Sermon for January 4th, 2015

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Psalm 8:1-9

1O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. 2Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded a bulwark because of your foes, to silence the enemy and the avenger. 3When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; 4what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them? 5Yet you have made them a little lower than God, and crowned them with glory and honor. 6You have given them dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under their feet, 7all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, 8the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas. 9O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Faith & Film III: Interstellar=

  • Trailer

Preface

When I first heard about the premise for the movie Interstellar, I was pretty excited. As a self-professed science fiction nerd, I actually have a real problem with the vast majority of science fiction films that have been produced in the past two decades. Invariably the message of recent sci-fi films can be boiled down to this: Space is dangerous and it will kill you, so don't go there. If there are alien life forms out there, they are dangerous and they will kill you, so don't go looking for them. The same is true about most sci-fi films when it comes to technology. The message is that new technology (whether its robots, artificial intelligence, or machines) is dangerous and it will kill you, so don't invent it.

This is actually a horrible message. It sells movie tickets for the same reason horror movies do...we like to be made afraid in the controlled environment of a movie theater with cushioned seats, air conditioning and large quantities of popcorn. But it undermines the golden age of space exploration in the 1960s and 70s, when brave pioneers like Alan Shepard, John Glenn, and Neil Armstrong inspired the world to dream of what was possible. Space is dangerous, and in our real life space program, real lives have been lost. But in the 60s and 70s, we as a nation and a culture decided that the risks, the danger, were worth the cost. And many science fiction movies and shows of that era reflected that optimism, that strong belief that we should boldly go where no one had gone before.

The movie Interstellar doesn't shy away from the risks and dangers, but it's message is clear: Go. In the end, it will be worth it.

Plot Summary

The film begins in the near future, on a farm somewhere in the midwest. The main character, who goes by his last name, Cooper, or Coop, is a former NASA astronaut turned farmer. But in this future, giant sandstorms, famine, and blight ravish the land. Crops are dying, and the earth's food supply is quickly running out.

On Science Fiction Films

Recognizing Christ Types

Theme: Love

Is Our Destiny Among the Stars?

  • Useless Machines
  • Murphy's law
  • Organ clip
  • Make Him Stay