In pastoral counseling courses at seminary my fellow students and I learned that people only make big moves or major changes in their lives at times when they feel they are in a secure, stable environment. Someone who feels threatened, or is holding on for dear life, is not likely to risk very much. (What a revelation that was!) So, in pastoral counseling, the counselor tries to create a secure, affirming, non-threatening environment. (Again, no surprise.)

So today, in this secure, non-threatening environment we call church, I want to talk to you about the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Well, duh, Johnny! Don’t we talk about that in some form every Sunday? Why would today be different?

Well, today IS a little different, not because it’s the Sunday before Thanksgiving, but because it’s the las…