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    • Divine Gossip Column

    Posted By Brett on July 29, 2010

    Sometimes I think the way we do church is kind of like a divine gossip column. We go to listen to sermons. Why? Hopefully the answer is, we go to listen in the hopes that the preacher may accurately proclaim God’s word to us. If that is the case, the next question is why? Why do you want to hear God’s word? Is this the same reason that you pick up people magazine at the supermarket? You just like hearing what Brittney Spears is up to and what Bradjolina are saying. If I ask, “What are you going to do with that information?” your response is going to be “nothing.” “I’m not going to change my life or anything, I’m just curious what the rich and famous are saying.” That ought not be how we approach God. We had better not be listening to sermons as some kind of divine gossip column where we can peak into the life of God but never be effected.

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    Brett

    My Name is Brett Scollard. I am husband to the most amazing woman in the world, father to 7 wonderful kids and pastor of Grace Community Church in McCook Nebraska. I am confessionally a Reformed Baptist. I run this blog as a means to sharpen and be sharpened so that we may all, "grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."

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