If you know me, you may have heard me say that one of the better lessons I’ve learned is listening to a sermon is an act of worship. This attitude does many things and here are a few: a worshipful heart is open to the Holy Spirit, being less critical, and being less focused on the preacher and more sensitive to the teaching behind it. Confession: I sometimes get frustrated when people walk out of a sanctuary complaining. Friends, it’s not a movie theater, not just because the preacher isn’t making 20 million either.

Anyway, last week I head a fantastic sermon on vanity. Not remembering the last time I heard one on that subject, I was very interested. I thought the preacher did a fantastic job balancing the text, the sociology, various illustrations and the practice. Maybe blogging on how I was blessed by a sermon is a little vain in of itself but whatever, there’s so much goodness and depth in so many sermons. May we be open to them.