The Sermon Story

Some compromises are wise. Others quietly hollow out everything that matters. Jesus warned that "no one can serve two masters" ( Matthew 6:24 ), and the letter to Laodicea condemns a church that was "neither cold nor hot" ( Revelation 3:15 to 16 ). These two stories about compromise, retold in our own words, look at the issue from both ends. One is a true story about a four-year-old who would not settle for a toy when he wanted the real thing. The other is a well-known legend about soldiers who wanted to be baptised, but not all the way. Each ends with a takeaway for sermons or reflection. Stories in this post: "Nothing Less Than the Real Thing": Yehudi Menuhin's Toy Violin Unbaptised Arms: The Legend of the Soldiers' Swords ──────── ✝ ──────── "Nothing Less Than the Real Thing": Yehudi Menuhin's Toy Violin Yehudi Menuhin became one of the most celebrated violinists of the twentieth century, a virtuoso and later a conductor who held...