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NEW: New Testament scholar Jeremiah Johnston shows Shawn Ryan what the Crown of Thorns that was put on Jesus' head might have looked like.
"I see love because it should have been my head in that crown. But it wasn't."
"The Bible says Jesus loved me so much when I was at my worst. God sent his best for me, who put his head in that crown that I deserved."
"And that is the beauty of the gospel."
Thank you, Jesus.
Video: @ShawnRyan762
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Imagine wanting your pastor to preach about a subject the congregation is going through (like the martyrdom of a fellow Christian) and being told you're selfish or immature, because he doesn't want to deviate from his 14th sermon on John 11:36B.
This is the doctrine of Sola Exposito at its finest; that the pastor is somehow sullying his preraching by making it immediately relevant to the congregation, and that nothing matters more keeping the well-planned sermon series. Sermons, while theological, should also be practical for the lives of the congregation.
Hear me out: It is okay to shepherd your flock through their hard times, to apply the Scripture to their personal struggles, and to preach a topical sermon expositionally. You aren't letting Jesus down somehow by forgoing the sermon series for a bit. Pastors care for human beings, and human beings have specific needs.
After all, just as "man wasn't made for the Sabbath, but the Sabbath for man," the sermon was made for people, not people for the sermon. A shepherd who won’t break stride from his pre-planned notes to feed his sheep where they’re hungry isn’t guarding doctrine, he’s abandoning duty.
The tired old adage about the necessity of sermons to be "timeless" so that a century later they're still "relevant" to the hearer (thus avoiding discussion of current events) is caring more about your SermonAudio stats after your'e dead than the people in front of you on Sunday morning.