Last summer, when I was in Korea, I had chance to listen one of the great sermon from the pastor. He was the pastor who came from Canada, and I got the ticket to go and listen to his sermon. He was having sermon about his travel throughout the world. He told us that he was a missionary before he become a pastor. So he traveled a lot of countries to spread the gospel. Then he started to tell on of his trip which he experienced a great miracle. He said he was persecuted by spreading a gospel. He said he gave up his life and waiting for his death. Then night before his judgement he had a vision and angel told him God will solve all the problem for him. Then he got up and there was a Bible next to him. The Bible was opened and it was showing Bible verse, John 3:16. It was about everyone who believe in God will be saved and live eternal life. After he read that verse, he had to go to his judgement. So he was getting ready to go to court and get his judgement. But as he arrived it was not a court. The police who was taking care of him took him to port and helped him to escape. So the pastor escaped from there and become saved. By this sermon, I was really impressed because I have never experienced a miracle in my life. For this sermon he mainly used logos because he have mentioned specific verse of Bible to explain his sermon. Not just logos, but also used pathos by telling his experience. It helped audience to understand the pastor’s mind even they did not experience in their life. So I believe his sermon was a great and very effective sermon.
In Mr. Cline's class a few weeks ago. We took the day off in a way from our normal classes. Instead of continuing to read the books we were assigned and discussing them, he read us the sermon by C.S Lewis "The Weight of Glory." Its a long sermon, but one worth reading. It is about the confusion many people have on the topic of what we desire the most. He explains after much background information, that we all desire true happiness. And through that happiness, we long for heaven, our true home that we were designed for. He explains that glory is not what many people think of as being "famous" in heaven. But more that we are honored by our Lord and Father. For it to be like the scripture passage "Well done, good and faithful servant." C.S Lewis does a fantastic job at being persuasive here, and if read by the right person aloud, can have an excellent effect. He clears up lots of points that people bring up that are not true. Such as the point of glory...
This was very interesting! When I read about modern-day miracles, I can't help but be impressed. This is also very striking in its message of caring. It shows that, although we are not promised a perfect life, Christians have God always watching over them.
ReplyDeleteIt is a great by just hearing a person talking about the miracle he experienced in his own view. This must be a really convincing sermon!
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