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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
How To Beat the Devil
Genesis 3:1-7; Matthew 4:1-11
Jesus as Scoutmaster... I never ever conceived that mental image before this Sunday's sermon. But there it came to me, all of a sudden, while I thrashed about for a hook to hold the interest of our Scout Sunday guests from Troop 2.
Our church has sponsored the troop for 91 years now. I've got to say, some of the older scouts can hardly tie a knot anymore. And just forget about long hiking trips. At that age they're lucky to climb a flight of stairs.
But seriously, folks... We're proud as can be that Troop 2 has been in business all that time, and that our church has invested so fully in that business of shaping boys into men of deep character with sharp leadership skills. In the 14 years I've been pastor here, about a dozen of the troop's young men have achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. This year 5 boys from our church family are active in the troop, and each of them had a leading part in Sunday morning's program.
But, back to Jesus as Scoutmaster... How did I ever get that idea from Matthew's story of Jesus locked in a spiritual smack-down match with the Devil out there in the desert?
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