JESUS ILLUMINATES MIRACLES (8 OF 14)
by Steve Jones
Scripture: John 9:9-28
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Jesus Illuminates Miracles (8 of 14)
Series: Jesus' Glory
Steve Jones
John 9:9-34
Sermon Summary: Jesus healing of the man born we see the glory of Jesus' illumination. Jesus illuminates miracles in three ways: 1) The possibility of miracles, 2) The implication of miracles, and 3) The accountability of miracles.
INTRODUCTION: What do Wonder Woman, superheroes and zombies have to do with God? Quite a lot according to Rick Stedman. Stedman has written a new book entitled: 31 Surprising Reasons to Believe in God: How Superheroes, Art, Environmentalism and Science Point Toward Faith.
''In our increasingly secular society, talk of God or anything supernatural has been excluded from courtrooms to classrooms. Materialism has won the day and its spokespersons have clearly pronounced that there are no such things such as gods, ghosts, or goblins. The supernatural is excluded almost everywhere-except from our TVs, movie screens, and books! 'The Walking Dead' is one of the top shows on TV, and CNBC recently reported that superhero movies almost single-handedly are saving this year's summer box office. Let's face it: we humans aren't just entertained by supernaturals-we're obsessed with them. Why? Could our interest in supernatural-themed entertainment be telling us something spiritual? I think so. The more we try to suppress the supernatural the more it pops up elsewhere. Psychologists call this repression. This makes perfect sense from within a theistic worldview. When we try to deny the existence of a loving and all-powerful God, we find that we can't live with that vacuum. So we satisfy our need in god-like superheroes, like Thor or Wonder Woman. Our captivation with such movies may reveal the longing of our hearts for God's involvement in our lives. ''
The religious authorities in our passage today were trying to suppress the supernatural, but it just kept popping up. Because of their agenda, they tried to deny the miracle that Jesus performed, but they c ...
Series: Jesus' Glory
Steve Jones
John 9:9-34
Sermon Summary: Jesus healing of the man born we see the glory of Jesus' illumination. Jesus illuminates miracles in three ways: 1) The possibility of miracles, 2) The implication of miracles, and 3) The accountability of miracles.
INTRODUCTION: What do Wonder Woman, superheroes and zombies have to do with God? Quite a lot according to Rick Stedman. Stedman has written a new book entitled: 31 Surprising Reasons to Believe in God: How Superheroes, Art, Environmentalism and Science Point Toward Faith.
''In our increasingly secular society, talk of God or anything supernatural has been excluded from courtrooms to classrooms. Materialism has won the day and its spokespersons have clearly pronounced that there are no such things such as gods, ghosts, or goblins. The supernatural is excluded almost everywhere-except from our TVs, movie screens, and books! 'The Walking Dead' is one of the top shows on TV, and CNBC recently reported that superhero movies almost single-handedly are saving this year's summer box office. Let's face it: we humans aren't just entertained by supernaturals-we're obsessed with them. Why? Could our interest in supernatural-themed entertainment be telling us something spiritual? I think so. The more we try to suppress the supernatural the more it pops up elsewhere. Psychologists call this repression. This makes perfect sense from within a theistic worldview. When we try to deny the existence of a loving and all-powerful God, we find that we can't live with that vacuum. So we satisfy our need in god-like superheroes, like Thor or Wonder Woman. Our captivation with such movies may reveal the longing of our hearts for God's involvement in our lives. ''
The religious authorities in our passage today were trying to suppress the supernatural, but it just kept popping up. Because of their agenda, they tried to deny the miracle that Jesus performed, but they c ...
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