Boring sermons :(

last SG · 2006-10-09T18:11:24+00:00

Both. Beijing has a few? nice churches built during the Qing Dynasty, no doubt influenced by the Jesuit missionaries.

davidche SG

to present to you the different views.

so how?

Vonderful SG

Just try to understand the message behind the sermon...

But sometimes I get bored & sleepy coz not all speakers can speak into hearts of people... So i just close my eyes, pray and ask God for a message... Then i would open the bible to a page and read the chapters & there's sure something i learn from there... It's interesting... try it... ?

But must remember to pray to God first for what He wants to show you that day... and also wisdom to understand it... Just to share what i do on those mornings...

davidche SG

Thanks

Rock^Star SG

Now u've said it up there. A lot of priests and pastors are not born orators, thereby resulting in "boring" sermons. Most of the time, what they preach about are issues that we are already aware of in our daily lives. These are also the very things that we human beings take for granted.

Think about it. If u really have God at heart, u would stay awake and listen intensely no matter how boring the preacher is. But if one chooses to have other ideas, then he can't be helped. Very Happy

laurence82 SG

What is new?

davidche SG

hmmm..... Confused

Icemoon SG

A service is a whole package.

If the sermon is boring, at least there is the worship session and the Lord's Supper.

kaister SG

Can enlighten me? You don’t have to go to church to be a good christian right? Or am I wrong?

M©+square SG

The bible DIDN'T state you cannot skip church.

Period.

Chin Eng SG

seems that young David do not understand the purpose of worship..... Confused

... which brings to mind some young people in my church... sms-ing during service, poking at each other, talking continually, occupying areas that are roped off, some even have headphones stuck to their years......

.... why bother going to worship????

Icemoon SG

you got tell them off or not? Mr. Green

laurence82 SG

Shocked Shocked Shocked

davidche SG

you have a bad sense of humour.

davidche SG

Anyway, singapore is too advanced, with teenagers having the problem of showing off their gadgets, and being a spoilt boy.

Churches in other countries, somehow dont develop this habit like what Chin said, its always the western countries. Sad

The people really lack their respect for God. And when i first saw them its like WTH they actually have their phones on. Well, seems like having handphones on is a normalty Smile , SMSing or not is the point

Pls pls dont give lame remarks like im one of them.

laurence82 SG

I can think of the typical Singaporean behaviour that will be displayed in churches

Late
SMSing
Jostle for free food (if they do serve)
Talking during sermons

davidche SG

the most funny thing of all is that even adults do them

Yea, i lv free food~!!! Very Happy Laughing

laurence82 SG

Tsk!

Dr Who SG

1 Timothy 3
Overseers and Deacons

1 Here is a trustworthy saying: If anyone sets his heart on being an overseer,[a] he desires a noble task.

2 Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

3 not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.

Note- Bible says church leader must be "ABLE TO TEACH"

The church will have not followed the Bible if a person who cannot teach is appointed as a preacher.........

So.......can you blame the poor man in the pew for a boring sermon? Make excuses for the preacher? If a man cannot teach, he should not take up a pulpit ministry!

But this is NOT an excuse for anyone to forsake the church.......Make sure you go to church, david...

Chin Eng SG

Some got, others cannot. Not easy to enforce discipline. Even pastors have made pulpit announcement also may not work. Unfortunately, pastoral team not too vocal about things like these.

Kids running around (some with squeaky shoes) can be told off, 18+ youngster SMS next to their parents, how to tell????

wrong, I have a great sense of humour. it's just that your threads are not even remotely funny.... and you rub people the wrong way... all the time!

Chin Eng SG

well... the purpose for going to church is NOT to be a good christian, but to worship God. The ideal for a communal worship is very heavily emphasized in the Bible.

many have said that you don't need to church to worship God - true, up to a point. Scripture lessons have taught that the believers of God need to gather in one place as one body for this worship to take place.

here's not to say that everyone that goes to church is a good christian. it's the other way round, a good christian will make efforts to take part in a communal worship - does not absolutely have to be a church building.

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