Tonight’s topic was about
religion and violence. Many people claim
that religion leads to violence and war.
Many wars have been fought in the name of Christianity but although the
instigators may have called themselves Christians they were not necessarily
so. We decided in the discussion time
that war is much more to do with commodities such as oil and the wish to
control it. Some talked of Jesus being a bringer of peace but I pointed out He
said, “10:34 “Do not think that I have come to
bring60 peace to the earth. I have not come to
bring peace but a sword. 10:35
For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her
mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, 10:36 and a man’s enemies will be the members of his
household.6Trust me to put a spanner in the works, but
then I like to give a more rounded picture of things in the Bible. These days so many aspects of our faith are
squeezed out, supposedly to make it more palatable, not what I choose to do. I
used the NET Bible in this post.
First of all thanks to Fat Prophet for your interest. I see from your blog you are having trouble commenting. To get back to my assessed service. Criticism albeit constructive is harder for some to take than others. I felt a little crushed after my assessed service but then remembered I had recorded it on my dictaphone. I listened to it all through and although my assessors were quite right about me speaking a little quickly and rushing from item to item, I was actually very pleased with the content of my sermon and how I presented it. So I have decided to take heart. I highly recommend other trainees to record your services. You can hear your good points and your bad and there is no argument about it, it is all caught on the recorder.
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