Friday, November 27, 2009

Gospel Preaching At A Wedding Reception

Have you ever been to a wedding where the vows fall way short of God's design and plan? Have you been to a wedding where the pastor/priest preached a message that loaded with sentimental humanistic fluff and lacking in biblical meat. Well in Denmark I have quickly learnt that this is the norm - even for weddings of professing Christians. Rampant feminism and fornication have been allowed to impose themselves on local churches to the point where weddings have become a massive disservice to Christ and His sacrificial love for the Church.

Well the last wedding I attended was the final straw - how about I take some action as a Christian? We are not called to be passive bystanders in life! After receiving a recent wedding invitation I knew exactly what to expect. But this time I was ahead of the game and approached the bride and groom several weeks in advance to see if they would allow me to deliver a short message on marriage at the wedding reception. Out of courtesy I gave them a transcript of the message so they knew what was coming.

My recent three part series on God's design in marriage (part 1, part 2, part 3) was based on this 13 minute message that you can now view on the youtube videos below. It was a great opportunity to present the Gospel, as it relates to marriage. There was a predominantly large crowd of non-believers present. If you listen carefully you might be able to hear the sound of feminists gnashing their teeth . . .





I want to encourage you to be proactive and seize opportunities like this to preach the Gospel to large groups of people. It can be done, and done to the glory of God. If you are attending a wedding soon you can do the same and you are most welcome to use the transcript from this message. Whatever you do . . . don't be silent!

Coming Monday - In response to all the questions it's time to talk more about Rob Bell. This sacred cow just won't die on us!!!

5 comments:

Ralph Provance said...

excellent job Cam!

Heath said...

Hey Cam I just got back from Big Josh's wedding, he didn't leave it to the reception to share the gospel he got up just after the vows were said and shared right in the middle of the service.

Courtney said...

Hey Cameron,

Ever since the day I got in engaged my fiance and I have been so excited about the chance to share the gospel on our wedding day! We couldn't imagine wasting a time when we have all of the people that we love most in one place. We are going to ask a good friend of ours to explain the roles that a husband and wife play in marriage and tie it into a gospel presentation.

Thanks for the encouragement!

Razz said...

Excellent job, brother!

Clear and to the point preaching.

God bless,

Razz

Cameron Buettel said...

Hey Razz, good to hear from you. I have tried to call your phone several times but no answer. Thanks for checking out my blog.