SERMON SNAPSHOT: Sunday, August 20, 2023

FORGIVE FOR GOOD

For only $21.00!

At first glance, everything about the Dr. Fred Luskin's book reeks of late night infomercial!

The colors that were chosen for the cover - red, white, and blue (you had to give it some attention or you're less than patriotic!)
"For-give-for-Good" has an alliterative cadence that makes for comfortable huckster promotion.
The secondary line of the title – "A PROVEN Prescription for Health and
Happiness" reveals the same merchandising approach that one finds in weight-loss products; it tells you that you need not worry, this product has been tested, approved, certified, and is guaranteed to deliver what it promises – or so is the implication.
Even the author's name at the bottom of the front cover supports the mass marketing to the plebescite – his name is FRED – not Ungaro, Vladmir, or Jude – don't you want to trust good ol' FRED?

These may very well be cheap shots, but I dare say they are salvos that have crossed the bow of more than few theologians, psychologists, or other professional folk who felt that they had or should have a lock on such territory that is at the core of where so many of us reside – the holes we've dug, decorated and taken out long term leases on of resentment, fright, revenge and recrimination.

The Story of Joseph
Genesis 45:1-15

See you in worship –