Sermon Tone Analysis

Intro

Merketers- for blogs—practical value—why should i read…—Nov 2014- over 1 billion

Dollar shave club--

why beard itch

whats wrong biting nails

Shermer Pecans--

Matha’s Brown sugar cake

Lee Epting’s Pecan red velvet cupcakes

Reading abvot practical value- college degrees—most questiones—philosophy

8* Pet rocks, cheap plastic forks, grammy awards * artists

Mustly—information sources—why do i need what you say

Bible?

Problem--

what if useful, important, essential to life?

Unused medicine

unused vitamins (gummy man vitamins)

2ti

** Value (profit)

How?

reliable source

smartest person, tech support, manual

reliable source

practical impact

define, arrest, redirect, train (limit, support)

*** Standards and measurements

*** Nasa orbviter

NIST / bureau 1.2 B budget

*** BEST

** question

issue invites truth

trith changes life

Paul- concept

Useful / change

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Truth- reality revealed

Grace- power to live ytruth

together

not law

2pe 3:15-19

john 1:14-

Grace- special gifting for empowerment

Truth- firm, binding reality

** both together

** together in contrast to the law / Moses

Truth- It’s by SCR that we are made competent and complete for what our life is all about

** need truth

** need it in living

*** INteresting how Jessus was this for us ()

Life grows more perfect as we are perfected

Finding better answers leads to better living

** Power of truth

1- reliability of its truth / source

eternal, comprehensive, accurate, penetrating

2- usefulness of its message (profit)

establish what is the truth we need to practice

arrest our misdirections

establish a better direction

train in steps of progress

3- benefit of living it

*** Implication—meant to be brought into life (4 things here)

it defiens our realities (example) (Cf Grace and truth vs law)

it tests our thinking (test everything…, Bereans more noble…)

it reveals our inner workings (Word active and alove)

it governs our decisions (??) (we can’t gain righteousness living the law, but we can live the right life that God has given us)

*** The issue is that we don’t simply teach SCR, we look for where it touches life—we find teh question your life is asking and then we care when we get the answer

***((what’s the question / issue here?)

(how can I truly know what’s true and what’s the right way to do things??

**** Ultimately, we will one day finish this world—judgment, and maybe more, got it right—competing systems—who should love whom, how should money and business work, where is right place to draw line sexually, do I kill to protect my stuff, is it take or be taken, etc.

*** How do I know what to believe and how to live (not just how do I live, but how do I know how to live)

(I want before and after—I don’t have an endless number of lives to experiment with—I’m 50, and I don’t have all the answers, and I’m running out of time to learn—kids are moving out, I need to get this right; married 25 years, I don’t think the next 25 will be as good if I don’t get a few more things better; health not what was, I want to know what I can have and have it…, [mission / purpose], pray [how, for what]—miracles possible, how

Inspiration—possible to really get it right (so much failure even still—and yet, still so much hope—re: kids’ future, re: last days, re: national restoration, re: strength and health of whole life

*** Before and after stories

*** Wrights and measurements / standards and measurements

*** NASA mistake re: wrong measurement system

*** Here—two promises--

made complete—exactly like meant to be—not making up for some deficiencies

entirely equipped for whatever I need to do—don’t show up for some situation w/ family or challenging persin or life--”I have no idea how to handle this)

not defective

not inept (Don Rickles)