Since leaving the Methodist church at the beginning of May I
am finding so much more freedom in my preaching. I am still fulfilling the services I had
planned up to the end of August. Before
I felt very much inhibited to preach what I really believe. I did speak much of what I believed but was
inhibited in preaching about Hell or very much emphasizing my belief in the
inerrancy of scripture. Always there was
a feeling of not wanting to step on other people’s toes. Now I feel free to preach the “whole counsel
of God.” Well, at least the bits He has shown me. Now if it is in the Book I want to preach
it. What will happen to my preaching
after August? That is a good
question. I do have two groups outside
of the Methodist church that I will continue speaking to. I have a feeling I may be talking one to one
with some new people. Then, of course there are you dear people on the
internet.
I have written in previous posts about disasters. In the case of Concorde, decisions by people, plus other factors were directly to blame for the event. In the case of the Penlee disaster it may have been avoided if someone had made a better choice in the time beforehand and as a consequence brave men and the ship's crew and the captain and his family died. 9/11 was certainly the result of wicked men committing a terrorist act, but even in this there was heroism notably by another Cornish man, Rick Rescorla who helped many to safety and left it too late to help himself. In situations like this we see what the human spirit is capable of both good and evil. What of disasters that come on people because of the earth restless movement of tectonic plates. Often people live near volcanoes because the land is rich and fertile and they have the chance of a better life there when the volcano is resting. We cannot blame them for that but sometimes people become complacent...
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