5 Signs We May Be Ashamed of the Gospel

Text:  Romans 1.14-16

#1.  If we feel that what we offer is not of real value.

#2.  If we don’t know how to handle our faith in a relativistic, pluralistic, post-modern, multi-cultural society.

#3.  If we are afraid because the Gospel condemns men as sinners.

#4.  If we are afraid to called “hell-fire and brimstone preachers”

#5.  If we are fearful to take the Gospel into the public square.

It was a great challenge to what we are called to do as Great Commission Christians–and that is preach the Gospel with passion and fervency.

We left at 9:00 am from Mom and Dad’s.  We stopped a couple of times along the way but we mostly tried to keep going.

(we saw this on the side of the road on Interstate 70.  You can read more about the cross and the foundation at Cross USA)

We finally ended up in St. Louis around 1:00 and after finding our hotel we grabbed lunch in the Central West End at Culpepper’s Bar and Grill.

The food was great and the pigeons were GREAT company.

After lunch we checked into the hotel.  Anna found us a suite at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel.

We then headed out to dinner but didn’t want to pass up an opportunity to walk through the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis. 

It was beautiful and yet so incredibly empty feeling.

We then went to dinner at Fritz so we could enjoy the world famous, in-house brewed Root Beer.

After four frosted mugs of root beer, we had the privilege of enjoying a free outdoor concert of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

Here is the playlist:

TRAD The Star-Spangled Banner
ROSSINI The Thieving Magpie Overture
HUMPERDINCK   Prelude to Hansel and Gretel
ARLEN arr. Angela Morley The Wizard of Oz: Fantasy for Orchestra
VERDI   Triumphal March from Aïda
TCHAIKOVSKY   Trepak from The Nutcracker
RODGERS Carousel Waltz
BERLIOZ   Hungarian March from The Damnation of Faust
BERNSTEIN Candide Overture
SOUSA Stars and Stripes Forever

The music was great and the night was beautiful.

I can’t wait to see what is in store for tomorrow.