that most churches don't really like to talk about---Sex, and Divorce. Well yesterday was the Divorce message. I don't remember a message ever being so difficult to talk about. It's not that I haven't talked about it before, I have. It's just this time I took it from a different angle. It was tough! After the first service was over, I felt like speaking about something else---anything else, for service number 2, and 3!
One thing I realize is that sometimes God's Word stings a little bit. It's not always fun and sometimes it's downright difficult to talk about, but you just can't ignore it.
Divorce is everywhere, and to not talk about it just because it's uncomfortable is like ignoring the elephant in the room.
If you are charged with the responsibility of communicating the truths of Scripture -- then communicate the whole counsel of God's Word. Leave the results to God. Don't apologize for God's Word. Preach it with passion, preach it with conviction, preach it with grace, preach it with love, preach it as if your lost son/daughter was in the audience, and this might be their last chance to respond to Christ, preach it in terms that people understand, preach it without sounding like you're mad at everyone----but whatever you do, "Preach the Word"

Summer Mo

It's hard to believe that summer is about done (well, actually summer vacation for students is almost done) Anyway, we are already beginning to see the signs that people are getting back into the normal swing of things. This past Sunday we were almost back up to our attendance numbers before summer. not only that, but this past Sunday we had the most 1st time children checked in for the entire year including Easter Sunday. We can feel big Mo kicking into high gear. I can hardly wait until school gets back in.