Sojourn Pastor/Elder Chad Lewis, who has also led worship at many Sojourn services and who is the featured performer on our 2006 CD Fading Grass, preached recently (hear the mp3 of this sermon) on the subject “We All Need The Gospel. Everyone.” With his characteristic tongue-in-cheek humor, Chad illustrated the attitude that many of us fall prey to, and led the congregation in his own special version of “Amazing Grace,” the timeless hymn. The following is the text for this portion of his sermon:
“Churches say, ‘You are doing pretty good, but with Jesus, you would be even better.’
“We must not water down God’s truth. Eternity is at stake for the unbeliever. And, God’s grace is at stake of becoming something weak and no longer meaningful. The gospel is robbed of it’s power to transform lives and GRACE, GOD’S BEAUTIFUL GRACE IS MADE INTO NOTHING MORE THAN SOMETHING THAT IS ALRIGHT, pretty cool, possibly needed for the heathen. And we might come together and sing the following:
Lackluster Grace (Now sing with me, the words will be up on the screen)
Lackluster grace, how mediocre the sound
That helped a pretty good person like me;
I was slightly off track, but now I’m walking perfectly fine.
Was slightly near-sighted with a partial astigmatism, but now I have 20/20… vision.
“I am attempting to get this on the next Sojourn worship album.”
Although “Lackluster Grace” will most likely not be on our next worship album, you can hear a few of Chad’s songs in the Fading Grass portion of this website. Also, visit his home page from our Helpful Links section. And if you’re so inclined, visit my website from our Links and listen to Chad’s demo of a congregational worship song he and I wrote together a couple years ago called “Lord of All,” which our worship team has done in Sojourn services and is still one of my favorite collaborative efforts.Â
