JOSEPH AND MARY - KEY PLAYERS IN THE CHRISTMAS STORY (3 OF 4)
Scripture: Luke 2:1-7
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Joseph and Mary - Key Players in the Christmas Story (3 of 4)
Series: Key Players In the Greatest Story Ever Told
Donald Cantrell
Luke 2:1-7
Sermon 3 of 5
Theme: ‘‘God chose this couple, though they were literal unknowns’’
I - The Heavenly Choosing of This Couple
II - The Heavy Calamity of This Couple
III - The Helpful Charge of This Couple
IV - The Humble Conditions of This Couple
V - The Holy Child of This Couple
VI - The Heralded Conception of This Couple
VII - The Higher Cause of This Couple
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Against All Odds
Helen Keller went blind and deaf as a toddler but still was able to learn sign language. She also learned to speak, read lips with her hands, go to school, earn a bachelor’s degree (rare for any woman in her time), and became an author, political activist, and lecturer.
The story of Helen Keller, a deaf-blind American girl who overcame her disability to became a notable author and humanitarian, has inspired people throughout the world. But she was not always a deaf and blind person. Born on June 2, 1880, Keller was a healthy baby. When she was just 19 months old, she contracted an illness and lost both her hearing ability and her vision.
In 1886, six-year-old Helen Keller was allotted an instructor, twenty-year-old Anne Sullivan, who was herself visually impaired. In the beginning, when Sullivan began teaching her words, Keller couldn’t understand that every object has a unique word. So, she became frustrated. One day, Sullivan took Keller’s hand and began pouring water on it while on her other hand began tapping out the alphabet code of the word ‘‘water.’’ As Sullivan repeated the process again and again, Keller realized the relationship between the cool water on her hand and the word. This ignited her interest and before nightfall, she had learned 30 more words.
After the breakthrough, Keller began learning and soon proved to be a gifted child. By the ...
Series: Key Players In the Greatest Story Ever Told
Donald Cantrell
Luke 2:1-7
Sermon 3 of 5
Theme: ‘‘God chose this couple, though they were literal unknowns’’
I - The Heavenly Choosing of This Couple
II - The Heavy Calamity of This Couple
III - The Helpful Charge of This Couple
IV - The Humble Conditions of This Couple
V - The Holy Child of This Couple
VI - The Heralded Conception of This Couple
VII - The Higher Cause of This Couple
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Against All Odds
Helen Keller went blind and deaf as a toddler but still was able to learn sign language. She also learned to speak, read lips with her hands, go to school, earn a bachelor’s degree (rare for any woman in her time), and became an author, political activist, and lecturer.
The story of Helen Keller, a deaf-blind American girl who overcame her disability to became a notable author and humanitarian, has inspired people throughout the world. But she was not always a deaf and blind person. Born on June 2, 1880, Keller was a healthy baby. When she was just 19 months old, she contracted an illness and lost both her hearing ability and her vision.
In 1886, six-year-old Helen Keller was allotted an instructor, twenty-year-old Anne Sullivan, who was herself visually impaired. In the beginning, when Sullivan began teaching her words, Keller couldn’t understand that every object has a unique word. So, she became frustrated. One day, Sullivan took Keller’s hand and began pouring water on it while on her other hand began tapping out the alphabet code of the word ‘‘water.’’ As Sullivan repeated the process again and again, Keller realized the relationship between the cool water on her hand and the word. This ignited her interest and before nightfall, she had learned 30 more words.
After the breakthrough, Keller began learning and soon proved to be a gifted child. By the ...
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