If you ask me, a sermon should say only one thing. Some of us grew up listening to sermons with three points, and wondered, "What's the point?" The business of worship, the activity of preaching, is too important to be pointless. Each sermon needs to make a statement, to declare one thing that is vital for our faith, our hope, and our life, in the world.

So lest you miss it this morning, there's only one thing I want to say today. This sermon has one point to make, one claim that I want to lay upon our lives. Have a pencil? Ready to write this down? Here is the central message of this sermon: The only church worth having, the only church worth belonging to, is a charismatic church.

I trust this statement does not upset you. I am not going to apologize for it. While I have not said it pub…