LOL... Preacher always preached on baptism no matter what he started with... so elders liked him, but wanted him to preach other things... sooo, they decided to assign him a topic. Gen 1:1. Next Sunday, preacher gets up and says "In the beginning, God created heaven and earth. The earth is 3/4 water which brings me to baptism"RPB wrote:wgoforth wrote:Feeling we need some levity to lighten the mood here, so try this out:
Tomorrow's AM Sermon: Jesus Went Walking On The Water.
Tomorrow's PM Sermon: Searching For Jesus
Made me laugh
Last time I spoke on "Jesus Went Walking On The Water." I started with
Genesis 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
A Pastor in Abilene told me I sometimes get too detailed and talk over people's heads, and explained to me that not everyone there read the whole book front to back more than once yet. (I spoke too long/detailed about relationships of water/"Living" water/water of separation/water of purification and the Lavers/cleansing prior to service of the temple by Levites and feet washing at the last supper once, and bread/manna another time) so I sit in the cheering section (pews) more and stand up front less now
I think they replaced the clock in the back of the church with a larger, easier to see clock, so we'd know when to sit down

BTW..where in Abilene? Until 2 years ago, I preached for the North Park church of Christ on Grape St in Abilene for 10 years.