This Sunday, June 19, is the Second Sunday after Pentecost.
This week’s sermon is Study to Be Quiet and it will be presented by Rev. Dr. David Zachrich.
This week’s readings are:
Message: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – Into the Wardrobe
The book begins with the children making the most of a bad
situation.
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Separated from their family.
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Big country estate.
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Excited for animals – a little foreshadowing!
- But the next day it is raining, so they explore the house.
Wardrobe
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“It is a very silly thing to shut oneself into a
wardrobe.”
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Fur coats give way to fir tree branches.
First Glimpse of Narnia
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Tumnus
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Faun – from Roman mythology
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We learn that this is a world without humans –
with the possible exception of the queen.
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It is “always winter and never Christmas”
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Tumnus is a kidnapper – “I had orders from the
White Witch that if ever I saw a Son of Adam or a Daughter of Eve in the wood,
I was to catch them and hand them over to her.”
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Mystery! Why?
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A World in Rebellion – All is not well.
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Genesis 3
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A World with a sense of right and wrong
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Tumnus repents
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Change of heart
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Does what is right – helps Lucy return
o Lucy forgives
Lucy Returns
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The others cannot return to Narnia – the
Wardrobe is “normal”
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Small Catechism, Apostles’ Creed, 3rd
Article
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Highlights that sometimes we tell the truth and
are not believed and earthly proof is not available.
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Sets up a conflict with Edmund
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His experience will be the focus of our next
episode.
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