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“ Great Sermon! ” Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
jc (8/5/2006)
from Michigan
“ Great Sermon! ” I think the advertisements mentioned in an earlier post are not left in for the purpose of gaining advertising revenue. Most of them are of a local nature and would not apply to other parts of the country let alone the global audience that Sermon Audio reaches.
I therefore have to make the assumption that the advertisements are left in because of a simple failure to edit them out. This broadcast is approximately 5-10 minutes longer than most of the other Swanson broadcasts, and if you listen to other broadcasts you can hear the edit cuts and resumptions. In this broadcast Swanson has good information, therefore ignore the advertisements if they are distracting and listen to the message that he is trying to get across.
Bottom-line, a speaker is only as good as the people he endorses, maybe it is good to hear Swanson’s the advertisements as a measure of his credibility. I certainly did not hear any endorsements that would be of a questionable nature commonly heard on secular radio. (i.e. get rich quick plots, pyramid schemes etc.)
Vic Zarley (8/5/2005)
from Indiana
“ An Intelligent Approach ” Kevin's analysis of Harry Potter (and J.R. Tolken and C.S. Lewis) was right on. His main question was, "What does the literature promote in our hearts?" Is God there at all? Is the battle between good and evil between equals? Or does God have the upper hand (which is a Biblical perspective). The Bible says Satan is already defeated. We do not want to promote literature for our children (or us) that "assumes" otherwise. Harry Potter, beneath the surface, though filled with attractive and likable characters, promotes a perspective that is not Biblical.
I want to recommend a book my wife and I wrote entitled The Traveler. We think the young will be especially attracted to it (if they could find out about it. Go to http://www.joyfulchristianlivi ng.com/jesus.htm and click on The Traveler. You will be able to read the first two chapters at that site as well as order the book through PublishAmerica.com)
I truly appreciated Kevin's non-condemnative and forthright analysis of the Harry Potter series. The intelligent and honest approach is ALWAYS better than just screaming "IT'S OCCULT, AHHHHH!" This sermon was well worth the ads you have to listen to. I will visit Kevin's site soon and listen to others of his programs. God bless everyone who reads my comments. Vic
Rory McClure (8/3/2005)
from England
“ Perhaps ” I think Kevin Swanson does these programes for radio (which is expensive) and so needs the advertising revenue. Sermon Audio is cheep, but if you're going to have dozens of sermons on it, that gets expensive, so my guess is that he's kept them on.
Personally I like the way Kevin Swanson applys the Biblical World View to all areas of life, and I'm glad he's got a very wide variety of topics available on this website. So I'm willing to put up with the car adverts. (Unlike radio, you can fast forward thru them if they really bug you.)
Dallas from Australia (7/30/2005)
“ Surprising Sermon! (ammendment) ” My previous comment here should have said: 'WITHOUT car sales adverts'!
Dallas from Australia (7/21/2005)
“ Very Surprising ” Having just listened to this message, I must say that I was very surprised by the extensive advertising that is in it. I do not think it is right that we have to sift through ads to get to the message. I think that if such messages are going to be submitted to sermonAudio.com, an edited version with car sales adverts should be provided.
That aside, I thought the message itself had some reasonable content, though presented in a terribly contrived way in the early part of it. I have wanted to know about Christians loving Harry Potter, and this message did address that. I also liked having Potter contrasted to the Lord of the Rings and the Narnia Tales, and the examination of the differences between them from a Christian perspective; I thought this was valuable.
Kevin Swanson has served as elder and pastor of Reformation Church, OPC since its inception. Kevin was raised on the mission field in Japan in the 1960's and 1970's. Together with his wife Brenda, they are bringing up five children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord....
