General Encouragement
Tony delivered this sermon at Ocean City Tabernacle in Ocean City, NJ on June 28, 2009
- Introducing Tony
- Information about Camden and those serving there/Urban Promise
- The Lord’s Prayer – John 17
- Opening prayer
- We are becoming less religious and more spiritual – Harvard University example
- John Calvin and our opportunity to be saved
- Believing in doctrine vs. feeling God’s presence
- Wesley – studied theology, knew doctrine, became a missionary, but did not experience Christ
- The effects of the Holy Spirit, not just theology – empathy, compassion, etc.
- The Holy Spirit brings about social change and concern for God’s creation
- Protecting animals as a Christian
- The church’s place in social issues – both fueled, and put an end to (women’s rights, racism, etc.)
- Marjoe – secular students recognizing the joy and experience of Christ
- Romans 8 – the Spirit makes us alive; Christ being a “living presence”
- Story about getting toy trains as a child – desiring life in God’s presence
- Why rituals are important – story about Penn State’s song and wedding vows
- Communion and not forgetting the cross and His sacrifice – the Catholic Church
- Young people believe, but do not like to belong, to be involved in a church
- The church (members) bearing one another’s burdens and our lack to do so
- The need to read both the Epistles AND the Gospels
- Living out the sermon on the mount – story about loving Islamic people
- Story about students and the church evicting the homeless – feeling the pain of the poor
- Will you be a Red Letter Christian? Will you take the Sermon on the Mount seriously? Will you belong to the church?
- Closing prayer
- Song
Keywords: Camden, Catholic Church, Communion, compassion, doctrine, empathy, Harvard University, homeless, Islam, John 17, John Calvin, Marjoe, Penn State, Racism, Red Letter Christian, religious, rituals, Romans 8, Sermon on the Mount, spiritual, theology, Urban Promise, Wesley
Reference ID: 06282009
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