THE MOST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD (1 OF 11)
by Tim Badal
Scripture: Genesis 37:1-11
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The Most Interesting Man in the World (1 of 11)
Series: Joseph, Seeing the Good in God's Detours
Tim Badal
Genesis 37:1-11
Today we're going to be in the book of Genesis as we begin a new series titled ''Joseph: Seeing the Good in God's Detours.'' For the next three months we'll be studying the life and times of a familiar Bible character. Perhaps you know about Joseph from the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, ''The Technicolor Dreamcoat,'' and many of us are aware of the story that comes from the pages of Scripture.
Today we'll learn some introductory things about the life and times of Joseph from the first 11 verses in Genesis 37. Let's start with the first two verses:
Jacob lived in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan. These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives.
I know I'm pushing the envelope by using a beer advertisement as an introduction and as a sermon title, but I believe it strikes at the core of Joseph's life. Dos Equis beer should win an award for marketing based on their commercials that talk about the most interesting man in the world. They use a dignified, bearded older man as their character to make you believe that drinking their product will make you like this man. The thing that makes the commercials hilarious is their claims about what the Dos Equis man has been able to do. For example, when a tree falls in the forest and no one is around, he hears it. His signature won a Pulitzer prize. He can kill two stones with one bird. He once won a staring contest with his own reflection. When he attends the opera, it's not over until he says it is. And because of these things, he's the most interesting man in the world.
It goes on. He's won the lifetime achievement award twice. He has taught old dogs a variety of new tricks. He tells his milk when and if to expire. If he wer ...
Series: Joseph, Seeing the Good in God's Detours
Tim Badal
Genesis 37:1-11
Today we're going to be in the book of Genesis as we begin a new series titled ''Joseph: Seeing the Good in God's Detours.'' For the next three months we'll be studying the life and times of a familiar Bible character. Perhaps you know about Joseph from the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, ''The Technicolor Dreamcoat,'' and many of us are aware of the story that comes from the pages of Scripture.
Today we'll learn some introductory things about the life and times of Joseph from the first 11 verses in Genesis 37. Let's start with the first two verses:
Jacob lived in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan. These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives.
I know I'm pushing the envelope by using a beer advertisement as an introduction and as a sermon title, but I believe it strikes at the core of Joseph's life. Dos Equis beer should win an award for marketing based on their commercials that talk about the most interesting man in the world. They use a dignified, bearded older man as their character to make you believe that drinking their product will make you like this man. The thing that makes the commercials hilarious is their claims about what the Dos Equis man has been able to do. For example, when a tree falls in the forest and no one is around, he hears it. His signature won a Pulitzer prize. He can kill two stones with one bird. He once won a staring contest with his own reflection. When he attends the opera, it's not over until he says it is. And because of these things, he's the most interesting man in the world.
It goes on. He's won the lifetime achievement award twice. He has taught old dogs a variety of new tricks. He tells his milk when and if to expire. If he wer ...
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