LOVE THAT GOES 'BEYOND ZEBRA' (4 OF 4)
Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25
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Love that goes 'Beyond Zebra' (4 of 4)
Series: Advent
Donald Cantrell
Matthew 1:18 - 25
I - Despairing Dilemma that Joseph Faced (18)
II - Dreadful Decision that Joseph Fought (19)
III - Deep Deliberation that Joseph Fathomed (20)
IV - Definitive Details that Joseph Foresaw (21 - 23)
V - Devout Devotion that Joseph Felt (24 - 25)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Theme: ''Love that's Longsuffering, lasting, and liberating''
A Shocking Birth
I found the following introduction that is so fitting and perfect for the story that we will be reading about today.
This morning I want to quote from one of the great theological minds of our time... Dr. Seuss! As a kid, (I don't know about you), but I used to love reading his books and especially looking at the pictures... books like ''The Cat in the Hat'', ''Green Eggs and Ham'', ''The Foot Book'' and other classics.
With Christmas coming up, I want you to gather around and listen to what Dr. Seuss writes in one of his best books... ''On Beyond Zebra''... I think he's hit on some pretty profound spiritual truths here! READY???
''Said Conrad Cornelius O'Donnell O' Dell, my very young friend who was learning to spell...The A is for Ape, the B is for Bear, the C is for camel, the H is for Hair... the M is for Mouse, the R is for Rat... I know all 26 letters like that.
Through to Z is for Zebra, I know them all well, said Conrad Cornelius o' Donnell O'Dell. Now I know everything anyone knows from beginning to end, from the start to the close, because Z is as far as the alphabet goes.
Then, he almost fell flat on his face on the floor when I picked up the chalk and drew one letter more. A letter he had never dreamed of before. And I said, ''You can stop if you want with the Z and most people stop with the Z... but not me!
In the places I go, there are things that I see that I never could spell if I stopped with a Z. I'm telling you this cause y ...
Series: Advent
Donald Cantrell
Matthew 1:18 - 25
I - Despairing Dilemma that Joseph Faced (18)
II - Dreadful Decision that Joseph Fought (19)
III - Deep Deliberation that Joseph Fathomed (20)
IV - Definitive Details that Joseph Foresaw (21 - 23)
V - Devout Devotion that Joseph Felt (24 - 25)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Theme: ''Love that's Longsuffering, lasting, and liberating''
A Shocking Birth
I found the following introduction that is so fitting and perfect for the story that we will be reading about today.
This morning I want to quote from one of the great theological minds of our time... Dr. Seuss! As a kid, (I don't know about you), but I used to love reading his books and especially looking at the pictures... books like ''The Cat in the Hat'', ''Green Eggs and Ham'', ''The Foot Book'' and other classics.
With Christmas coming up, I want you to gather around and listen to what Dr. Seuss writes in one of his best books... ''On Beyond Zebra''... I think he's hit on some pretty profound spiritual truths here! READY???
''Said Conrad Cornelius O'Donnell O' Dell, my very young friend who was learning to spell...The A is for Ape, the B is for Bear, the C is for camel, the H is for Hair... the M is for Mouse, the R is for Rat... I know all 26 letters like that.
Through to Z is for Zebra, I know them all well, said Conrad Cornelius o' Donnell O'Dell. Now I know everything anyone knows from beginning to end, from the start to the close, because Z is as far as the alphabet goes.
Then, he almost fell flat on his face on the floor when I picked up the chalk and drew one letter more. A letter he had never dreamed of before. And I said, ''You can stop if you want with the Z and most people stop with the Z... but not me!
In the places I go, there are things that I see that I never could spell if I stopped with a Z. I'm telling you this cause y ...
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