The Horror of Haughtiness
Donald Cantrell
James 4:6
I - The Word Defined
II - The War Depicted
III - The Woe Declared
IV - The Way Denied
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Humility Overcomes Haughtiness
Clarence Jordan was a man of unusual abilities and commitment. He had two Ph.D.s, one in agriculture and one in Greek and Hebrew. So gifted was he, he could have chosen to do anything he wanted. He chose to serve the poor.
In the 1940's, he founded a farm in Americus Georgia, and called it Koinonia Farm. It was a community for poor whites and poor blacks.
As you might guess, such an idea did not go over well in the Deep South of the '40's. Ironically, much of the resistance came from good church people who followed the laws of segregation as much as the other folks in town. The town people tried everything to stop Clarence. They tried boycotting him, and slashing worker's tires when they came to town. Over and over, for fourteen years, they tried to stop him.
Finally, in 1954, the Ku Klux Klan had had enough of Clarence Jordan, so they decided to get rid of him once and for all. They came one night with guns and torches and set fire to every building on Koinonia farm, except Clarence's house, which they riddled with bullets. And they chased off all the families except one black family, which refused to leave.
Clarence recognized the voices of many of the Klansmen, and, as you might guess, some of them were church people. Another was the local newspaper's reporter. The next day the reporter came out to see what remained of the farm. The rubble still smoldered and the land was scorched, but he found Clarence in the field, hoeing and planting. ''I heard the awful news,'' he called to Clarence, ''and I came out to do a story on the tragedy of your farm closing.''
Clarence just kept hoeing and planting.
The reporter kept prodding kept poking, trying to get a rise from this quietly determined ma ...
Donald Cantrell
James 4:6
I - The Word Defined
II - The War Depicted
III - The Woe Declared
IV - The Way Denied
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Humility Overcomes Haughtiness
Clarence Jordan was a man of unusual abilities and commitment. He had two Ph.D.s, one in agriculture and one in Greek and Hebrew. So gifted was he, he could have chosen to do anything he wanted. He chose to serve the poor.
In the 1940's, he founded a farm in Americus Georgia, and called it Koinonia Farm. It was a community for poor whites and poor blacks.
As you might guess, such an idea did not go over well in the Deep South of the '40's. Ironically, much of the resistance came from good church people who followed the laws of segregation as much as the other folks in town. The town people tried everything to stop Clarence. They tried boycotting him, and slashing worker's tires when they came to town. Over and over, for fourteen years, they tried to stop him.
Finally, in 1954, the Ku Klux Klan had had enough of Clarence Jordan, so they decided to get rid of him once and for all. They came one night with guns and torches and set fire to every building on Koinonia farm, except Clarence's house, which they riddled with bullets. And they chased off all the families except one black family, which refused to leave.
Clarence recognized the voices of many of the Klansmen, and, as you might guess, some of them were church people. Another was the local newspaper's reporter. The next day the reporter came out to see what remained of the farm. The rubble still smoldered and the land was scorched, but he found Clarence in the field, hoeing and planting. ''I heard the awful news,'' he called to Clarence, ''and I came out to do a story on the tragedy of your farm closing.''
Clarence just kept hoeing and planting.
The reporter kept prodding kept poking, trying to get a rise from this quietly determined ma ...
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