47th Live Stream with Carlton Pearson - Intimacy

About this sermon

If intimacy really or even figuratively means "into me see," then with whom are you most intimate? Into whom do you see and who really sees into you? The original Latin meaning of the word intimate suggest familiarity or "to know." Knowing in a more general sense means to recognize and identify. As humans and so-called "believers" we believe a lot, but how much do we actually know and how do we know it? Or how do we know that we know it? And what don't we know that we don't know we don't know? Some people are very difficult to get to know and all but impossible to forget. They tend to be the most interesting and intriguing. Is that you?.....even if you are the so-called "life of the party?" Sometimes those who appear most open and extroverted are that way to hide what they don't not want you to see or ever know about them. Perhaps we all have tendencies to employ decoys through anything that will remove full attention or "tension" from around who or what or how we don't want to show up publicly. That's not a criticism, just an observation. The question, however, is why the decoy? Why avoid intimacy, something we all love, want and need? Don't ask yourself why the pain, ask where does it originate? Remember, where there is fruit, there is root. Finding source beyond symptom is where your healing begins. People who breakthrough are those who have managed breakdown well. A diamond is simply a rock that did well under pressure. All of us are one of the two. Carlton Pearson After college at the Oral Roberts University in Tulsa Oklahoma he served for 15 years on its Board of Regents, and two years as Associate Evangelist of The Oral Roberts Association, (ORA). In 1977, Pearson founded Higher Dimensions Ministries (now New Dimensions ), in Tulsa, which grew to over 5,000. Bishop Pearson was consecrated to the office of Bishop in 1996 thru a College of Bishops headed by Bishop Charles E Blake, presently the Presiding Bishop of the Churches of God In Christ, the denomination he was raised in and through whom he was ordained in 1971. In 1993, Carlton married the former Gina Marie Gauthier who is a professional Life Coach and Yoga teacher. More recently, he has felt a passion to proclaim the "Gospel Of Inclusion" and has written a widely acclaimed book by that name, published by Simon and Schuster. It confronts the Christian church's exclusivism as being inconsistent, in spirit with the teachings of Jesus. Pearson's frank and often controversial take on a number of different subjects has earned him appearances on television programs such as NBC and MSNBC's Dateline, ABC's Nightline, 20/20, Good Morning America, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, BET Tonight with Tavis Smiley, The Edge with Paula Zahn and Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, The Monique Show on BET, and a number of other television, radio and print media outlets. Bishop Pearson was recognized as one of America's 10 Most Influential Black Ministers by Gospel Today and Belief.net. He has received several honorary doctoral degrees. Bishop Pearson recently served as the Interim Senior Minister at Christ Universal Temple in Chicago. He and Gina now host New Dimensions of Chicago, building a local multi-cultural and radically Inclusive spiritual community that emphasizes expanded consciousness and Self Actualization. His newest book, God Is Not A Christian, Nor A Jew, Muslim, Hindu...God Dwells With Us, In Us, Around Us, As Us was published by Simon and Schuster and released in the spring of 2010. Visit our Youtube Channel for more video! Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/bishoppearson Website: http://www.bishoppearson.com Join Email List: http://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?llr=cqgwpvn6&p=oi&m=1011112155650