By C. Randall Carrier - Minister
IN THE FIRST CENTURY, THE CHURCH TURNED THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN,
HOWEVER
IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, THE WORLD HAS TURNED THE CHURCH UPSIDE
DOWN.
(Sermon- ON "INDEFINITE GRAY"
HAD ROBERT E. LEE AS MANY
SOLDIERS WEARING THE UNIFORM OF GRAY AS WE HAVE PEOPLE THINKING
AND TALKING GRAY TODAY, HE COULD HAVE WON THE CIVIL WAR THREE
TIMES OVER. TODAYS MOTTO ON THIS SUBJECT APPEARS TO ME TO BE:
"INDEFINITE GRAY IS HERE TO STAY." (Sermon-Is Indefinite
Gray Here to Stay?)
ON CHURCH DOCTRINE
DOCTRINELY SPEAKING TODAY, CHRISTIANITY HAS BECOME A POLYGLOT
CONCOC-
TION OF FANTASIES, FABLES, AND FICTITIOUS FALLACIES THAT HAS STAGNATED
THE GROWTH OF THE CHURCH AND PERVERTED THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST.
(Sermon-Obsessed With the Obvious)
THE VARIETY OF CHURCH DOCTRINES IS LIKE A "RELIGIOUS CAFETERIA,"
YOU CAN PICK OUT ANYTHING YOU ARE WILLING TO EAT (THEOLOGICALLY
SPEAKING) BUT ALOT OF IT ISN'T GOOD FOR YOU. AND WE MUST REMEMBER
THIS, WHEN YOU
COME TO THE END OF THE LINE, YOU GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THE
MEAL!
(Sermon-N MY STYLE OF PREACHING
SOME PREACHERS ARE GREAT AT COMFORTING THE DISTURBED, AND THAT
IS A
MINISTRY THAT IS DEFINITELY NEEDED. BUT IT IS NOT MY MINISTRY.
IT IS MY
DESIRE THAT I MIGHT DISTURB THE COMFORTABLE. I AM NOT HERE TO
SING A LULLABY, BUT TO SOUND A REVELIE.
(Sermon - ON "ONE NATION UNDER GOD"
WE WILL NEVER BE "ONE NATION UNDER GOD" UNTIL WE HAVE
BUT "ONE GOD FOR
OUR NATION." LET US RETURN TO THE GOD OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS
OF OUR LAND. HE IS THE ONLY LIVING AND TRUE GOD.
(Sermon-Why is the Tail Wagging the Dog?)
ON WHITE WASHING SIN YEARS AGO FOLKS USED TO MAKE THEIR OWN SOAP
OUT OF LYE. IT WAS PRETTY ROUGH STUFF AND WOULD CLEAN ALMOST ANYTHING.
THE WORLD IS USING LYE SOAP TODAY. NOT L-Y-E SOAP, BUT L-I-E SOAP
TO TRY TO WHITEWASH SIN, BUT NO MATTER HOW MUCH LIE SOAP YOU USE
ON IT, IT IS STILL SIN AND YOU CAN REST ASSURED IN ONE THING,
GOD HATES IT, NO MATTER WHAT WE CHOOSE TO
CALL IT.
(Sermon-A Straight Flush Beats
a Full House)
ON LIVING FOR THE TRUTH IN RELATIONSHIP TO ALL THOSE "SUICIDE
BOMBERS" THAT ARE KILLING THEM-SELVES AND OTHERS, IT SEEMS
TO ME THAT IF SATAN'S CROWD IS WILLING TO "DIE FOR A LIE,"
THAT WE SHOULD BE WILLING TO "LIVE FOR THE TRUTH." JESUS
SAID "I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE; NO MAN COMETH
UNTO THE FAT-
HER BUT BY ME."
(Sermon-Why is the Tail Wagging the Dog?)
ON RELIGION: IF YOU ARE BANKING YOUR SALVATION ON BEING RELIGIOUS,
YOU ARE LIKE A
DROWNING MAN GRABBING A BOAT ANCHOR INSTEAD OF A LIFE RAFT. THE
PHAR-
ASEES WERE RELIGIOUS, AS ARE THE MUSLIMS, HINDUS, BUDDISTS, CULTISTS,
AND SO FORTH. JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE RELIGIOUS DOESN'T MAKE YOU RIGHT,
OR GUARANTEE YOUR SALVATION. ONLY OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST CAN DO
THAT!
(Sermon-Why is the Tail Wagging the Dog?)
ON THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST WE NEED TODAY A DEDICATED
GROUP OF CHRISTIANS THAT WILL "STOP GRAZING AND START GAZING."
SO MANY OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS TODAY REMIND ME OF A COW OUT
IN A PASTURE, GRAZING ON THE GRASS OF THIS WORLD AND COMPLETELY
OBLIVIOUS TO EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND THEM. WE NEED TO BE WATCHING
FOR OUR LORD, BUT NOT TO THE POINT OF IDLENESS. WE SHOULD
WORK LIKE JESUS WOULD COME BACK TOMARROW.
(Sermon - ON THE "RIGHT" AND THE "LEFT" WE'VE
LEFT WHAT'S RIGHT, IN THIS COUNTRY, AND BEEN DOING IT SO LONG,
THAT THERE'S NOT MUCH RIGHT IN WHAT'S LEFT.
(Sermon- ON HUMANISM ONE OF THE MOST NOTICABLE THINGS ABOUT SOME PEOPLE TODAY IS THAT SOME PEOPLE WANT TO BE THE "MOST NOTICABLE."
(Sermon-Making God Conspicuous.)
WE ARE REAPING A LOT OF "WEEDS" IN OUR "SPIRITUAL
GARDENS" TODAY. NOT DUE SO MUCH TO "THE FACT OF SEWING,"
AS TO A "LACK OF HOEING."
(Sermon-Near-sighted or Far-sighted)
IF YOU WOULD HAVE " PERFECT HARMONY" IN THE "MUSIC"
OF YOUR LIFE, YOU MUST BE WILLING TO LET GOD CONDUCT THE ORCHESTRA.