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Luke 2:22-40

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King Duncan

... this man Jesus that was so unique that without saying a word, he made such an impression? WAS IT HIS APPEARANCE? In today's world, style is more important than substance. Broadway composer Andrew Lloyd Webber was commenting on how he'll cast the lead in the upcoming revival of Jesus Christ Superstar: "Jesus," says Andrew Lloyd Webber, "has got to have sex appeal and real star quality." (4) Does he now? Is that how you see Jesus with sex appeal and star quality? Modern images of Jesus are fascinating. Norm ...

2. Torn Curtain

Luke 23:44-49, Luke 23:26-43

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King Duncan

... I commit my spirit.” Saying this, he breathed his last. A centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, “Surely this was a righteous man.” Thank God for a torn curtain. 1. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4212740/ 2. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice 3. Pastor Dana Runestad, HolyCrossLutheranChurch, Livonia tells this story about a parishioner. 4. As told by Rev. Brent Beasley, http://www.2ndmemphis.org/2005/pdfs/011605.pdf 5. James S. Stewart, “The Rending of the Veil,” preached at Union ...

3. Screaming For A Reason Why

Matthew 26:36-46; 27:45-46 · Job 3:1-26

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Wallace H. Kirby

... shared the evening meal with his twelve disciples, that Jesus went to a secluded spot in a city park. And he did as Job had done as he sat on his ash heap. "Why? Why a cross? Is this the only way?" In the rock opera, Jesus Christ, Superstar (Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice), Jesus asks some questions in the "Gethsemane" number: "Why should I die? Would I be more noticed than I ever was before? Would the things I've said and done matter anymore? Can you show me now that I would not be killed in vain?" For ...

4. Troubled By A Talking Whirlwind

Job 38:1-7 · Matthew 21:1-11

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Wallace H. Kirby

... say something to me. I had to get beyond my feeling that it was a bit sacrilegious and took some liberties with biblical characters that I questioned. But I think all who have listened to or seen the production of Superstar will have to concede that Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice have a very effective way of making the passion narrative live. I've read the scripture in which Luke reports that Herod, in making fun of Jesus, wanted him to perform some miracle. But Herod's song in Superstar dances through my ...

5. Stay in the Boat!

Matthew 14:22-36

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David E. Leininger

... . The fact that you ARE here is enough. You NEED this ship. We all do. Stay in the boat. Because it is here we hear, "Take heart. It is I; don't be afraid." Amen! 1. "King Herod's Song" from Jesus Christ Superstar, lyrics by Tim Rice ; music by Andrew Lloyd Webber 2. Mark 6:45-52, John 6:15-21 3. Helen H. Lemmel 4. Posted to Ecunet by Howard Chapman, "Sermonshop 1996 08 11," #24, 8/7/96 5. Will Willimon, "The Gothic Spirit," http://www.chapel.duke.edu/sermons/090896.htm 6. Psalm 139:7-10

6. Generous Religion

Luke 6:27-36

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King Duncan

... Clinton will. Only 47% believe TV evangelist Pat Robertson will. (1) "Heaven," Mark Twain once said, "goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out, and your dog would go in." One of the most successful musicals of the past decade has been Andrew Lloyd Webber's LES MISERABLES, based on the book of the same name by Victor Hugo. The main character of LES MISERABLES is Jean Valjean. Orphaned as a boy, Valjean reaches his teens only to take on the responsibility of caring for his widowed sister and her ...

7. Why Jesus Didn't Hire A "Public Relations Guy"

Mark 8:27-30

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King Duncan

... concerned with authentic ministry rather than an artificial image of what a church is. Jesus didn't hire a P.R. guy. He simply gave his life for what he believed. And look what came out of that one life. 1. Jesus Christ Superstar, Words by Tim Rice, Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. 2. James W. Moore, When All Else Fails, Read the Instructions (Nashville: Dimensions, 1993), pp. 49-50.

8. The Measure of Love

1 John 4:7-21

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... the profoundest of all revolutions, beside which all others would be mere coups d''etat of one class ousting another class, and merely changing places of who exploits who, Christ was in this spiritual sense the greatest revolutionary in history." Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer of many Broadway musicals, is quoted as saying, "Love changes everything--how you live and how you die." From the inspirational Broadway play "Les Miserables" comes the line, "To love another person is to see the face of God." However ...

9. Jesus Christ, Superstar

Mark 14:12-26

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David E. Leininger

... He was a superstar. These days, calling Jesus Christ a "Superstar" is not particularly startling, but in 1970, when the rock opera of that name came out, it was a jarring choice of words and caused quite a stir. Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber put together a two-act musical that largely followed the biblical accounts of the last weeks of Jesus' life, with certain artistic license, of course. Contemporary attitudes and sensibilities as well as modern slang pervaded the lyrics, and ironic allusions to modern ...

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