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Series: This Is Us
Jeff Strite
Romans 3:19-26
For the next few weeks we're going to be focusing on what can we learn from Scripture as it applies to a popular new TV series (now entering its 3rd season) called ''This Is Us''. It's been nominated for 8 Emmys because of the power of its writing and its acting, and it has literally brought many of its fans to laughter and tears... because they see themselves in this story.
For those of you unfamiliar with the show, it's the story of the family of Jack and Rebecca Pearson. They have 3 children: Kate - an overweight girl that often struggles with her self-image because of that weight problem. Kevin - a handsome (sometimes self-absorbed) man that becomes an actor. And Randall - a highly dependable and responsible young black man that the family adopted when he was a baby. They were all born on the same day. One of the geniuses of the plot of this show is that it bounces back and forth between stories about when the kids while were children, teens and adults. Sometimes the story line bounces back and forth between the different ages in a single episode. This is an example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEsu-bOzqAs (timestamp - 0.0 thru 4.20)
A friend of mine told me how amazed he was at how much like his family these characters in this TV series were. In fact, it seems that everybody who becomes a fan of ''This Is Us'' says the same thing: ''THIS IS US''. They literally see themselves in the stories of this TV show.
Now, a little disclaimer here. This is NOT really a Christian show. God, Jesus, and the Church are rarely if ever mentioned. The actors often use curse words, and the family members struggle with betrayal, anger, selfishness... and just plain old sin. But the folks in this series are not portrayed as devious or nasty or evil... they're just PEOPLE. People just trying to get by in this world.
Now THAT is what I want to focus on in these sermons: THIS IS US. These peo ...
Series: This Is Us
Jeff Strite
Romans 3:19-26
For the next few weeks we're going to be focusing on what can we learn from Scripture as it applies to a popular new TV series (now entering its 3rd season) called ''This Is Us''. It's been nominated for 8 Emmys because of the power of its writing and its acting, and it has literally brought many of its fans to laughter and tears... because they see themselves in this story.
For those of you unfamiliar with the show, it's the story of the family of Jack and Rebecca Pearson. They have 3 children: Kate - an overweight girl that often struggles with her self-image because of that weight problem. Kevin - a handsome (sometimes self-absorbed) man that becomes an actor. And Randall - a highly dependable and responsible young black man that the family adopted when he was a baby. They were all born on the same day. One of the geniuses of the plot of this show is that it bounces back and forth between stories about when the kids while were children, teens and adults. Sometimes the story line bounces back and forth between the different ages in a single episode. This is an example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEsu-bOzqAs (timestamp - 0.0 thru 4.20)
A friend of mine told me how amazed he was at how much like his family these characters in this TV series were. In fact, it seems that everybody who becomes a fan of ''This Is Us'' says the same thing: ''THIS IS US''. They literally see themselves in the stories of this TV show.
Now, a little disclaimer here. This is NOT really a Christian show. God, Jesus, and the Church are rarely if ever mentioned. The actors often use curse words, and the family members struggle with betrayal, anger, selfishness... and just plain old sin. But the folks in this series are not portrayed as devious or nasty or evil... they're just PEOPLE. People just trying to get by in this world.
Now THAT is what I want to focus on in these sermons: THIS IS US. These peo ...
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