A Word About Respect
Please forgive me… but during the week between returning from studying in Europe and being wedded to my Charlotte, I missed the brutal brunt of a little meeting that took place in Chicago. It seems, at that precise time, I had other things on my idyllic mind. The week was August 26-29th, 1968. The event was the Democratic National Convention. And if you remember or studied about that time, you know that that was at the apex of American mayhem. It was during that riotous uprising, that a 28-year-old Free Speech Advocate by the name of Jack Weinberg incited others with the statement, “Don’t trust anyone over 30.” Two years later when he turned 30, he said, “I didn’t really mean that.” Now that he is 70, I wonder what Mr. Weinberg thinks about those over 30!
The truth is that, again, we are living in a season when leadership is anything but trusted; anything but respected!
But then the most radical of all the disciples, Peter, who at one point took the sword to the ear of a government official, eventually wrote this missive in which he taught that we should “Be Respectful…and a whole lot more!” That’s the title of this week’s sermon from I Peter 2:13-25.
Please be in the worship center for an on-time beginning at either 8:45 or 10:30.
Points of contact:
- Friday at 5:30 we are invited by our Grace Alive Ministries to a SSD Meal! (soup/sandwich/dessert). Tickets are available through Sunday.
- The meal will be followed by a “classic gospel” concert provided by the Blackwood Gospel Quartet at 7:00 p.m.
- Saturday evening, the 27th, is our monthly “family worship” experience. Click here for details.
- Please pray for our Thailand Team as they return on Monday!
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And I’ll see you in the pews!
Joe Bubar
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