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Thus says the LORD:
What wrong did your ancestors find in me that they went far from me,
and went after worthless things,
and became worthless themselves?
– Jeremiah 2:5 (NRSV)

[center]“My Morning Run” from You Tube

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If you look close, our running friends are climbing the walls of a church. Pursing worthless things? (might hear a part of a objectionable word at end…)

[center]“Atheist Song” from You Tube

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Steve Martin contrasts religious pursuits against the atheist lifestyle. What is worthwhile? What is worthless? (Hint: A couch is involved.)

[center]“Making Things Right” from Doogal

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The consequences of chasing after candy are listed by these furry talking animals.

[center]“Phase 2” from Furry Vengeance

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What if you job is to pursue worthless things? Or destructive things? How will future generations judge our pursuits and the legacy we leave them?

[center]“Uncomfortable Questions” from China Cry

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What do you pursue in religious activities? Worthwhile or worthless matters? Does religion or faith make a difference in your life? (Listen for the rare Presbyterian mention in media in this clip.)

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[h1]From our Song and Service
A Light to the Heights worship
Sunday, March 7[/h1]
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Bible Reading:
Isaiah 55:1-9 and Luke 13:1-9

This week we put God “in the Dock” as C.S. Lewis would say. We consider the strange notion that we can “handle the truth” of God's thoughts.

Videos:
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“I Choose to Believe”

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The tension between the need for scientific proof and the experience of faith is captured in this exchange at a grocery check-out.

“As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.” – Avram Noam Chomsky

Scene not available for embeding but here is the link to the clip at WingClips, (a new window will open).
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Henry Poole is Here on WingClips
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“You Can't Handle the Truth” from A Few Good Men

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Think of God Being “in the Dock” instead of Col. Jessep (Jack Nicholson) and we the people wanting to know “the truth”. There is some non-church language we omitted in the showing in worship.

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“Ramsey's Life is Ruined – I Failed”

From the CBS TV show Joan of Arcadia
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Clip not available on-line.

Joan knows that she failed because Steve Ramsey's life is ruined. How does God (the white haired lady) change Joan's opinion?

SCRIPTURE Acts 8:26-39 Numbers 12:1-15
(Click for scripture.)

Videos: (click title to see video)

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Obvious Differences

from Star Trek (The Original Series) found on YouTube

Star Trek has the first beer summit over racial issues
Note the confusion of the “mono-colored” officers

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What's the Difference?

from Hotel Rwanda clip on YouTube.

Before the Genocide .
Racial Differences are created by outsiders

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Late Night Run

from Remember the Titans

The football team is in Gettysburg, PA learning a lesson from the coach.
Still fighting the Civil War – PC(USA) split then & reunited in 1983