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Sermons That Stir Conscience
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| There's an article on the news. | |
| Just came on a few hours ago, and you may have heard it by now. | |
| But the president of one of the, I think it was the Colorado Wesleyan College, fed up college president. | |
| He spoke to the kids who keep saying they're victims. | |
| And they go to hear a sermon. | |
| Thank God the Wesleyans are still preaching. | |
| And the kids were complaining that it made them uncomfortable, Steve. | |
| Is that crazy? | |
| Sermons are supposed to make you uncomfortable. | |
| Yes, amen. | |
| And so the president, Piper, and he says, our culture has actually taught kids to be this self-absorbed and narcissistic. | |
| Oh, boy. | |
| Have you ever heard that word? | |
| This is the narcissistic generation. | |
| It talks about how the students were feeling victimized because the university chapel service was about love and they were feeling victimized. | |
| And that they were the love of other people, and they felt like he was entering their private space. | |
| He explained that the familiar feeling of discomfort when confronted with wrongdoing is called a conscience. | |
| Oh. | |
| Wow. | |
| I wonder, has anybody heard of a conscience? | |
| You know, and that the goal of many good sermons is to get you to confess your sins, not coddle in your selfishness. | |
| And now they're trying to throw the guy out. | |
| Some people are. | |
| My goodness. | |
| Anything that makes us uncomfortable, we want to get rid of it. | |
| But, you know, God wants to kind of stir our nest, I think. | |
| You know, you know, President Piper. | |
| You do. | |
| And he's not a quitter. | |
| And thank God he stood up to it. | |
| You know, now. | |
| We all got to stand with him. | |
| It's time to stand behind your pastors, your leaders. | |