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Sermons From the Edge|Celebrate Promises: Sermons From the Edge Episode
Audio sermon by: Gordon D. Venturella | 19:46 min
A new monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to help the other monks in copying the old texts by hand. He notices, however, that they are copying copies, and not the original books. So, the new monk goes to the head monk to ask him about this. He points out that if there was an error in the first copy, that error would be continued in all of the other copies. The head monk says, "We have been copying from the copies for centuries, but you make a good point, my son."
So, he goes down into the cellar with one of the copies to check it against the original. Hours later, nobody has seen him. So, one of the monks goes downstairs to look for him. He hears sobbing coming from the back of the cellar and finds the old monk leaning over one of the original books crying. He asks what's wrong.
"The word is celebrate," says the old monk.
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Over the next 8 weeks we are going to start a new series about the things we have to truly celebrate. What we are talking about is real celebration, not substitute celebration or fake celebration, not the kind that leaves you feeling worse in the end, but a genuine, eternal kind of celebration. The kind of celebration that leaves you feeling better and stronger because of it. And it centers around who Jesus really is.
In this sermon, Gordon talks about three promises about which we can always celebrate. They are not particularly complex but rather simple and yet profound. Listen to this sermon to find out what those promises are.
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[ Sun, 19 Feb 2006 23:49:00 -0600 ]
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