Last Sunday (22nd June 2008), the speaker put a quote on the power-point and asked the congregation which verse was the quote found in the Book of Proverb. It seemed that the verse was advising people not to lend others money. His eagerness to get the congregation to reply seem to good to be true and I guess many tried to jolt through their memories on the Book of Proverb. After a while. he replied (with a smile to indicate that he is setting up a trick) that, "no, it is not from the Bible" but one of secular quotation.
I am not surprise that this speaker would pull such a trick at the congregation. What if one member did reply (and wrongly did so). Wouldn't it bring shame to such a listener and strick fear into the rest. What good is there to pull such a stance? Sermon should be delivered in such a way that it allows the Holy Spirit to convict the congregation and convert them to God and not to keep them on the toe of any trick or false quotation. After that incidence, I totally lost track of his sermon.
This is one lesson learnt for me about sermon delivery
Mark Lim
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