We invite you to use the following sermon preview to prepare for worship on Sunday morning.
This Sunday, August 31, Dr. Gaddy will deliver a sermon titled, "So What?" The emphasis in the sermon will fall on the essential connection between what one believes and how one behaves. The real test for the power of faith in a person's life is not a declaration of what a person believes but a demonstration of the manner in which those beliefs shape personal and social actions. The structure of Paul's letter to Rome is a model for the movement that is essential in a person's life.
The Christian Scripture Reading (Romans 12:1-8)
1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect. 3 For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. 4 For as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function, 5 so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. 6 We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us: prophecy, in proportion to faith; 7 ministry, in ministering; the teacher, in teaching; 8 the exhorter, in exhortation; the giver, in generosity; the leader, in diligence; the compassionate, in cheerfulness.
