Are you Rapture Ready? Leonard Sweet, Premiered 07 November 2021, LenTalk #86

About this sermon

Our mission? Ravish the heart of the world with the rapture of being alive in Christ. “You have ravished my heart with a glance of your eyes.” (Song of Songs 4:9). Lectionary Passages 1 Kings 17:8-16 Psalm 146 Hebrew 9:24-28 Mark 12:38-44 “The standard image of the earth and the cross places the cross on top of the world. What would it mean to locate the cross within the world, a world wearing a crown of thorns?” ----Heather Murray Elkins, Worshipping Women (Nashville: Abingdon, 1994), 109. Some day I will spend more time on how global Christendom is being replaced by global fandom. Sports dominate global culture as the #1 sacred ritual, as fan culture turns everything into a sport where someone wins and loses: cooking (Food Network), courtship (starting with "The Dating Game" and now "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette"), singing ("American Idol," "The Voice," "The Masked Singing"), dancing ("Dancing with the Stars"), politics. In the US, about the same number of people vote in presidential elections as watch the Super Bowl. And that doesn’t include fantasy football or virtual/IRL gambling . . Like Christendom used to, Fandom provides a path of belonging around a shared narrative, although it is a much more passive faith than an active faith, since it is based on the thrill of watching not the thrill of doing and serving. We would love for you to hit the "subscribe" button for these vlogs. Don't forget to Hit the Notification Bell so that you never miss our most recent video. Support Len’s Ministry through his 510-c-3 “SpiritVenture Ministires” (SVM) https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... Become a SpiritVenture Ministries (SVM) Supporter at $9/month or a Tribe of Issachar Member at $49/month https://preachthestory.com/cart/​ Follow Leonard Sweet on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leonard.sweet​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lensweet​ (Sweet’s daily micro-blogs) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lensweet​ (Sweet’s daily blogs) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/preachthestory​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/preac... (Specifically for preachers and others who love those who preach) Access sermons, conferences, and more Leonard Sweet activities: https://preachthestory.com/​ (hundreds of written sermons) https://www.facebook.com/thesalishsea... (Sweet’s newest publications) https://salishsea.press/​ https://the-salish.com​ (Orcas Island getaway cottages for board, staff and church advances (aka “retreats”) #LeonardSweet #Rapture #Rupture #Fandom #Christendom

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• Second Coming