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Beyond the myth of Mother Joshua 24.15 Intro: Happy Mother's Day! This is the day our thoughts turn to the one who loved us, cared for us, corrected us--our mothers. Somehwere in my memory caries an ancient piece of lore. "M" is for the million things she gave me; "0" means only that she is growing old. "T" is for the tears she shed to save me. "H" is for her heart of purest gold. "EP is for her eyes so brightly shining; "R" means right, and right she'll allays be. Put them all together they spell mother, the world that means the world to me. Bobby Brean--if a man 33 had made this a solo I might think he had a problem Motherhood has undergone some alterations since that song was sung. In the art exhibit is a seriesof sketches. Each sketch contains a hand doing something that hands no longer do. One of them is a mother's hand poised over the feet of a baby. If I were'going to preach on a n important personality responsible for our shift of attitudes it would be on Sigmund Freud. He spoke of the unconscious (often subconscious). He probed the inner psyche poking at our unconscious motivations not always so pure and holy. He spoke of sibling rivalry; the oedpius complex' son loving mother; the electra complex; rejection; the basic agression in all of us; the power of life and death forces within us. From him hundreds have taken the cue, books have been written giving us the implications of his basic insights. Freud also gave us an understanding of myth. Myths are important to the life force. A myth is a story that is true, but does not have its origin outside ourselves. It is timeless. It does not speak about anyone in partic-ular, but all of us in general. Myths are necessary to life. Advertizing hues most of what it knows to Freud. Every ad attempts total a story. The busy housewife, yet spotless, no mess, no fuss. Or the soap opera whose myth centers in a variety of unexpected twists and turns. These myths develop most stronguly in the culture and especially the family. Today we are learning there is no unifying rnyth for motherhood. Possibly this is due to the fact that we are now talking about the nuclear family, the mobile home, the tri-level family. And mother's place in that setting is nAotl lc lieanr .t Mhaey bef atmhiatl iys ,w htyh ew eW aarlet otunrsn,in gA pmoprlee t'os faWmaiyly week. I. I searched the Script. for a nice bit on the family. I ran into problem A. Adam and Eve--you would think that a perfect setting. 1. Ideal family conditions. Good job, very little pressure (occa-sional talk with God), no neighbor problems, no enticements for Adam and Eve to leave one another. The myth was simple--name things, to take care, and to obey God. 2. But what you have is a husband and wife contributing to each other's moral downfall--the exchange their story for another one-- another myth. It spills over to their children. Cain kills Abel-- sibling rivalry--not much of a story for family week. B. Move to the Abraham story 1. It turns out just as badly. Early in the story Abraham lets his wife otn. A lno aannc iteon t PAhsa trhoe aWh oflrodr T uar npse. rLiaotedr tohfer ec iosm sftroifret baebtlwee enli ving in Egyp
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Title of Sermon | Beyond the Myth of Mother |
Author | Landwehr, Arthur |
Subject | Mother's Day, God's Power |
Date of sermon | n/a |
Type | Text |
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Number of Pages | 3 |
Language | English |
Biblical Book | Joshua |
Verses | 24:15:00 |
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Collection | The Arthur Landwehr Sermon Collection (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary) |
Identifier | 58 Beyond the Myth of Mother.pdf |
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Title of Sermon | Page 1 |
Biblical Book | Biblical Book |
Collection | The Arthur Landwehr Sermon Collection (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary) |
Transcript | Beyond the myth of Mother Joshua 24.15 Intro: Happy Mother's Day! This is the day our thoughts turn to the one who loved us, cared for us, corrected us--our mothers. Somehwere in my memory caries an ancient piece of lore. "M" is for the million things she gave me; "0" means only that she is growing old. "T" is for the tears she shed to save me. "H" is for her heart of purest gold. "EP is for her eyes so brightly shining; "R" means right, and right she'll allays be. Put them all together they spell mother, the world that means the world to me. Bobby Brean--if a man 33 had made this a solo I might think he had a problem Motherhood has undergone some alterations since that song was sung. In the art exhibit is a seriesof sketches. Each sketch contains a hand doing something that hands no longer do. One of them is a mother's hand poised over the feet of a baby. If I were'going to preach on a n important personality responsible for our shift of attitudes it would be on Sigmund Freud. He spoke of the unconscious (often subconscious). He probed the inner psyche poking at our unconscious motivations not always so pure and holy. He spoke of sibling rivalry; the oedpius complex' son loving mother; the electra complex; rejection; the basic agression in all of us; the power of life and death forces within us. From him hundreds have taken the cue, books have been written giving us the implications of his basic insights. Freud also gave us an understanding of myth. Myths are important to the life force. A myth is a story that is true, but does not have its origin outside ourselves. It is timeless. It does not speak about anyone in partic-ular, but all of us in general. Myths are necessary to life. Advertizing hues most of what it knows to Freud. Every ad attempts total a story. The busy housewife, yet spotless, no mess, no fuss. Or the soap opera whose myth centers in a variety of unexpected twists and turns. These myths develop most stronguly in the culture and especially the family. Today we are learning there is no unifying rnyth for motherhood. Possibly this is due to the fact that we are now talking about the nuclear family, the mobile home, the tri-level family. And mother's place in that setting is nAotl lc lieanr .t Mhaey bef atmhiatl iys ,w htyh ew eW aarlet otunrsn,in gA pmoprlee t'os faWmaiyly week. I. I searched the Script. for a nice bit on the family. I ran into problem A. Adam and Eve--you would think that a perfect setting. 1. Ideal family conditions. Good job, very little pressure (occa-sional talk with God), no neighbor problems, no enticements for Adam and Eve to leave one another. The myth was simple--name things, to take care, and to obey God. 2. But what you have is a husband and wife contributing to each other's moral downfall--the exchange their story for another one-- another myth. It spills over to their children. Cain kills Abel-- sibling rivalry--not much of a story for family week. B. Move to the Abraham story 1. It turns out just as badly. Early in the story Abraham lets his wife otn. A lno aannc iteon t PAhsa trhoe aWh oflrodr T uar npse. rLiaotedr tohfer ec iosm sftroifret baebtlwee enli ving in Egyp |