RoboPreacher

i didn't need to when i wished you would A sermon on the 7th chapter of Ecclesiastes : Ecclesiastes, the book today’s passage comes from, is a hard -nosed pursuit of wisdom distilled down to its very essence . And after a few weeks with the Quester, we’ve got to hand it to the guy, he’s up to the task. Isn’t he?Ecclesiastes isn’t afraid of an unpleasant observation. It doesn’t blanch in the face of a disagreeable facts. And it’s not about shrink from making a difficult verdict, either. This book is willing to follow an argument all the way to its bitter end. But , in the end , here in today’s passage, what does the Quester discover for all his trouble? Does he come to one grand unifying theory of everything? Does he learn the great secret of it all ? Or, does he, at least , come to one single certainty he can hang his hat on? …No, he doesn’t ! Does he?!? On the contrary , at the end , the Quester doesn’t learn anything! Well, that’s not right, exactly. The Quester does lear...

the rest of my life is so hard A sermon St. John's epistles to the elect lady and her children : Guess what? I’ve come up with a new way to get your attention! And I think you’ll like it, too. Instead of participation , I thought we might try gossip . That’s right, gossip ! How do you like that ? And don’t pretend you’re not suddenly more interested, either! I know you ! You can’t resist a little hot gossip! Can you? And you know what else? I’m the object of the gossip, too! Yup, I’m going to spill a little tea on myself ! Now I’ve really got your attention . Don’t I? …While we’re on it, one of the things I want you to take away from my testimony of what a wreck I am is that you would know you can’t shock me. There’s nothing you can confess that will make me think any differently of you. Ok? You don’t have to maintain some sort of image with me!   First of all, give me a little credit ! Sure, I’m no great pastor. But I am at least decent enough to know there’s a reaso...