Saturday, August 11, 2007

How to listen to a bad sermon!

Five suggestions from Ligon Duncan (via "The World From My Window")

1) You must listen to the sermon as if your life depended on it--because it does. (Matthew 4:4)

2) You must recognize the seriousness of your life situation--there is an intense spiritual battle being waged for your soul. (Ephesians 6:12)

3) You must realize that it is God's Word that you need in the difficulties and pressures of this life--because God's Word is your only hope in those circumstances.

4) You must understand that it is God's help that you need--help that comes through the hearing of God's Word. (Psalm 40:17)

5) You must recognize that communion with God is your goal--that we would desire and love God above everything else. (Psalm 27:4; 42:1)

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