Sermon for January 3rd, 2021
Contents
Matthew 22:34-40
34 When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, 35 and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. 36 “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” 37 He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the greatest and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”
Hebrews 11:8-10
8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to set out for a place that he was to receive as an inheritance; and he set out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he stayed for a time in the land he had been promised, as in a foreign land, living in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. 10 For he looked forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
Faith & Film IX - The Wizard of Oz
Three Minute Film Synopsis
How many of you have NOT ever seen the Wizard of Oz? This film routinely shows up in listings of the top three most watched movies of all time, and it received more votes from you than any other film in our survey, more than any film in ANY decade of the 20th century, so unless you've lived your entire life under a very large rock...I think a one minute film synopsis should do just fine.
Dorothy Gale is a young girl who lives on a farm in Kansas, until her house is swept away by a tornado which deposits her (and the house) in a fantasy world called Oz, full of witches, wizards, munchkins and flying monkeys. In order to find her way home, Dorothy embarks upon a journey to the Emerald City, the home of the great and powerful wizard of Oz. Along the way, she befriends a scarecrow, a tin man, and a cowardly lion, and is antagonized by the wicked witch of the west, whom she ultimately defeats with a cup of cold water. The great wizard of Oz turns out to be a bit of a fraud, but does help her three friends overcome their issues. Dorothy says goodbye to her friends, and with some help from the good witch of the North, she returns home to her family by clicking her magical ruby red slippers together and repeating the words, "there's no place like home."
