THE GLOW OF THE TABERNACLE (5 OF 7)
Scripture: Exodus 25:31-40, Exodua 37:17-21
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The Glow of the Tabernacle (5 of 7)
Series: Living the Tabernacle Life
Dr. Ernest L. Easley
Exodus 25.31-40; 37.17-21
As strange as it may sound, July 23rd was opening day for the National Baseball Association as they started their abbreviated 60-game season. The season opener featured the New York Yankees again last years' World Series Champions the Washington Nationals.
Unlike other opening days, they played to an empty ball park; only to cameras. Due to Covid19, the ballpark was closed to fans. To help the players feel more normal, the sounds of baseball: the crowd, organ music, and cheering was piped in through the sound system.
In addition, for $50.00 each they positioned cardboard cut outs of faces in the seats directly behind and around home plate. The good news was that no matter how bad they played, no one in the seats left early; they all stayed until the last pitch. And even then, the ground crew had to collect them all and then carried them out!
One of the announcers asked Alex Rodriguez (A-Rod) how the players were feeling about playing to empty seats. He said, ''Playing with no crowd will be challenging. They will need to rely upon their love of the game to get them through.'' He went on to say ''this is going to be a season of adjustment'' and then explained how:
*No chewing gum
*No sunflower seeds
*No high fives
*No touching your mouth before throwing the ball
''This is going to be a season of adjudgments.'' What's true for baseball is true for the church! This is going to be a season of adjustments! Playing baseball without fans in the ball parks is like preaching with no worshippers in the building. It's the players love for the game that gets them through it just like it's the preachers love for the word that gets them through it. They're playing because they love the game just as we're preaching because we love the word.
It's too early in the pandemic to know or not, but I can tell you that if the Devil thought ...
Series: Living the Tabernacle Life
Dr. Ernest L. Easley
Exodus 25.31-40; 37.17-21
As strange as it may sound, July 23rd was opening day for the National Baseball Association as they started their abbreviated 60-game season. The season opener featured the New York Yankees again last years' World Series Champions the Washington Nationals.
Unlike other opening days, they played to an empty ball park; only to cameras. Due to Covid19, the ballpark was closed to fans. To help the players feel more normal, the sounds of baseball: the crowd, organ music, and cheering was piped in through the sound system.
In addition, for $50.00 each they positioned cardboard cut outs of faces in the seats directly behind and around home plate. The good news was that no matter how bad they played, no one in the seats left early; they all stayed until the last pitch. And even then, the ground crew had to collect them all and then carried them out!
One of the announcers asked Alex Rodriguez (A-Rod) how the players were feeling about playing to empty seats. He said, ''Playing with no crowd will be challenging. They will need to rely upon their love of the game to get them through.'' He went on to say ''this is going to be a season of adjustment'' and then explained how:
*No chewing gum
*No sunflower seeds
*No high fives
*No touching your mouth before throwing the ball
''This is going to be a season of adjudgments.'' What's true for baseball is true for the church! This is going to be a season of adjustments! Playing baseball without fans in the ball parks is like preaching with no worshippers in the building. It's the players love for the game that gets them through it just like it's the preachers love for the word that gets them through it. They're playing because they love the game just as we're preaching because we love the word.
It's too early in the pandemic to know or not, but I can tell you that if the Devil thought ...
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