Sermon and Worship Resources

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... and the greatest economy that has ever existed. You're been given a bunch of bum raps. You're commonly portrayed as "commitmentphobes," a fickle flock on some kind of flight from commitment. The truth is you are seekers, not joiners. (Wade Clark Roof, Generation of Seekers: The Spiritual Journeys of the Baby Boom Generation [San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1993]: 27.) You're independent, fun loving, freedom loving, fluid in allegiances, yes. But you are extremely careful about what you say yes to. You ...

2. Keep the Stars in Your Eyes

Ephesians 1:3-14

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Leonard Sweet

... latter decades of this century. The Search for Soul Postmodern culture is entheogenic, which means "the birth of the divine within." There is a massive Soul Search, a huge quest for personal spirituality, a "widespread turning inward across the land," as sociologist Wade Clark Roof puts it ("God is in the Details: Reflections on Religion's Public Presence in the United States in the Mid-1990s," Sociology of Religion, 57, 1996, 149-162, 153). People want to grow spiritually above all else.(See George Barna ...

3. Holy Hocus-Pocus!

Mark 13:1-31

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Leonard Sweet

... latter decades of this century. The Search for Soul Postmodern culture is entheogenic, which means "the birth of the divine within." There is a massive Soul Search, a huge quest for personal spirituality, a "widespread turning inward across the land," as sociologist Wade Clark Roof puts it ("God is in the Details: Reflections on Religion's Public Presence in the United States in the Mid-1990s," Sociology of Religion, 57, 1996, 149-162, 153). People want to grow spiritually above all else.(See George Barna ...

4. Hear the Vision?

1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20)

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Leonard Sweet

... latter decades of this century. The Search for Soul Postmodern culture is entheogenic, which means "the birth of the divine within." There is a massive Soul Search, a huge quest for personal spirituality, a "widespread turning inward across the land," as sociologist Wade Clark Roof puts it ("God is in the Details: Reflections on Religion's Public Presence in the United States in the Mid-1990s," Sociology of Religion, 57, 1996, 149-162, 153). People want to grow spiritually above all else.(See George Barna ...

5. The One and Only Original Sin

1 Peter 3:18-22

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Leonard Sweet

... latter decades of this century. The Search for Soul Postmodern culture is entheogenic, which means "the birth of the divine within." There is a massive Soul Search, a huge quest for personal spirituality, a "widespread turning inward across the land," as sociologist Wade Clark Roof puts it ("God is in the Details: Reflections on Religion's Public Presence in the United States in the Mid-1990s," Sociology of Religion, 57, 1996, 149-162, 153). People want to grow spiritually above all else.(See George Barna ...

6. The Trace of Grace

Ephesians 2:1-10

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Leonard Sweet

... latter decades of this century. The Search for Soul Postmodern culture is entheogenic, which means "the birth of the divine within." There is a massive Soul Search, a huge quest for personal spirituality, a "widespread turning inward across the land," as sociologist Wade Clark Roof puts it ("God is in the Details: Reflections on Religion's Public Presence in the United States in the Mid-1990s," Sociology of Religion, 57, 1996, 149-162, 153). People want to grow spiritually above all else.(See George Barna ...

7. Count Your Wows!

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... latter decades of this century. The Search for Soul Postmodern culture is entheogenic, which means "the birth of the divine within." There is a massive Soul Search, a huge quest for personal spirituality, a "widespread turning inward across the land," as sociologist Wade Clark Roof puts it ("God is in the Details: Reflections on Religion's Public Presence in the United States in the Mid-1990s," Sociology of Religion, 57, 1996, 149-162, 153). People want to grow spiritually above all else.(See George Barna ...

8. Waging Wisdom

James 3:13—4:8

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Leonard Sweet

... latter decades of this century. The Search for Soul Postmodern culture is entheogenic, which means "the birth of the divine within." There is a massive Soul Search, a huge quest for personal spirituality, a "widespread turning inward across the land," as sociologist Wade Clark Roof puts it ("God is in the Details: Reflections on Religion's Public Presence in the United States in the Mid-1990s," Sociology of Religion, 57, 1996, 149-162, 153). People want to grow spiritually above all else.(See George Barna ...

9. The Great Postmodern Soul Train

Mark 13:1-8

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... latter decades of this century. The Search for Soul Postmodern culture is entheogenic, which means "the birth of the divine within." There is a massive Soul Search, a huge quest for personal spirituality, a "widespread turning inward across the land," as sociologist Wade Clark Roof puts it ("God is in the Details: Reflections on Religion's Public Presence in the United States in the Mid-1990s," Sociology of Religion, 57, 1996, 149-162, 153). People want to grow spiritually above all else.(See George Barna ...

10. An Advent Attitude

1 Thessalonians 3:9-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... latter decades of this century. The Search for Soul Postmodern culture is entheogenic, which means "the birth of the divine within." There is a massive Soul Search, a huge quest for personal spirituality, a "widespread turning inward across the land," as sociologist Wade Clark Roof puts it ("God is in the Details: Reflections on Religion's Public Presence in the United States in the Mid-1990s," Sociology of Religion, 57, 1996, 149-162, 153). People want to grow spiritually above all else.(See George Barna ...

11. Stable-Time

Luke 21:5-38

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Leonard Sweet

... latter decades of this century. The Search for Soul Postmodern culture is entheogenic, which means "the birth of the divine within." There is a massive Soul Search, a huge quest for personal spirituality, a "widespread turning inward across the land," as sociologist Wade Clark Roof puts it ("God is in the Details: Reflections on Religion's Public Presence in the United States in the Mid-1990s," Sociology of Religion, 57, 1996, 149-162, 153). People want to grow spiritually above all else.(See George Barna ...

12. The Perfect Time to Lose Your Luggage

Colossians 3:12-17

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Leonard Sweet

... latter decades of this century. The Search for Soul Postmodern culture is entheogenic, which means "the birth of the divine within." There is a massive Soul Search, a huge quest for personal spirituality, a "widespread turning inward across the land," as sociologist Wade Clark Roof puts it ("God is in the Details: Reflections on Religion's Public Presence in the United States in the Mid-1990s," Sociology of Religion, 57, 1996, 149-162, 153). People want to grow spiritually above all else.(See George Barna ...