07 Jun '07 18:06>
I rock in the name of God.
Where's my prize bitches?
Where's my prize bitches?
Originally posted by rwingettAs I am trying to get my last judge in place I will hold off until June 17 and this will give the judges time to get our game in sync. Since when did you fall in love with Scripture? I tell you what, just keep it for now and convince the judges of it later.
I have a grand sermon in mind, Brother Kirk. Maybe a bit too grand for the confines of this contest. I wonder if the judging could be held off until the following Sunday (June 17th). Furthermore, I wonder if I could get a bit of leeway on both the word count and on the one passage limitation?
Originally posted by kirksey957Are we just posting the sermons, or submitting them privately and anonymously?
OK, I've got my last judge in place for the first round. Here is your panel of judges: Me, DoctorScribbles, Bbarr, and Mimor. We are a diverse group with varying backgrounds.
We will evaluate 1) how you stay on topic, 2) how creatively you use your chosen Scripture passage, 3) keeping in integrity with the passage, 4) use of confessional (talking abo ...[text shortened]... round.
If Tammy Faye Bakker dies between now and then, I may delay a day or two for Shiva.
Originally posted by NemesioI think we will want them posted in the forums so everyone can get an idea of what the judges are evaluating, much like what happened in the Great Debate. Plus if any are really good, we wouldn't want to stand in the way of someone finding religion or whatever. I must say I am personally looking forward to Rwingett's sermon from a curiosity point of view.
Are we just posting the sermons, or submitting them privately and anonymously?
Nemesio
Originally posted by kirksey957I'd like to petition the panel of judges to allow more than one entry from each contestant.
I think we will want them posted in the forums so everyone can get an idea of what the judges are evaluating, much like what happened in the Great Debate. Plus if any are really good, we wouldn't want to stand in the way of someone finding religion or whatever. I must say I am personally looking forward to Rwingett's sermon from a curiosity point of view.
Can I take it that you are "in"?
Originally posted by NemesioCogitate at thy leisure, my nigga. You know what i've noticed when brothaz really get into preachin? They like to use real big words like cogitate. I ain't got no idea in hell what it means, but I think it would work in a sentence like "We should cogitate upon the word of God."
Can't you let a man cogitate?
Originally posted by epiphinehasGalatians 2:20 One of my favorites. Fortunately it's not the one I've chosen for this "sermon competition", because you said it better than I could have my friend!
What God has changed in my life for the better, he can also change in your life for the better.
Many prophets claim to speak for the one God, yet none but Christ speaks with true authority on his behalf. None but Christ displayed the miracle power God alone can wield, and none but Christ rose from the dead by that same power. Yes, all these manifest ...[text shortened]... e faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me" (Galatians 2:20).
Originally posted by vistesdI just can't help myself. I tell myself to just let it go, but I can't.
The holiness of God is love. The holiness of God is in the word “We.” True love—true agape—consists in relinquishing the boundaries that maintain the separateness of I and Thou: with regard to God, with regard to our neighbor, with regard to the world.
Relinquishing those boundaries entails risk. It is dangerous. One may be betrayed by the bel ...[text shortened]... hole.
Or—why should the waterdrop be afraid, to fall once again into the vastness of the sea?