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[3592.08 --> 3592.96] he was right in front,
[3592.96 --> 3593.60] of their eyes.
[3594.84 --> 3595.64] And then maybe,
[3595.84 --> 3596.92] this carries forward,
[3597.36 --> 3598.48] maybe this is the person,
[3598.60 --> 3599.64] who misses the truth,
[3599.64 --> 3600.54] of the gospel,
[3600.92 --> 3602.02] because of an idea,
[3602.30 --> 3603.82] or an experience,
[3604.06 --> 3605.00] of Christians,
[3605.66 --> 3607.74] that didn't match up,
[3608.42 --> 3609.76] with the teachings of Christ.
[3610.84 --> 3611.38] And so now,
[3611.46 --> 3612.36] there's no changing,
[3612.48 --> 3613.50] that person's mind,
[3613.92 --> 3614.82] or heart.
[3614.92 --> 3616.26] There's no opportunity,
[3616.80 --> 3617.64] for conversation.
[3618.16 --> 3618.56] Maybe,
[3618.86 --> 3619.82] this is the,
[3619.82 --> 3621.26] the militant atheist,
[3621.62 --> 3623.02] who won't even fathom,
[3623.10 --> 3623.82] the possibility,
[3623.82 --> 3625.26] of God revealed in Jesus,
[3625.26 --> 3626.38] as an interesting,
[3626.38 --> 3627.36] thought experiment.
[3628.64 --> 3629.66] This is a person,
[3629.78 --> 3630.58] who refuses,
[3630.58 --> 3632.38] to engage.
[3635.42 --> 3636.38] This person,
[3636.54 --> 3637.26] could never hear,
[3638.18 --> 3639.18] and never gives themselves,
[3639.32 --> 3639.90] an opportunity,
[3640.42 --> 3641.32] to hear.
[3644.74 --> 3645.32] Now,
[3645.36 --> 3646.44] the second soil pipe,
[3646.96 --> 3648.16] is particularly,
[3648.16 --> 3649.42] interesting to me,
[3649.54 --> 3650.48] at least for this morning.
[3650.48 --> 3651.84] Right,
[3651.88 --> 3652.50] I think,
[3652.66 --> 3653.64] that in our,
[3653.64 --> 3656.40] post-Christian age,
[3656.50 --> 3657.30] of what,
[3657.44 --> 3658.30] demographers,
[3658.68 --> 3659.58] and sociologists,
[3659.76 --> 3660.68] called duns,
[3660.72 --> 3661.12] that is people,
[3661.24 --> 3662.24] who are done with church,
[3662.32 --> 3662.54] or the,
[3662.54 --> 3663.70] the de-churched,
[3663.76 --> 3664.12] sometimes,
[3664.22 --> 3664.50] that's people,
[3664.56 --> 3665.04] who grew up,
[3665.08 --> 3666.00] but have left,
[3666.26 --> 3667.20] in our age,
[3667.26 --> 3668.54] of deconstruction,
[3668.88 --> 3669.02] right,
[3669.06 --> 3669.64] that is people,
[3669.64 --> 3670.52] who at one time,
[3670.86 --> 3671.26] believed,
[3671.38 --> 3671.70] but now,
[3671.80 --> 3672.40] for a huge,
[3672.40 --> 3673.64] host of reasons,
[3674.20 --> 3674.84] some of them,
[3674.94 --> 3675.74] very legitimate,
[3676.16 --> 3676.74] no longer,
[3676.94 --> 3677.50] say they do.
[3678.30 --> 3678.84] Jesus says,
[3679.02 --> 3679.82] that these people,
[3680.06 --> 3681.20] are like seeds,
[3681.26 --> 3682.70] sown on rocky places,
[3682.70 --> 3683.86] they hear the word,
[3683.94 --> 3684.42] and at once,
[3684.54 --> 3685.60] receive it with joy,
[3686.44 --> 3687.68] but since they have no root,
[3688.20 --> 3689.58] they last only a short time,
[3689.70 --> 3690.54] and when trouble,
[3690.68 --> 3691.76] or persecution comes,
[3692.28 --> 3692.86] they quickly,
[3693.42 --> 3693.96] fall away.
[3695.32 --> 3695.98] And what I'm interested,
[3696.40 --> 3697.72] for our focus this morning,
[3698.22 --> 3699.72] is that part that Jesus says,
[3699.72 --> 3701.44] about receiving the word,
[3701.86 --> 3702.56] with joy.
[3703.98 --> 3704.78] Because you see,
[3704.78 --> 3707.82] in the church today,
[3708.48 --> 3709.18] and we are,
[3709.18 --> 3710.46] implicit in this,
[3710.82 --> 3711.62] there's a sort of,
[3712.44 --> 3713.38] I don't know what else to call it,
[3713.42 --> 3715.44] but an evangelical temptation,
[3716.22 --> 3716.36] right,
[3716.38 --> 3717.20] that kind of developed,
[3717.32 --> 3718.44] in the 20th century,
[3719.04 --> 3720.96] and got further,
[3721.08 --> 3722.14] ensconced in us,
[3722.26 --> 3723.10] in the rise,
[3723.16 --> 3723.60] and development,