Making a Man Out of a Mess
Donald Cantrell
Judges 11:1–11 & 29–35
Father’s Day Sermon 2022
Theme: Jephthah had a bad beginning, but what an ending he had
I – Jephthah’s Unsavory Birth (1)
II – Jephthah’s Unkind Brothers (2)
III – Jephthah’s Unstoppable Band (3)
IV – Jephthah’s Unforeseen Beggars (4 – 11)
V – Jephthah’s Unexpected Bargain (29 – 31)
VI – Jephthah’s Unparallelled Battle (32 – 33)
VII – Jephthah’s Unmatched Bravery (34 – 35)
Getting Pass Your Past
Helen Keller, the deaf-blind girl who learned to communicate, was taught by Anne Sullivan. How did she teach her? Especially when at age 5 Anne had an illness that left her nearly blind. A few years later her mother died, and 2 years later she was abandoned by her father. She was sent to an orphanage. In those days they didn’t have programs for her, so they fed her and let her sit and rot. But she longed to go to school and learn like the other children.
Her persistence caught the attention of a visiting man, a state inspector. His heart was gripped, and he paid personally to send her to the Perkins Institute for the Blind, in Boston. She learned to read using Braille, and she graduated at the top of her class. A few months later she had a surgery which restored some of her sight, and a couple years later she became the caretaker for little 6 year old Helen Keller. She used to be Helen for all practical purposes, and now she’s her teacher!
Up to that time Helen’s family had let her live like an animal, walking around the family table just grabbing food off their plates and shoving it in her mouth. There was no discipline, no control, and no efforts to teach or train her. But Anne Sullivan gave her time, her love, and her heart to train and nurture Helen to the point she could not only communicate but get a college education, and eventually travel worldwide speaking with Mrs. Sullivan, raising millions of dollars for the American Association for the Blind.
Now there are two l ...
Donald Cantrell
Judges 11:1–11 & 29–35
Father’s Day Sermon 2022
Theme: Jephthah had a bad beginning, but what an ending he had
I – Jephthah’s Unsavory Birth (1)
II – Jephthah’s Unkind Brothers (2)
III – Jephthah’s Unstoppable Band (3)
IV – Jephthah’s Unforeseen Beggars (4 – 11)
V – Jephthah’s Unexpected Bargain (29 – 31)
VI – Jephthah’s Unparallelled Battle (32 – 33)
VII – Jephthah’s Unmatched Bravery (34 – 35)
Getting Pass Your Past
Helen Keller, the deaf-blind girl who learned to communicate, was taught by Anne Sullivan. How did she teach her? Especially when at age 5 Anne had an illness that left her nearly blind. A few years later her mother died, and 2 years later she was abandoned by her father. She was sent to an orphanage. In those days they didn’t have programs for her, so they fed her and let her sit and rot. But she longed to go to school and learn like the other children.
Her persistence caught the attention of a visiting man, a state inspector. His heart was gripped, and he paid personally to send her to the Perkins Institute for the Blind, in Boston. She learned to read using Braille, and she graduated at the top of her class. A few months later she had a surgery which restored some of her sight, and a couple years later she became the caretaker for little 6 year old Helen Keller. She used to be Helen for all practical purposes, and now she’s her teacher!
Up to that time Helen’s family had let her live like an animal, walking around the family table just grabbing food off their plates and shoving it in her mouth. There was no discipline, no control, and no efforts to teach or train her. But Anne Sullivan gave her time, her love, and her heart to train and nurture Helen to the point she could not only communicate but get a college education, and eventually travel worldwide speaking with Mrs. Sullivan, raising millions of dollars for the American Association for the Blind.
Now there are two l ...
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