Sermon 1/20/08
"Pointing to Jesus--a first look at our Guiding Principles" By Rev. Erik Samuelson
Preached 01/20/08
Texts: Isaiah 49:1-7, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9, John 1:29-42 (Click to read)
Oops! The recorder cut out early on in the sermon. But, thankfully I was actually preaching off of some printed material (which I rarely do) so you can get the sense of the rest of it. There's a link to the printed parts after the link to the MP3 at the bottom of this post. But there are some other interactive bits to talk about first.
At the beginning of the sermon I show some art on the screen. These are the paintings I show:
“The Crucifixion,” central panel of the Isenheim Altarpiece (ca 1512), by Matthias Grünewald, on display at the Unterlinden Museum in Colmar, France.
Lower Panel of “Memorial of the Reformation” Altarpiece, by Lucas Cranach the Elder, (1547) from St. Mary's Church (Townchurch) Wittenberg, Germany.
During the sermon I pass out a sheet of paper which contains the following:
Bethlehem Lutheran's Guiding Principles
After you listen to the recorded part, click here. The tie between the recored part (where I talk about John the Baptist's purpose of "pointing to Jesus") and the part I preached from the printed text was that this "pointing to Jesus" is also our job as Christians. In the transformation process we have come up with some Guiding Principles that are intended to help us focus on this task. You'll have to come up with your own conclusion to the sermon--it has to do with John the Baptist, purpose, and pointing to Jesus.
Preached 01/20/08
Texts: Isaiah 49:1-7, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9, John 1:29-42 (Click to read)
Oops! The recorder cut out early on in the sermon. But, thankfully I was actually preaching off of some printed material (which I rarely do) so you can get the sense of the rest of it. There's a link to the printed parts after the link to the MP3 at the bottom of this post. But there are some other interactive bits to talk about first.
At the beginning of the sermon I show some art on the screen. These are the paintings I show:
“The Crucifixion,” central panel of the Isenheim Altarpiece (ca 1512), by Matthias Grünewald, on display at the Unterlinden Museum in Colmar, France. 
Lower Panel of “Memorial of the Reformation” Altarpiece, by Lucas Cranach the Elder, (1547) from St. Mary's Church (Townchurch) Wittenberg, Germany.
During the sermon I pass out a sheet of paper which contains the following:
Bethlehem Lutheran's Guiding Principles
Jesus is Lord and Savior
Everyone is welcome
Love changes people
We are called to work in God’s world
God uses ordinary people like us
- God shows the way
After you listen to the recorded part, click here. The tie between the recored part (where I talk about John the Baptist's purpose of "pointing to Jesus") and the part I preached from the printed text was that this "pointing to Jesus" is also our job as Christians. In the transformation process we have come up with some Guiding Principles that are intended to help us focus on this task. You'll have to come up with your own conclusion to the sermon--it has to do with John the Baptist, purpose, and pointing to Jesus.
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