I think that if that music was truly behind the message and that this is some drama event, then it was OK but if it was a church to me it’s a performance. Christ didn’t jog anywhere we so try to make everything in the Bible so hip and politically correct we jazz the event to sound so cool and hip you loose me and I focus on the performance and don’t really hear the message.. Seven, 7-7- seven was not the message its not the miles your missing the message. Christ was still teaching and still getting his word out even to these men and the distance was not the issue …he’s (Matt) making it the issue.
He was not saying that 7 miles was the point of the passage. He just used the 7 miles to show up the liberal gibberish that is spouted about the crucifixion. If you take this snippet as an expositional treatment of the whole passage, no doubt you will remain disappointed. Listen to the rest of the sermon.
You still missed the point – to those who say Jesus did not die – how could he have walked 7 miles, or at all, after the beatings and the injuries from the cross.
Just thought you should know that in the actual message the music isn’t played in the background. It was added, for those who might accuse Chandler of being too “dramatic.”
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That guy preaches like he means it.
I think that if that music was truly behind the message and that this is some drama event, then it was OK but if it was a church to me it’s a performance. Christ didn’t jog anywhere we so try to make everything in the Bible so hip and politically correct we jazz the event to sound so cool and hip you loose me and I focus on the performance and don’t really hear the message.. Seven, 7-7- seven was not the message its not the miles your missing the message. Christ was still teaching and still getting his word out even to these men and the distance was not the issue …he’s (Matt) making it the issue.
He was not saying that 7 miles was the point of the passage. He just used the 7 miles to show up the liberal gibberish that is spouted about the crucifixion. If you take this snippet as an expositional treatment of the whole passage, no doubt you will remain disappointed. Listen to the rest of the sermon.
http://fm.thevillagechurch.net/resource_files/transcripts/200904111900HWC21ASAAC_MattChandler_TheGreatCausePt01-TheCallToMission.pdf
I read that in World this month and almost posted it.
I have to agree to an extent. We ought to be reading more of the Bible and good, classic books than blogs and magazines. Which do you grow more from?
You still missed the point – to those who say Jesus did not die – how could he have walked 7 miles, or at all, after the beatings and the injuries from the cross.
Just thought you should know that in the actual message the music isn’t played in the background. It was added, for those who might accuse Chandler of being too “dramatic.”