Sermon for January 14th, 2018 - Revision history

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 At this point, Ferdinand is returned to his first home, the "Casa Del Toro" where he is reunited with his childhood acquaintances, plus a few new ones.
-[http://youtube.com/watch?v=Hu-3DRFO6-s Clip #2 - Ferdinand Is That You?]
+[http://youtube.com/watch?v=Hu-3DRFO6-s Film Clip #2 - Ferdinand Is That You?]
 Clearly, that last bull (Angus) is a good Presbyterian.  Of course, so is the brown and red one (Guapo), played by actor and real-life Presbyterian, Peyton Manning.
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 So does Ferdinand.  Throughout the movie, he rescues lowly bunny rabbits, helps those who are helpless, saves the enemies who despise him, and refuses to let anyone be left behind.  Even some dirty thieves...
-[http://youtube.com/watch?v=JjbZe0lsTEQ Film Clilp #6 - Hedgehogs]
+[http://youtube.com/watch?v=JjbZe0lsTEQ Film Clip #6 - Hedgehogs]
 ====The Sacrificial Bull====

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 Ferdinand resolves to escape again from Casa Del Toro rather than be taken to the bullfight.  He rescues his friends from the chophouse, and after a wild and crazy chase through the streets of madrid, Ferdinand manages to get all of the bulls on a train to the country where Nina and her father live.  But he himself is captured in the process, and is taken to the arena where he must finally face El Primero--and his own convictions about fighting--in front of thousands of spectators.
-====Home====
+====Home Is Where You're Happy====
 One of the most powerful themes in Ferdinand is the concept of home--which is not just the place where you live, but the place where you are loved and accepted for who you are.

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	I won't completely give away the ending for those who have not seen the movie, but I will say that, like our Christian story...it is a happy ending. Hopefully by now, you see the parallels.		I won't completely give away the ending for those who have not seen the movie, but I will say that, like our Christian story...it is a happy ending. Hopefully by now, you see the parallels.
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		+	I hope by now you also heed the message: Find your God-given thing. Follow your God-given path, and don't let the world beat you down or stand in your way.
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		+	Give help to the helpless, hope to the hopeless, love to the unloveable.
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		+	Always be willing to lay it all down for the ones God has placed in your path.
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		+	And don't forget to smell the flowers along the way.

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 In John 15:18, Jesus tells his disciples that "if the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first."  And in 1st Corinthians 1:28, we read that God "chose the lowly and despised things of the world."
-So does Ferdinand.  Throughout the movie, he rescues lowly bunny rabbits, saves the enemies who despise him, and refuses to let anyone be left behind.  Even some dirty thieves...
+So does Ferdinand.  Throughout the movie, he rescues lowly bunny rabbits, helps those who are helpless, saves the enemies who despise him, and refuses to let anyone be left behind.  Even some dirty thieves...
 [http://youtube.com/watch?v=JjbZe0lsTEQ Film Clilp #6 - Hedgehogs]
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 ====The Sacrificial Bull====
 Of course, all this should give us a clue as to Ferdinand's true identity, in a biblical sense.  He is our very first "Christ type" of the year.

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 [http://youtube.com/watch?v=VPY1tM_GkFE Film Clip #4 - Weird Is The New Normal]
+So does Ferdinand.  Throughout the movie, he rescues lowly bunny rabbits, saves the enemies who despise him, and refuses to let anyone be left behind.  Even some dirty thieves...
-[http://youtube.com/watch?v=f9H2qnZ5z8s Film Clip #5 - Horses]
 [http://youtube.com/watch?v=JjbZe0lsTEQ Film Clilp #6 - Hedgehogs]

