Sermons on Charismatic Movement
Romans 6:15-23
You Gotta Serve Somebody! Introduction: What happens in our civilized American society when, for one reason or another, the laws of the land are temporarily unenforceable? It should embarrass all optimistic secular humanists that the answer to that question is usually flagrant and shameless crime. One need only recall the endless line of people running away from department stores in Los Angeles with all they could carry in the looting that followed the Rodney King verdict. Some seemed even unconcerned that their faces would…
1 Cor. 14:1-19
The Gift of Tongues: Better in Private than in Public SCRIPTURE: 1 Cor. 14:1-19 Introduction: Today we come to the most controversial and difficult section of 1 Corinthians—chapter 14. The dominant topic of this chapter is the use and abuse of the spiritual gift of speaking in tongues. There are many different opinions on this subject, even in this church, and I know there is sometimes mistrust between Christians who speak in tongues and those who do not. My hope is that this…
1 Corinthians 14:20-40
The Gift of Tongues: Restricted in Public SCRIPTURE: 1 Corinthians 14:20-40 Introduction: Last Lord’s Day we opened a dialogue on the spiritual gift of speaking in tongues and the companion gift of interpretation of tongues. We did this because we are in the process of preaching through the book of 1 Corinthians, and chapter 14 is the principal passage on this gift in the Bible. In fact, it is the only chapter that gives us instructions concerning the use and misuse of this…