Nothing makes my eyes roll faster than seeing a book titled "Simple Sermons for Saints and Sinners." The reason? Theology, and faith are not easy. One of our founding fathers, an Atheist named Thomas Paine thought faith was easily taken apart. I rolled my eyes when I read his book, "Common Sense" (Which in my mind is the same as using the word "simple" before sermons.). When he made obvious mistakes, like talking seriously about the apple in the garden, I couldn't take his argument seriously. (The garden in Genesis never talks about apples. We assume the forbidden fruit was an apple. Truth is, it doesn't say what the fruit looked or tasted like.) Therefore, when I was at Goodwill, and saw the book "Simple Sermons for Saints and Sinners" I had to pick it up. Turned out, this was just one in a series. Apparently, faith can't simply be condensed to one volume. Anyway, the last chapter caught my attention: If I were Satan.There a three theological discussions that perk my interest.
What do you think? What would you seriously or sarcastically add to this list?
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Melissa
4/24/2016 11:39:43 pm
"If I were Satan, I'd make people think they don't have time or ability to change the world for the better." - That really hit home! Thank you for sharing this! It was a wonderful list
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Pastor Melissa
4/25/2016 03:49:40 pm
Thanks! Every once in awhile it's important to take apart something. What I found the most interesting is this list is like something you would find on Buzzfeed. It seems even back in the 50's we were suckers for lists.
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Raven
10/15/2016 02:31:40 am
You still have a long way to go if you honestly think there was a talking snake in the Garden that persuaded Eve to eat some kind of fruit. Drink the red pill realize Satan is the tree that bares bad "fruit" Like Christ is the tree of life in the garden Satan is the tree of death " u will surely DIE if u eat the fruit of this tree" 1 Cor 6:16
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