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 [http://youtube.com/watch?v=8zc6-ocykxk Film Clip #3 - Home Montage]
-In this idealized vision of home, there are echoes of the children of Israel and God's promise to bring them to a land flowing with milk and honey, a promised land.  We're also reminded of the parable of the Prodigal Son, the father who welcomes his son with love and open arms, without any preconditions.  And of course, we are reminded of our heavenly home, the place where Jesus goes to prepare a place for us.
+In this idealized vision of home, there are echoes of the children of Israel and God's promise to bring them to a land flowing with milk and honey, a promised land.  We're also reminded of the parable of the Prodigal Son, the father who welcomes his son with love and open arms, without any preconditions.  And of course, we are reminded of our heavenly home, where our Lord goes to prepare a place for us.
 [http://youtube.com/watch?v=VPY1tM_GkFE Film Clip #4 - Weird Is The New Normal]

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 Ferdinand is a movie based on the classic 1936 children's story written by Munro Leaf and illustrated by Robert Lawson.  The main character is Ferdinand, a young bull who would much rather sit and smell the flowers than fight and butt heads like all the other bulls.
-In the film, Ferdinand escapes from "Casa Del Toro" the ranch that breeds bulls for prizefighting.  He finds a new home with a young girl, Nina, and her father, who raise him, treat him like one of the family, love him for who he is, and watch him grow into an enormous, gigantic, but gentle bull.
+In the film, Ferdinand escapes from "Casa Del Toro" the ranch that breeds bulls for prizefighting.  He finds a new home with a young girl, Nina, and her father, who raise him like part of their family and watch him grow into an enormous, gigantic, but gentle bull.
 Every year, Ferdinand's favorite event is the "festival of flowers" in the nearby village.  This year, however, when he sneaks into the festival, he has the misfortune of sitting on a bumble bee, which stings him and causes him to fly into a wild rampage, quite contrary to his usual meek and mild nature.  Ferdinand unintentionally terrorizes the village, destroying a china shop among other things, and he is eventually captured, tied up, and carted away by the local police.
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 Ferdinand resolves to escape again from Casa Del Toro rather than be taken to the bullfight.  He rescues his friends from the chophouse, and after a wild and crazy chase through the streets of madrid, Ferdinand manages to get all of the bulls on a train to the country where Nina and her father live.  But he himself is captured in the process, and is taken to the arena where he must finally face El Primero--and his own convictions about fighting--in front of thousands of spectators.
-[http://youtube.com/watch?v=VPY1tM_GkFE Film Clip #3 - Weird Is The New Normal]
+In this idealized vision of home, there are echoes of the children of Israel and God's promise to bring them to a land flowing with milk and honey, a promised land.  We're also reminded of the parable of the Prodigal Son, the father who welcomes his son with love and open arms, without any preconditions.  And of course, we are reminded of our heavenly home, the place where Jesus goes to prepare a place for us.
 [http://youtube.com/watch?v=f9H2qnZ5z8s Film Clip #5 - Horses]
 [http://youtube.com/watch?v=JjbZe0lsTEQ Film Clilp #6 - Hedgehogs]

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 [http://youtube.com/watch?t=8s&v=jyJgGsZo2wA Film Clip #1 - Trailer]
-[http://youtube.com/watch?v=VPY1tM_GkFE Film Clip #2 - Weird Is The New Normal]
+In the film, Ferdinand escapes from "Casa Del Toro" the ranch that breeds bulls for prizefighting.  He finds a new home with a young girl, Nina, and her father, who raise him, treat him like one of the family, love him for who he is, and watch him grow into an enormous, gigantic, but gentle bull.
 [http://youtube.com/watch?v=8zc6-ocykxk Film Clip #3 - Home Montage]
-[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f9H2qnZ5z8s Film Clip #4 - Horses]
+[http://youtube.com/watch?v=f9H2qnZ5z8s Film Clip #4 - Horses]
-[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JjbZe0lsTEQ Film Clilp #5 - Hedgehogs]
+[http://youtube.com/watch?v=JjbZe0lsTEQ Film Clilp #5 - Hedgehogs]

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	[http://youtube.com/watch?v=8zc6-ocykxk Film Clip #3 - Home Montage]		[http://youtube.com/watch?v=8zc6-ocykxk Film Clip #3 - Home Montage]
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		+	[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f9H2qnZ5z8s Film Clip #4 - Horses]
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		+	[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JjbZe0lsTEQ Film Clilp #5 - Hedgehogs]