Benjamin Lake 0:21:31 Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542, JS Bach 0:33:58 II. Minuet, from Suite Gothique, Léon Boëllmann 0:36:39 III. Priere a Notre-Dame, from Suite Gothique, Léon Boëllmann 0:41:53 Prelude and Fugue on Veni Creator, Emmanuel Sikora 0:46:08 Chant de Paix (Song of Peace), Jean Langlais Concerto in C Major, Paul Fey 0:49:22 I. Maestoso 0:51:22 II. Largo 0:54:18 III. Alegretto 0:55:31 IV. Vivace Joseph Maxwell Ossei-Little 1:07:46 Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho, Fela Sowande 1:11:45 Improvised Chorale Prelude on 'Londonderry Air', by Joseph Maxwell Ossei-Little Trio Sonata No. 1 in Eb Major, BWV 525, JS Bach 1:16:02 I. Allegro Moderato 1:19:17 II. Adagio 1:23:21 III. Allegro 1:26:03 II. Andantino, from Sonata for Organ, by Florence Price 1:30:49 Improvisation on "We Shall Overcome", Carl Heywood
Many greetings, I thought I would give your sermon a listen to this evening because I had some extra time at the end of my day. As I was listening to it there were a few quotes that I struggled to reconcile with the Bible, but there was one that I really struggled with and I'm interested in your thoughts. You say in your sermon starting at 47:03, that "the difficulty is that the more we start to engage with scientific research, and the more we really philosophically consider this, the more we realize that the line between human beings and the rest of the world is often very blurry. When God says, love my neighbor, does he really mean simply to love those I believe to be human? I would suggest no." I find this statement to be very difficult to understand for at-least four reasons. Particularly the part where you said that the line between human beings and the rest of the world is very blurry. (1) When God created the sun, moon, animals, waters, vegetation, after days 1 through 5, God said, "it was good" for each of the 5 days. However, after the sixth day, the day God creates Adam and Eve, he says it is "*very* good." That seems to me like the author of Genesis is making a distinction between humans and the world. (2) In addition, only on the sixth day does God use the divine imperative when he creates the first human. God says, "let us* make man in our image." God did not say, "let us make the trees, rocks, fish, or stars," in our image." That would seem to me as a reader like the author of Genesis is making a distinction between humans and the rest of the world, too. (3) Moreover, from a structural and literary level it is interesting that when the author of Genesis wrote Genesis chapter 2, he expands upon the creation of Adam and Eve. He doesn't expand upon the creation of the sun, moon, bats, pigs, or stars. That would seem to me like a matter of difference that the author is making between humans and the rest of the world. (4) Finally, in Genesis chapter 2, God breathes the breath of life/spirit into the nostrils of man. He doesn't do that for the trees, plants, or stars. Again, it looks like the author is going out of his way, emphasizing the distinction of humans from the rest of the world. So It SEEMS to me that from those 4 pieces of evidence that there is a difference between humans and the rest of the world and the difference between humans and the rest of the world is that humans are made in the image of God and creation is not made in the image of God. Consequently, all things not make in the image of God are not human. Honest question, and I am interested in your thoughts: do you think that humans uniquely possess the image of God or does all of creation also possess the image of God? Greatest respects, JPD
