This Sunday, January 20 I am starting a new sermon series
called, “Is this the End?” The end of the world is a topic that has fascinated
and frightened humans for centuries. For
the next three weeks we will take a thoughtful look at this topic. We’re most interested in what Jesus taught
his followers.
This fascination with the end of the world is certainly
not something new. Did you know that 634
years before the birth of Jesus many Romans feared that their city would be
destroyed in the 120th year of its founding? There was a myth that twelve eagles had
revealed to Romulus a mystical number representing the lifetime of Rome—some Romans
believe that the eagle represented 10 years—thus the city would be destroyed in
120 years. Panic .
This fascination with the end of the world is in a
certain way very funny—but it’s also sad and harmful to the church. I’ve had people share with me that they were
damaged as children by their church because of the church’s insistence that the
end of the world was near. This
fascination with the end of the world has caused people outside the church to
believe that followers of Jesus Christ are strange. A person can believe that Jesus is returning
and still be a thoughtful follower of Jesus Christ.
We mailed over 500
cards about this series to people who live near our property. Would you pray that some will attend worship
on Sunday.
One way you can generate publicity about this sermon
series is by going to our congregation’s Facebook page. People are sharing some questions they would
like answered in a sermon on the “End of the World.” Share a question at: https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/chainoflakeschurch?fref=ts
If you live in the north Metro I encourage you to come to
worship on Sunday. We will give you the
tools to help understand all the “buzz” around the topic of the end of the
world. I can promise that you will learn
something new and what you learn will be helpful to your faith.
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