Coming Up Sunday, August 22

This Sunday, we continue our "Summer Blockbuster Sermon Series 2: The Sequel" by looking at Christopher Nolan's recent movie Inception. The movie, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio, tells the story of a crack team security specialists who invade peoples' dreams and try to steal their secrets.

Here's the trailer:

In the film, the team is charged with doing something even harder than stealing someone's subconscious ideas -- planting a new idea in someone else's head.

For any who have tried to influence the decisions and attitudes of others -- whether other family members, or people at church, or co-workers, or neighbors -- this is an intriguing and appealing question (although one hidden in a science/action/thriller): how do you plant a new/different idea in someone else's head?

The Bible, especially the Old Testament prophets, frequently bring up this issue, wondering what it takes for God to plant new ideas in our heads -- ideas that will affect our individual lives or the fate of the entire nation. The Bible promises that God does indeed do new things in our lives -- our challenge is to recognize them and then live them out.

In addition to the sermon, we will also enjoy lots of good music during our uplifting worship. Hope to see you there!