Sermon Review: Ten Shekels and a Shirt
August 17th, 2007 by Sean
Paris Reidhead devoted his life to communicating the message of the Gospel in America and throughout the world. A student pastor in the rural Minnesota at age eighteen, Mr. Reidhead felt led of the Lord to overseas mission work. In 1945, Paris Reidhead and Marjorie, his wife of two years, traveled under the auspices of the Sudan Interior Mission to the Sudan-Ethiopia Border where they surveyed and analyzed tribal languages in preparation for evangelism and education in this area. More about Paris here
This sermon is entitled Ten Shekels and a Shirt. It expresses the essential problem of humanism infiltrating the church to such a degree that our motivation for speaking to people has become skewed. Paris repeatedly makes the point that all that we do should be for the glory of God. This sermon has been called by many one of the most influential sermons of the 20th century. Paris emphasizes the holiness of God, the sinfulness of man, and the incredible grace that God has made available to those who truly repent. He is very keen to expose false motives in living the Christian life.
To listen to Ten Shekels and a Shirt by Paris Reidhead, click here.
This sermon was excellent and well worth a listen, or two, or three. He deals with humanism and post-modern thinking that permeates our society today. It is a helpful tool to equip you to see why things are the way they are today and what we should do in light of it.
This is a great sermon. Thank you Sean for sharing it with us. I encourage all to give a listen. It might be pretty “confronting” for some. Al the more reason to listen!
thankyou
Very nice.