SermonStudio
The Struggle For Freedom
Sermon
Sermons on the Second Readings
Series III, Cycle B
But you must be careful with this freedom of yours.
-- 1 Corinthians 8:9a (NLT)
There is a scene in Tom Hanks' movie, Forrest Gump, that came to mind when I read this text in 1 Corinthians. As a young boy, Forrest has to wear these clumsy, heavy leg braces. For the most part, he doesn't care. In fact, the braces become so much a part of his life that he doesn't even realize much how they have trapped and confined him.
-- 1 Corinthians 8:9a (NLT)
There is a scene in Tom Hanks' movie, Forrest Gump, that came to mind when I read this text in 1 Corinthians. As a young boy, Forrest has to wear these clumsy, heavy leg braces. For the most part, he doesn't care. In fact, the braces become so much a part of his life that he doesn't even realize much how they have trapped and confined him.
