WHEN THE ODDS ARE STACKED AGAINST YOU (3 OF 9)
Scripture: Esther 3:1-15
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When The Odds Are Stacked Against You (3 of 9)
Series: Esther
Donald Cantrell
Esther 3: 1 - 15
I - The Practical Interpretation (1 - 15)
II - The Providential Implication (Genesis 3: 1 - 5, 15)
III - The Personal Inclination (Exodus 20: 3, 5)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Theme: ''Standing strong in the midst of difficult circumstances''
It's a Trick - There's Two of Them
This story was often told by Lewis Grizzard, a great Southern Humorist:
General Sherman is on his way out of Atlanta after burning it to the ground.
He's heading out I-20.
When he gets to Stone Mountain he sees a lone Confederate soldier up atop it, cussing him and the entire Union Army.
''We can't have this,'' Sherman says to his command staff. ''I mean, we got CNN with us, The New York Times, and this rebel is making us look bad.''
So he turns to a sergeant and says, ''Sergeant, send our best man up there to get that rebel off the mountain.''
So the guy goes up and a few minutes later he comes flying off the mountain and lands in a bloody clump at Sherman's feet.
Says Sherman: ''Send 10 men up there.''
All 10 are killed and thrown off the mountain.
Says Sherman: ''Send 100 men up there to get that Confederate.''
One by one, 99 Union soldiers are thrown, dead, off the mountain. The last one crawls back down the mountain to his general, bleeding from every point of his body. He looks up and says:
''It's a trick, sir. There's two of them.''
I discovered recently that the Australian coat of arms has a picture of an emu and a kangaroo. They chose those particular animals because they both share a common trait that appealed to the Australian forefathers. Emus and kangaroos can only move forward. They cannot move backward. The three-toed foot of the emu makes it fall if the emu steps back and the kangaroo's large tail prevents it from moving backward. People who choose to really follow Jesus and be his d ...
Series: Esther
Donald Cantrell
Esther 3: 1 - 15
I - The Practical Interpretation (1 - 15)
II - The Providential Implication (Genesis 3: 1 - 5, 15)
III - The Personal Inclination (Exodus 20: 3, 5)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Theme: ''Standing strong in the midst of difficult circumstances''
It's a Trick - There's Two of Them
This story was often told by Lewis Grizzard, a great Southern Humorist:
General Sherman is on his way out of Atlanta after burning it to the ground.
He's heading out I-20.
When he gets to Stone Mountain he sees a lone Confederate soldier up atop it, cussing him and the entire Union Army.
''We can't have this,'' Sherman says to his command staff. ''I mean, we got CNN with us, The New York Times, and this rebel is making us look bad.''
So he turns to a sergeant and says, ''Sergeant, send our best man up there to get that rebel off the mountain.''
So the guy goes up and a few minutes later he comes flying off the mountain and lands in a bloody clump at Sherman's feet.
Says Sherman: ''Send 10 men up there.''
All 10 are killed and thrown off the mountain.
Says Sherman: ''Send 100 men up there to get that Confederate.''
One by one, 99 Union soldiers are thrown, dead, off the mountain. The last one crawls back down the mountain to his general, bleeding from every point of his body. He looks up and says:
''It's a trick, sir. There's two of them.''
I discovered recently that the Australian coat of arms has a picture of an emu and a kangaroo. They chose those particular animals because they both share a common trait that appealed to the Australian forefathers. Emus and kangaroos can only move forward. They cannot move backward. The three-toed foot of the emu makes it fall if the emu steps back and the kangaroo's large tail prevents it from moving backward. People who choose to really follow Jesus and be his d ...
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