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askye at 08:59pm on 17/04/2005
askye at 08:59pm on 17/04/2005I went to church today. I went to this one in November and then only went 2 Sundays. This third Sunday reinforced what I like about it so I'm going to go. The church as a nice website, with a listing of the sermons for the month and daily readings, but today's sermon was different than what the website said.
I'm not complaining though because I liked today's sermon. In November during the two sermons I heard the pastor used multiple references -- philosophers, books, Ann Landers, etc. Today the Parish Associate who was given teh sermon used Grapes of Wrath in the sermon.
The sermon was "Gentle as a Nurse" and the Old Testement reading was from (NIV) Isaiah 66:10-13:
10 "Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all you who love her; rejoice greatly with her, all you who mourn over her. 11 For you will nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you will drink deeply and delight in her overflowing abundance." 12 For this is what the LORD says: "I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm and dandled on her knees. 13 As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem."
The New Testement, 1 Thessalonians 2:5-8
5You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed–God is our witness. 6We were not looking for praise from men, not from you or anyone else. As apostles of Christ we could have been a burden to you, 7but we were gentle among you, like a mother caring for her little children. 8We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well, because you had become so dear to us.
The sermon focused on being an example of Christ through gentleness and nurturing. The pastor used as an example the end of Grapes of Wrath, when the family escapes up to a barn on high ground and finds a young boy there and his dying grandfather and Rose of Sharon nurses the starving man -- this, she said, is a powerful image, an unsettling image -- a Christian image. A Christian act. Rose gave of her body so this man might live, just as Jesus gave of his body so that we may live.
My first reaction as --wha?? Then -- I wonder what Southern Baptists would think of that. \
The message was God is like a gentle, nurturing mother to us. And that others should see Christ at work in our lives through our gentleness and nurturing.
Edited to add there was a special music program, which made the service run over -- but it was selections from Messiah including the Hallekujah chours, which made me think of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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I'm not complaining though because I liked today's sermon. In November during the two sermons I heard the pastor used multiple references -- philosophers, books, Ann Landers, etc. Today the Parish Associate who was given teh sermon used Grapes of Wrath in the sermon.
The sermon was "Gentle as a Nurse" and the Old Testement reading was from (NIV) Isaiah 66:10-13:
10 "Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all you who love her; rejoice greatly with her, all you who mourn over her. 11 For you will nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you will drink deeply and delight in her overflowing abundance." 12 For this is what the LORD says: "I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm and dandled on her knees. 13 As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem."
The New Testement, 1 Thessalonians 2:5-8
5You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed–God is our witness. 6We were not looking for praise from men, not from you or anyone else. As apostles of Christ we could have been a burden to you, 7but we were gentle among you, like a mother caring for her little children. 8We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well, because you had become so dear to us.
The sermon focused on being an example of Christ through gentleness and nurturing. The pastor used as an example the end of Grapes of Wrath, when the family escapes up to a barn on high ground and finds a young boy there and his dying grandfather and Rose of Sharon nurses the starving man -- this, she said, is a powerful image, an unsettling image -- a Christian image. A Christian act. Rose gave of her body so this man might live, just as Jesus gave of his body so that we may live.
My first reaction as --wha?? Then -- I wonder what Southern Baptists would think of that. \
The message was God is like a gentle, nurturing mother to us. And that others should see Christ at work in our lives through our gentleness and nurturing.
Edited to add there was a special music program, which made the service run over -- but it was selections from Messiah including the Hallekujah chours, which made me think of
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