I don't often link to comments within other Old Truth posts, but the sermon analysis that ended up occurring in the discussion section of yesterday's post provides another good example of the fact that yes - the message has changed. The 28 minute sermon (which you can download) was given by a church to both adults and children as a follow-up to their BMX stunt bike event for the community. Therefore the pastor tries to use that theme, with crash terminology like 'slam' and 'wipe-out'. What's changed about the message content versus the old Gospel, is the missing biblical emphasis on what exactly God is saving you from. Yes sin and even repentance is mentioned, but then there are troubling things like this excerpt that repeat throughout the sermon: "Jesus slammed Himself against a tree so that he could wipe out our wipe-out's. So that he could get rid of all of those things in our life that bog us down. . . . the addictions and the struggles, and frustrations, and divorce, and the list of things in your mind that go on and on; and He did that for us". That however, is NOT the Gospel; Jesus didn't die to keep us from being "bogged down" by bad habits and problems. Scroll down to comment #20 on this page and read more... [Read Link]
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