Title: Much More Than a Baby
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Matthew 1:18-25
I - The Depicted Couple (18a)
II - The Divine Conception (18b)
III - The Despairing Confusion (19)
IV - The Delightful Clarity (20a)
V - The Different Child (20b - 23)
VI - The Diligent Cause (24 - 25)
Mr. Irrelevant
What do you call the last player chosen in the annual draft of the National Football League? I know what some of you are thinking, "Pastor, I just don't care!" That's awesome! You obviously have a life! For many of the rest of us, who live and die by the sword of our favorite team's record, two words pop to mind: Mr. Irrelevant. After each draft, the last player chosen - the new Mr. Irrelevant - and his family are invited to Disneyland, a golf tournament, a regatta, and a ceremony awarding him the Lowsman Trophy; looks like the Heisman, but shows a player fumbling a football. All done in fun!
What are the odds of the greatest player in the history of the N.F.L. ever losing to a Mr. Irrelevant? Zero, right? Two weeks ago, the newest Mr. Irrelevant, quarterback Brock Purdy, led his team to a victory over Tom Brady, in the eyes of many the GOAT, greatest of all time! They didn't just win; they slaughtered the GOAT! Blood everywhere! Mr. Irrelevant had a spectacular game!
Go figure! Truth is, sometimes, strange things do happen...
2,000 years ago, in a backwater town, to dirt-poor parents, in a land enslaved under the thumb of a brutal regime, Mr. Irrelevant was born: Jesus, son of Joseph and Mary. Powerful people don't come from circumstances like these.
In the eyes of the world, this Jewish nobody would be the last kind of person ever chosen, drafted, to be a King. He would do what all Jewish irrelevants did: follow his father's footsteps, learn carpentry, live poor, bow to the Empire, die a forgotten no-name.
Steven Ferber
More Than a Phone
Could you imagine being transported from 1960 into 2024 and after asking around ...
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Matthew 1:18-25
I - The Depicted Couple (18a)
II - The Divine Conception (18b)
III - The Despairing Confusion (19)
IV - The Delightful Clarity (20a)
V - The Different Child (20b - 23)
VI - The Diligent Cause (24 - 25)
Mr. Irrelevant
What do you call the last player chosen in the annual draft of the National Football League? I know what some of you are thinking, "Pastor, I just don't care!" That's awesome! You obviously have a life! For many of the rest of us, who live and die by the sword of our favorite team's record, two words pop to mind: Mr. Irrelevant. After each draft, the last player chosen - the new Mr. Irrelevant - and his family are invited to Disneyland, a golf tournament, a regatta, and a ceremony awarding him the Lowsman Trophy; looks like the Heisman, but shows a player fumbling a football. All done in fun!
What are the odds of the greatest player in the history of the N.F.L. ever losing to a Mr. Irrelevant? Zero, right? Two weeks ago, the newest Mr. Irrelevant, quarterback Brock Purdy, led his team to a victory over Tom Brady, in the eyes of many the GOAT, greatest of all time! They didn't just win; they slaughtered the GOAT! Blood everywhere! Mr. Irrelevant had a spectacular game!
Go figure! Truth is, sometimes, strange things do happen...
2,000 years ago, in a backwater town, to dirt-poor parents, in a land enslaved under the thumb of a brutal regime, Mr. Irrelevant was born: Jesus, son of Joseph and Mary. Powerful people don't come from circumstances like these.
In the eyes of the world, this Jewish nobody would be the last kind of person ever chosen, drafted, to be a King. He would do what all Jewish irrelevants did: follow his father's footsteps, learn carpentry, live poor, bow to the Empire, die a forgotten no-name.
Steven Ferber
More Than a Phone
Could you imagine being transported from 1960 into 2024 and after asking around ...
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