November 22, 2009
Preparation Scriptures: Amos 8: 4-10 and Mark 13: 1-8
Ed is a great storyteller. We sometimes get so caught up in his colorful descriptions of the moment that we fail to understand the theme or purpose. And that is the theme of this sermon.
We are given several examples of man's facinated interest in the moment... the admiration of a great and beautiful structure; a feeling of contentment with the pleasures of accomplishments; a predisposition for somehow knowing what the future will become; and the desire to control the outcome by intellect or technology.
But we are taught or reminded that Jesus was never impressed with the moment, but rather focused on the conditions effecting the current status with a constant purpose of preparing us for the final Kingdom to Come.
To listen to this sermon
a cassette is available in the Church Library
