The sermon preached on July 3, 2011 at Patterson Avenue Baptist is available now at the link below.
As I prepared this sermon, the thought in the back of my mind was rather odd for a preacher to be thinking about. The thought was this: “I can understand atheism. After all, some of the descriptions of god painted by many folks (even some staunch church-going type folks) simply is not worth believing. I would rather be an atheist than believe in a God who is…
…Aloof, cold, some sort of distant impersonal force
…an Ogre looking down on us with anger in the eye and a disapproving finger in our face
…a Judge behind the bench ready to condemn
…a List-maker with all those rules & regulations
…a Bookkeeper with all the duties, obligations, & expectations
…a Karma god – a god who gives good to the good and bad to the bad
…a Piety deity who is devoid of passion, joy or celebration
…a Philosophical being: the Omnigod, the “First Cause” or the “Unmoved Mover”
I’d rather be an atheist then to believe in these descriptions of God
What do I believe about God? Well I believe in the picture Jesus painted. I believe in a Triune God who character is best described as…
Extravagant Love (click the link now to listen)
