Clincher reply on value of hearing sermons
Someone sent this to me a few years back..I don't know who wrote it but thought it was great.
A letter to the editor complained:
I've gone to church for 30yrs now. I've heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So, I think that I am wasting my time, the pastors are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all.
This started a controversy that went on for weeks, to the delight of the Editor, until someone wrote this clincher.
I've been married for 30yrs now. In that time, my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals.I do know this..They nourished me, and gave me the strength I needed to do my work. If my wife had not given me those meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourrishment, I would be spiritually dead today!
