Rev Bill

I have posted today’s sermon on my sermon blog. It’s the fifth in my series on Rick Warren’s book

The Purpose Driven Church

— today based on Matthew 22:34-40, Matthew 28:16-20, and 1 Corinthians 12:1-31 and entitled: A Great Commitment To Fellowship.

Here’s a portion of it:

Imagine with me some carpenter’s tools holding a conference:
The Hammer presides, but several suggest he leave the shop because he is too noisy. The Hammer replies, “If I have to leave this shop, the Screw must go also. You have to turn him around again and again to get him to accomplish anything.” The Screw speaks up: “If I have to leave, the Plane must leave, too. All his work is on the surface. His efforts have no depth.” To this, the Plane responds, “The Rule will also have to withdraw if I have to leave, for he is always measuring folks as though he were the only one who is right.” The Rule then complains about The Sandpaper: “He ought to leave, too, because he’s so rough and always rubbing people the wrong way”. And so goes the discord. In the midst of all this discussion, in walks the Carpenter. Putting on his apron, he goes to the bench and goes to work. He uses the Hammer, Screw, Plane, Rule, Sandpaper, and all the other tools. After the day’s work, when he is finished and has left, the Saw arises and remarks, “I observe that all of us are workers together with in the hands of the Carpenter.”

You can read the sermon here.

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