Respect
Mr. Miller was my high school English teacher and one of my coaches… Mr. Miller was a former wrestler and Marine. We were good friends even outside of school. We played golf together. We played racketball together.
One time I called him at home and when he answered the phone I said, “Hey Tim!”
Total silence on the other end of the line.
The next day I went to school and Mr. Miller called me into his office and said, “I am not ‘Tim’, I am ‘Mr. Miller’.”
And you know what…he was right! I gave him a lack of respect. And if he walked in door right now I would still call him ‘Mr. Miller’.
A lack of respect. In our culture and society today, that word “respect” has just kind of…disappeared! Where has common courtesy and respect gone in our day? Holding the door open for women…replying with, “Yes, Sir” or “No, Ma’am”…being nice to little children…showing respect to our elders… It just doesn’t happen very much. Where have these courtesies gone?
This is how Pastor Joe began his message on Respect. To hear the rest of this message simply ‘right-click’ your mouse on the link below and select “Save Target As…” to download the entire message to your computer.
Respect - Part six in the series “Surviving the Moral Maze”. This message was recorded live on October 22, 2006.
NOTE: Because of space issues, this message has been removed from the website. However, if you would like a copy of this or any other messages or full series, either on an mp3 CD, as a set of regular audio CDs, or as individual mp3 downloads, please contact Pastor Tim. Thank you for your interest and your understanding…we apologize for any inconvenience!
PS…ALL of the small group study guides are still available for download!
Study Guide – Questions to help you dig a little deeper in your own personal study or as a discussion starter for a small group ministry.
Instructions for Downloading Sermons
Right-click on the link above (the message title) and select “Save Target As…†You can then select a location on your computer to save the message. Once finished downloading, you can open the file using Windows Media Player, iTunes or another mp3 player. If you have any trouble downloading the message, please contact us here and we will respond as soon as possible.
Note: If you haven’t read it already, please view our Recording Usage page. Thanks!
