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Beirut,Cairo, Tel Aviv, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Munich
THE NAME OF A CITY
Scripture Jeremiah 33.14-16
The names of cities create images in our minds. Think of it
just for a moment. Cincinatti, St. Louis, San Francisco, Chicago,
Hong Kong, Columbo, Beijing, Johannesburg, Rome, Cicero,
Evanston. For many Evanston in the middle eighteen hundreds was a
haven for fleeing slaves making their way from from the south.
One man who owns a modest coffee shop in Evanston told me why he
moved here thirty years ago. Evanston was a city that was
different. The names of cities also have with them the names of
people. John Evans, Dempster, Orrington, Judson, Wesley, and
Asbury.
One cannot think of Chicago without thinking of the names of
Mayor Washington, and Vrodolyak, Burke and Jane Byrne. Names
symbolize a certain charisma that exemplifies the nature of a
city. Sometimes that happens with countries. Wherein leadership
begins to shape a charisma for the citizenry of the country.
Juan Carlos known as the charismatic king of Spain loves
speed, enjoys his power, and has brought stabilization to that
rocky country. Critics call him, deprecatingly, a PR man. He
stands 6'2", wavy blond hair, slightly furrowed brow, an athlete.
He is a skier, a fanatical squash player, a champion yachtsman
with three world and four European trophies, a man who flies
planes and helicopters and can even put a tank through its paces.
But he is a king, not a playboy. He wears an olive military
uniform with a red sash about the waist, a blue sash across his
chest and a medal pinned to each breast pocket. He stands with
his chin slightly raised, his mouth firmly set and his full blue
eyes beaming straight ahead. He reads the international press, he
speaks flawless English, French, and Portuguese and some German
and Italian.
He is the product of 400 years of royal breeding, a great-great-
grandson of Queen Victoria, a distant cousin of Louis XIV
of France and the grandson of Alfonso XIII of Spain. This 47 year
old monarch is not an ordinary man, nor is he an ordinary king.
His sense of humor is one that is often at his own expense.
He loves to be free, and enjoys driving his own automobile. He
once remarked to President Reagan, "You call this a democracy and
you can't even drive your own car?"
It wasn't always like that as his younger years were spent
under the shadow of Generalissimo Franco. But when Franco died in
1975 things changed. With his power he slowly turned Spain
towards democracy. He could make laws, appoint senators, but
instead gave the power back to the people. He gave away power and
Object Description
| Title of Sermon | The Name of a City |
| Author | Landwehr, Arthur |
| Subject | New Covenant, Theonomy |
| Date of sermon | n/a |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Number of Pages | 4 |
| Language | English |
| Biblical Book | Jeremiah |
| Verses | 33:14-16 |
| Rights | For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please contact The United Library by phone (847)866-3909 or email united.library@garrett.edu |
| Collection | The Arthur Landwehr Sermon Collection (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary) |
| Identifier | 131 The Name of a City.pdf |
Description
| Title of Sermon | Page 1 |
| Collection | The Arthur Landwehr Sermon Collection (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary) |
| Transcript | Beirut,Cairo, Tel Aviv, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Munich THE NAME OF A CITY Scripture Jeremiah 33.14-16 The names of cities create images in our minds. Think of it just for a moment. Cincinatti, St. Louis, San Francisco, Chicago, Hong Kong, Columbo, Beijing, Johannesburg, Rome, Cicero, Evanston. For many Evanston in the middle eighteen hundreds was a haven for fleeing slaves making their way from from the south. One man who owns a modest coffee shop in Evanston told me why he moved here thirty years ago. Evanston was a city that was different. The names of cities also have with them the names of people. John Evans, Dempster, Orrington, Judson, Wesley, and Asbury. One cannot think of Chicago without thinking of the names of Mayor Washington, and Vrodolyak, Burke and Jane Byrne. Names symbolize a certain charisma that exemplifies the nature of a city. Sometimes that happens with countries. Wherein leadership begins to shape a charisma for the citizenry of the country. Juan Carlos known as the charismatic king of Spain loves speed, enjoys his power, and has brought stabilization to that rocky country. Critics call him, deprecatingly, a PR man. He stands 6'2", wavy blond hair, slightly furrowed brow, an athlete. He is a skier, a fanatical squash player, a champion yachtsman with three world and four European trophies, a man who flies planes and helicopters and can even put a tank through its paces. But he is a king, not a playboy. He wears an olive military uniform with a red sash about the waist, a blue sash across his chest and a medal pinned to each breast pocket. He stands with his chin slightly raised, his mouth firmly set and his full blue eyes beaming straight ahead. He reads the international press, he speaks flawless English, French, and Portuguese and some German and Italian. He is the product of 400 years of royal breeding, a great-great- grandson of Queen Victoria, a distant cousin of Louis XIV of France and the grandson of Alfonso XIII of Spain. This 47 year old monarch is not an ordinary man, nor is he an ordinary king. His sense of humor is one that is often at his own expense. He loves to be free, and enjoys driving his own automobile. He once remarked to President Reagan, "You call this a democracy and you can't even drive your own car?" It wasn't always like that as his younger years were spent under the shadow of Generalissimo Franco. But when Franco died in 1975 things changed. With his power he slowly turned Spain towards democracy. He could make laws, appoint senators, but instead gave the power back to the people. He gave away power and |
