Page 1 |
Save page Remove page | Previous | 1 of 4 | Next |
|
250 x 250 pixels
500 x 500 pixels
1000 x 1000 pixels
2000 x 2000 pixels
Full-size
Full-size archival image
All (PDF)
|
Rising Above It AR!
I Corinthians 12.1-11 January 19,1992
Martin Luther King Jr. and Christian Unity Sunday
One year ago we watched Jaco of CNN narrating the Scud attack score in
the Gulf War. At the end of the year he was in Palm Beach narrating the
rape trial of William Kennedy Smith. In between these bookends was the
August attempted Soviet coup and the fall's Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill
sexual harassment hearings. Sexual ethics, religious ferment in Eastern
Europe, the right to die, the mideast breakthrough, SBC, Dead Sea Scrolls,
the death of Marxism. One analyst said this was an unprecedented year for
mega stories. Mega stories are those that shape us, force us to take sides,
and out of which there develops community. Another analyst suggested
that it is out of the big stories that we develop a sense of community.
There are many communities in which we participate in one degree
or another. The Chicago Tribune reported that Naperville is no
ordinary suburb. It is a technoburb in which people plug in to their
subdivisions. People are from Cress Creek, Brighton Ridge,
Hobson Woods, Saybrook, Century Hill, Steeple Run, etc. There
are sub-communities, less easily identified. Sub-communities of
golfers, those who make up the gun club and other clubs, the
academic co mmunity, political co mmunities. There are
communities of love and communities of hate.
A. The face of hatred in America. Twenty murders were
motivated by bias or linked to white supremacists. Three
times the level of 89 and highest since Klanwatch began 20
years ago. Anti-Semitic incidents rose to a record of 1685.
Incidents on college campuses rose 36%. Anti-gay violence
climbed 42%. Anti-Defamation League states there were
some 3,000 neo-Nazi skinheads last year. Much of this takes
focus in people like David Duke who has found support in
D uP age C ounty.
B. Last month was a month of celebrations: the birth of Jesus,
Roshashana, Yom Kippur, Pearl Harbor, and on December
15th, the bicentennial of the Bill of Rights in which the First
Amendment resides: "Congress shall make no law against the
establishment of religion or the free exercise thereof...." We
are facing today one of the greatest challenges in our history.
It is true that we are not a Christian nation. That is promised
in the First Amendment. It is also true that Christians make
up the majority of the nation; the minority of which is
protected under the First A mendment.
C. Among these communities is the Christian community. We
have been a part of a long tradition that goes back to the birth
our nation. We are shaped by the communities we choose to
be a part of.
1
Object Description
| Title of Sermon | Rising Above It All |
| Author | Landwehr, Arthur |
| Subject | Martin Luther King, Jr., Christian Unity |
| Date of sermon | 1992-01-19 |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Number of Pages | 4 |
| Language | English |
| Biblical Book | 1 Corinthians |
| Verses | 12:1-11 |
| Rights | For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please contact The Styberg Library by phone (847)866-3909 or email styberg.library@garrett.edu |
| Collection | The Arthur Landwehr Sermon Collection (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary) |
| Identifier | 746 Rising Above It All!.pdf |
Description
| Title of Sermon | Page 1 |
| Biblical Book | Biblical Book |
| Collection | The Arthur Landwehr Sermon Collection (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary) |
| Transcript | Rising Above It AR! I Corinthians 12.1-11 January 19,1992 Martin Luther King Jr. and Christian Unity Sunday One year ago we watched Jaco of CNN narrating the Scud attack score in the Gulf War. At the end of the year he was in Palm Beach narrating the rape trial of William Kennedy Smith. In between these bookends was the August attempted Soviet coup and the fall's Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill sexual harassment hearings. Sexual ethics, religious ferment in Eastern Europe, the right to die, the mideast breakthrough, SBC, Dead Sea Scrolls, the death of Marxism. One analyst said this was an unprecedented year for mega stories. Mega stories are those that shape us, force us to take sides, and out of which there develops community. Another analyst suggested that it is out of the big stories that we develop a sense of community. There are many communities in which we participate in one degree or another. The Chicago Tribune reported that Naperville is no ordinary suburb. It is a technoburb in which people plug in to their subdivisions. People are from Cress Creek, Brighton Ridge, Hobson Woods, Saybrook, Century Hill, Steeple Run, etc. There are sub-communities, less easily identified. Sub-communities of golfers, those who make up the gun club and other clubs, the academic co mmunity, political co mmunities. There are communities of love and communities of hate. A. The face of hatred in America. Twenty murders were motivated by bias or linked to white supremacists. Three times the level of 89 and highest since Klanwatch began 20 years ago. Anti-Semitic incidents rose to a record of 1685. Incidents on college campuses rose 36%. Anti-gay violence climbed 42%. Anti-Defamation League states there were some 3,000 neo-Nazi skinheads last year. Much of this takes focus in people like David Duke who has found support in D uP age C ounty. B. Last month was a month of celebrations: the birth of Jesus, Roshashana, Yom Kippur, Pearl Harbor, and on December 15th, the bicentennial of the Bill of Rights in which the First Amendment resides: "Congress shall make no law against the establishment of religion or the free exercise thereof...." We are facing today one of the greatest challenges in our history. It is true that we are not a Christian nation. That is promised in the First Amendment. It is also true that Christians make up the majority of the nation; the minority of which is protected under the First A mendment. C. Among these communities is the Christian community. We have been a part of a long tradition that goes back to the birth our nation. We are shaped by the communities we choose to be a part of. 1 |
