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Someone Challenged Something in the Sermon

Yesterday's sermon spoke deeply to some. I had some great feedback from folks. Thank you all for being receptive. I admit that part of the passion behind yesterday's sermon was frustration with the growing level of broken relationships in the church because of offense (real and received/perceived). But someone challenged me on something that I said. Let me start by saying that I do not mind people challenging me if they don't agree with something. I don't even mind if you go so far as to say, "You are wrong, buddy." Just let me know how you came to your position. That way I won't take offense. For those who didn't have the benefit of yesterday's sermon, here is the nutshell version. TEXT: Matthew 18:15-18 TITLE: Confronting Offensive Behavior I started by relating the week's events regarding the Imus/Rutgers news blitz. No matter where you turned, every news source was fixated on this incident. So I wrestled with why this bugged me. It came dow...