Happy new year!
We started this series on Christology for the same reason I started refereeing basketball games decades ago. I did not like what I saw on the court and thought I could add something to the game. At least I thought I could add something to the games I called.
Now, I do not much like what I see and hear from most pulpits. Jesus is mostly an afterthought if He is thought of at all. W/hat passes for preaching in the millennial nonsense and prosperity works is little other than a self-help message. To me, it seems a lot like a Participation trophy for the quasi-religious. Yes, I think we (I) should work diligentaly with my last years to “bring something to the game.”
Your Christian preacher in your Christian church should tell you and all who attend about Jesus. All should know more about Jesus clad commit to Jesus more fully at the end of each Christian worship hour.
I do not need to know about your band, the setting on your stage or how the preacher likes to watch Gilligan’s Island reruns. Men stay away from church these days, strong men who could help and, if nothing more, should be included in decision making because they think, rightly, they can get deeper, better instruction from some on-line study courses, without the bells and whistles.
And all that is ancillary. The forces of evil do not mind if you let your church become a concert series. Evil enjoys mediocre proclamation, particularly in front of large crowds.
Yes, I am an ancient being. Before I shuffle off this mortal coil I wish to tell another generation about Jesus.
See you tomorrow.
Thank you.
Thank you pastor for this message. I feel so very grateful to have been a member of 2 Baptist churches covering the span of 28 years, 1 FBC Midlothian and 2 FBC Bastrop, in which both pastors(including you pastor) always made sure we knew and learned and came to a deeper understanding of Jesus Christ and his love for us. I left every sermon feeling so blessed to have extremely knowledgeable men of God leading my church! The most recent pastor, at FBC Bastrop, Dr. Raymond Edge, retired after 27 years and I attended 25 of those years, I was concerned in 1999 that he would not match up to my former pastor Dr. Rick Davis, but we prayed that this church would be the best for us !
We have raised our daughter in this church and between these 2 churches I’ve never felt we had heard any type of watered down, non Jesus, Gillian’s island, message. I thank God so much for placing me in these churches and allowing me and our family to have had so many active roles serving Jesus Christ . And through our pastors we are better equipped to lead others to Christ!
Keep up the good work Dr. Davis!