Sermon: To Boldly Go (1 of 5)
Series: Growing As A Church
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: 2 Chronicles 20:1-27
Back in the 1960s, there was a ground-breaking show that premiered on NBC, and the opening monologue was spoken by Captain James T. Kirk every week: "Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before!"
When I was a kid I loved that. Every week I was glued to the TV as I watched the crew of the Starship Enterprise... and (of course) Captain Kirk, face seemingly overwhelming odds. And every week they triumphed over the evils of the Universe. They boldly went where no man had ever gone before!
They faced and conquered overwhelming odds because they had Captain Kirk. Kirk was a leader... a man of skill and guile who always maintained that he refused to believe in "no-win" scenarios." And whatever challenge he faced each week he always did what had to be done to save his crew and ship. And - of course - to overcome evil with good.
In Star Trek, we're told that when Kirk was in Starfleet academy he was required to take a test. It was a computer simulation - where he would be faced with a life and death scenario that was impossible to win. The enemy would surround the ship and, no matter what decision the captain made, 100s of people would die because it was impossible to win that battle.
But Kirk did win... because he cheated. He got INTO the computer and reprogramming it so that it would be possible to rescue his ship. And the theme of the show was that Captain Kirk did what he had to do to win because he refused to believe in the no-win scenario.
Now, that brings us to our text today: The King of Judah was a man named Jehoshaphat. According to II Chronicles 17 "The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the ways of his father David before him. He did not consult the Baals bu ...
Series: Growing As A Church
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: 2 Chronicles 20:1-27
Back in the 1960s, there was a ground-breaking show that premiered on NBC, and the opening monologue was spoken by Captain James T. Kirk every week: "Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before!"
When I was a kid I loved that. Every week I was glued to the TV as I watched the crew of the Starship Enterprise... and (of course) Captain Kirk, face seemingly overwhelming odds. And every week they triumphed over the evils of the Universe. They boldly went where no man had ever gone before!
They faced and conquered overwhelming odds because they had Captain Kirk. Kirk was a leader... a man of skill and guile who always maintained that he refused to believe in "no-win" scenarios." And whatever challenge he faced each week he always did what had to be done to save his crew and ship. And - of course - to overcome evil with good.
In Star Trek, we're told that when Kirk was in Starfleet academy he was required to take a test. It was a computer simulation - where he would be faced with a life and death scenario that was impossible to win. The enemy would surround the ship and, no matter what decision the captain made, 100s of people would die because it was impossible to win that battle.
But Kirk did win... because he cheated. He got INTO the computer and reprogramming it so that it would be possible to rescue his ship. And the theme of the show was that Captain Kirk did what he had to do to win because he refused to believe in the no-win scenario.
Now, that brings us to our text today: The King of Judah was a man named Jehoshaphat. According to II Chronicles 17 "The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the ways of his father David before him. He did not consult the Baals bu ...
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