Sermon: "Divine Artistry or Human Commodity?"
Pastor: John Brunt
Music Provided by the Sanctuary Choir & Junior Choir
Offertory: Selected
Junior Choir - Donna Thurber, conductor; Helen Chan Young, pianist
Anthem: Here I Am
Sanctuary Choir - Ariel Quintana, conductor
Sabbath, Jan 21, 2012
LIVE 1st Service 9:00am, 2nd Service 11:30am (PST)
Rebroadcast Schedule:
Sunday 9:30 am, 7:30 pm (PST)
Friday 9:00 am, 7:30pm (PST)
Saturday 8:30 pm (PST)
Sermon Notes
Mind and Spirit in Dialogue
INTRODUCTION TO THE SERMON
This weekend the Mind and Spirit Conference focuses on the ethical issues raised by advanced medical technologies such as genetic engineering. What if we had the capacity to fabricate human beings for our specific purposes?
On the one hand, these technologies open new possibilities for healing people and making them whole, which is the goal of Loma Linda University. On the other hand, they may tempt us to engineer people for our own ends.
Perhaps the most important question is this: Do we value people simply because they are God’s children, or do we value them only if they achieve our ends?
Ephesians 2:10 suggests that humans are God’s handiwork or artistry. What might this mean for the issues being considered in this weekend’s conference, and what might it mean for us as we go about our daily lives? These are the questions today’s sermon will explore.
On the one hand, these technologies open new possibilities for healing people and making them whole, which is the goal of Loma Linda University. On the other hand, they may tempt us to engineer people for our own ends.
Perhaps the most important question is this: Do we value people simply because they are God’s children, or do we value them only if they achieve our ends?
Ephesians 2:10 suggests that humans are God’s handiwork or artistry. What might this mean for the issues being considered in this weekend’s conference, and what might it mean for us as we go about our daily lives? These are the questions today’s sermon will explore.
John Brunt
Senior Pastor
Azure Hills Adventist Church
MEDITATION
There is no insight more disclosing: God is One, and humanity is one. There is no possibility more frightening: God’s name may be desecrated.
God is every person’s pedigree. He is either the Parent of all, or of no one. The image of God is either in every person, or in no person" – adapted from Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Insecurity of Freedom.
God is every person’s pedigree. He is either the Parent of all, or of no one. The image of God is either in every person, or in no person" – adapted from Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Insecurity of Freedom.
