This Saturday I rescheduled a tee time at the last minute to make time for the Saturday Morning Men’s Study at Southeast Christian Church. Pause for applause and accolades. I am an infrequent attendee. We have 3 kiddos under 5 and one on the way so cut me some slack. I’m the guy the regulars give grief because I make it early in the fall, early in the winter and then for big events. I would call Bob Russell teaching a big event. Thus I moved the 7:57AM to 8:17AM and arrived at the course with about a minute to spare.
Bob shared some amazing wisdom per usual and poked fun at Joe Donaldson to start the session per usual. The two biggest takeaways I had were that: “the world is in rebellion against and has always rebelled against truth.” Bob was and I am referring to the truth of the scriptures, the word of God is living and active …
The second takeaway was a great quote that he credited to someone but honestly I can’t remember the original source. Plus they say the definition of originality is to forget where you got it. Bob said if you can’t be tactful be vague. I love that. If you glossed over that little nugget maybe you are the guilty party.
Last, Bob mentioned that many young preachers want to preach something new or cutting edge. He quipped about a young preacher who was going to preach a Mothers Day sermon about the mother of the prodigal son. Bob said good luck since there is nothing about her in the bible. The preacher said it would be partly supposition. This little story reminded me of 2 Timothy 4:2. Preach the Word, be prepared in season and out … It doesn’t say find a new Word to preach. Find a cutting edge Word to preach. Preach an edgy Word. Just Preach the Word.
Usually the end of Bob’s teaching is the most profound as he wraps up everything with 3 or 4 points- in laser beam fashion. I must confess I left at 11 til the hour and not a minute too soon for my golf game. If I missed some more nuggets leave them in the comments below.
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