“BUT FIRST…”
FEBRUARY 23,2025
S E R M O N B Y : R e v . D r. P. G l e n n K i n k e n I I I
KEY QUOTES • • •
“Every profession, every pursuit of some serious nature has a cost.” “Get busy living or get busy dying.” (From the movie, Shawshank Redemption) “In the end, we will be better for placing our hands on the plow and doing the work of the Gospel.”
SCRIPTURE •
Luke 9:51-62 (click on scripture to read online)
POINTS TO REVISIT In Sunday’s sermon, Glenn invited us to contemplate barriers to deepening discipleship, especially the times in our lives when Jesus invites us into deeper discipleship and we are tempted to respond, “I will follow you, Lord, but first…” (Luke 9:61) • • • • •
Let me make sure I’m financially stable Let me check and see what other people think Let me meet my other obligations Let me wait for the best time to say “yes” Let me figure out how to be a disciple without anything changing in my life
Glenn preached, “This is where our Gospel is challenging us: what we see in the world around us isn’t lining up with what we believe and who we want to be. We put our hands to the plow [to do the work of discipleship, which never ends].”