Preaching Goes Viral

We've Never had an Easter Like This!

M2: Membership and audience attachment to a social group (not just to God, faith, or religious practices)

Silver lining: Blessed, grateful, or upbeat about the pandemic

R1: Main claim or thesis (supported by much of the sermon or primary source)

[OLD] Supernatural protection vs. Confidence in science & experts

Jesus tells his disciples this is 01:35 going to be a week of mourning and 01:37 lament for you you are going to feel 01:39 sorrow but he says this he makes this 01:41 promise that your sorrow will turn to 01:43 joy and that joy was found in the 01:45 resurrection that joy was found in the 01:47 fact that Jesus beat death itself and so 01:49 as I look forward to this Easter I 01:51 believe that more than ever we are all 01:53 looking for the story of where our 01:56 sorrow will turn to joy that is the 01:58 story of Easter and so I think our 02:00 physical reality this year I don't have 02:02 some of the things that I like to give 02:04 myself comfort and pleasure and have fun 02:06 with and I I don't have those things to 02:08 lean on and to cover up some of the 02:11 uglier stuff that I've 02:13 love to cover up about myself this year 02:15 I feel more exposed and it makes me more 02:17 grateful than ever that I have a God who 02:19 sees all of that every single day and he 02:23 came for me anyway it in the garden it 02:26 was the moment where he got the most 02:27 overwhelmed with like oh my gosh I'm 02:30 here and it's literally about to happen 02:33 like minutes minutes away and it's where 02:37 he prays God you take this cup if you 02:39 will from me the cup being like the 02:41 horrible thing that's about to happen my 02:42 crucifixion and he says but even if you 02:45 won't like I'm still gonna go through 02:47 with it and the fact that the fact that 02:49 he knew what was coming and he did it 02:51 anyway is amazing to me I think it just 02:54 speaks volumes about just how much he 02:56 actually loves me just how much he 02:58 actually loves you I just see that the 03:00 Easter story no matter what stage of 03:01 life were in or no matter where we live 03:03 in the world or world history it meets 03:06 us where we are because we all need hope 03:08 and we all need power

2022-12-16

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