you fight
i fight A sermon on 1 John 3:11-24 : Their preacher tells them not be surprised, or “astonished.” But that is the kind of advice that always comes just a little too late, isn’t it? We’re always told not to be surprised, a second or two after we’ve been laid out by some punch we didn’t see coming! That’s how surprises work… And so far that’s all their preacher has told them; surprising stuff. Promises that would astonish the most stone-faced of us: Like Jesus choosing their struggling congregation to take up residence. Like, despite losing EVERY battle, they’re destined to win the war! Believe it or not, though, that’s NOT what’s surprising the folks in the pew that Sunday… I’ve already told you how big of a sucker I am for sports movies: Rudy, Chariots of Fire, Miracle. But my favorite sports movie has to be Rocky. Especially the first Rocky, and the newest iteration: Creed. Creed is about Apollo Creed’s son, Adonis...