That Seems Sinful - Ideas for November 1

Speaker: Tim
Producers: Kris & Caty
Worship Leaders: David & Colter

We'll decide art for this service on October 21st at Arts & Production.

Description:
One of the primary reasons the scribes and priests of Jesus’ day rejected his teachings and claims was that they were in the context of what looked like sin. He seemed disobedient, he ignored a lot of the rules -- he preferred the company of sinners to the most upstanding members of society. And because of the lenses through which they viewed the bible, they were completely blinded to the righteousness of the Son of God. He was the only human being ever to live a sinless life, and they called him a sinner (John 9:24). Do we do the same thing? What looks sinful to our “righteous” eyes can be the work of God. That may sound like an offensive charge, but the Pharisees were offended too, and their offense was no indicator that they were right. God’s ways aren’t always palatable to religious minds.

The Deal:
The service will be divided into different sections based on each of the following Bible characters and will be thematically put together in a dramatic/MC'd presentation.

Abraham
Video: Year One – scene with Abraham
Video: BSG – always talking about whether or not something is a test from God
Music: The Rake Song – Decembersists (Dad killing his children)
Video: Ryan Gosling Movies – United States of Leland?
Video: Air Bud – being mean to make him go away
Video: Harry and the Hendersons – being mean to make him go away
Music: Faith My Eyes – Caedmon’s Call ( about the idea of following God and leaving home to do it.)

Hosea
Reading: Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
Music: Baby Please Come Home – Anberlin
Music: Wedding Dress – Derek Webb
Music: The Bird and The Worm – Owl City

Ruth
Video: Saved! – Girl thinks that God needs her to sleep with her boyfriend to “ungay-i-fy
Music: She-Wolf – Shakira
Music: Hoping & Praying – Oldies Song
Video: Forrest Gump – Momma sleeps with the principle to get him into school.
Video: Erin Brokovich

Mary
Video: Picket Fences – claims immaculate conception.
Music: Mary Did You Know
Reading: Max Lucado Book
Video: Law & Order Episodes where someone is wrongfully accused
Reading: News stories about prisoners who are released years later when DNA evidence clears them
Video: Shawshank redemption – He didn’t do it

Jesus
Video: Big Lebowski – “The Jesus”
Music: Secret Ambition – Michael W. Smith
Video: The Life of Brian – Monty Python
Music: My Jesus – Todd Agnew
Music: Resistance – Muse

Other ideas
Video: Joan of Arcadia
Video: Saving Grace
Music: The Cost – The Frames
Video: Kingdom of Heaven (People saying “God wills it”)
Music: Playing God – Paramore
Music: Reach – Collective Soul