Eye/Ear-Opening :P
Daddy was just explaining to me how Methodism started, that when John Wesley had his heart-warming experience, he was listening to someone read out one of the most boring treatises ever... yet God was able to reach out and touch him through that. that shows, he pointed out, that it isn't just dynamic preachers and captivating sermons that change people, but sometimes merely hearing the Word being preached and meditated upon changes us in ways far beyond the style in which the message has been presented. not that it's an excuse for boring sermons, but it also gives us no excuse to avoid boring sermons - because every sermon, no matter how boring, is a presentation of the Word of God and has the ability to draw people closer to God.
profound thought, but very interesting indeed. :)
profound thought, but very interesting indeed. :)