You may remember from high school physics that light travels about 5.87 trillion miles a year. It gives the impression that we preachers aren't talking about the real thing. For those who are stunned by the indescribable magnitude of the universe, not to mention the infinitely greater Author of the universe, a steady diet of psychological soothing and practical ' how-tos ' somehow seems inauthentic.

Preachers claim to be talking about the eternal, infinite, unchanging Creator of the universe, but it doesn't feel like it. The charge of blasphemy is meant to carry a wallop. And fourth, he said preachers seem to be blaspheming. Third, he observed, there doesn't seem to be a proper respect for the Author of the universe. Second, he said preachers just don't seem to be talking about the real thing. First, preachers haven't seen as much of the majesty of God as he had, staring through a telescope or studying physics. Though my sampling is limited, Einstein's concern is still valid.

The quote is still a fair statement concerning much preaching in the American pulpit. Likewise, I desire to cut preachers today so deeply that we all would want this never to be said of us. I was cut so deeply by this that I pledged to redouble my efforts so that no one would be able to say this about me. My guess is that he simply felt that religions he had run across did not have a proper respect for the Author of the universe. He had seen much more majesty than they had ever imagined, and they were just not talking about the real thing. He must have looked at what the preachers said about God and felt that they were blaspheming. In fact, I believe that is why Einstein had so little use for organized religion, although he strikes me as a basically very religious man. It's very magnificent and shouldn't be taken for granted. That is, one should have some kind of respect and awe for the whole business. ' I do see the design of the universe as essentially a religious question. The excerpt came from a specialist in general relativity theory named Charles Meisner, a man who shared Albert Einstein's attitude toward organized religion about 50 years ago. ' My personal passion to make God supreme took a tremendous leap forward several years ago when I read an excerpt from a journal called ' First Things '. Our mission statement says, ' We exist to spread a passion for the supremacy of God in all things for the joy of all peoples.

One of the great advantages of remaining at the same church for 17 years is that your personal mission statement and your church's mission statement become one.

Topic: How we can express the proper respect for the Author of the universe.īig Idea: Make God supreme in all your preaching.

The supremacy of god in preaching