RoboPreacher

i don't wanna hide A sermon on a crack St. Jude once made : The Fourth of July has come and gone . That means we’re now in the heart of summer. And if you had to choose one , I wonder what season would you say is your favorite ? * Raise your hand if it’s summer . RESPOND . No matter what, even if summer isn’t your favorite season, I think we can all agree that summer has its own unique charms . Doesn’t it? For me, it would be the long days. And I love the smell of trees in the heat, too.   But what about * y’all ? What’s your favorite part of summer ? Let’s hear ‘em! Just * shout out your answers! Don’t overthink it! There are no wrong answers. What’s your favorite part of summer ?   RESPOND . As always, thank you for playing along. You’re good sports. Really! I know you’ve already got plenty on your mind without me asking all these questions each week.   I know you just want to sit back during the sermon. I know you want to let your mind wander during the sermon! A...

as if to say you're all i need A sermon on Eden : We can’t really talk about what this passage is . Can we? Unfortunately for us , this piece of Scripture is, before it’s anything else, a story of what’s been lost . Eden isn’t the story of what is. It’s the story of what isn’t .   Why so far removed are we from this account that if we try and imagine it, we're called up short almost immediately? I mean, what , after all, is lost in Eden? Was it Paradise ? Was it immortality ? Truthfully, though , if I try to picture any of that, I lose interest after about 30 seconds! Sure, it sounds fun to romp through that picture- perfect Eden. But only for a while! What would I do after that?   And immortality is no better, either! In fact, it’s worse ! Add immortality to our estimations of Eden, and you wind up doomed to Paradise! Stuck in the Garden forever, twiddling your thumbs with nothing to do! No, thank you!   Sure, life east of Eden may be imperfect , but at least ...