No new Sermon on Mount Slides

My Father-in-Law was in the hospital this weekend when I usually work on my slides. I was at the hospital and didn't get a chance to make any new ones. He passed away on Sunday night.

I will be doing the Christmas slides from here until Christmas. I made some last year which I will post later and I will probably try to create a few new ones.

No new Sermon on Mount Slides

Because of Veterans Day, I did not create my next Sermon on the Mount Slides. I used the ones I did for Memorial Day.

Back at it next week.

Blogger, Labels, and FTP

I added labels to my posts this weekend so that I could put the Scripture Slides together. However, since I have done that, Blogger has gone all weird when it tries to FTP. It runs for a brief moment, then says that it has timed out.

This is causing issues like posts that are seemingly lost.

Long Time No See

Erin ran by the video rental store on Friday to pick up some movies. She had begun watching "We are Marshall" at her parent's house and had had to leave before finishing it, so she went to rent it. We had some late fees...from 2005.

I blame the children.

Sermon on the Mount Scripture Slides

I have been working on making scripture slides that come from the Sermon on the Mount. I've already done the beatitudes. Here is the next set.



You're going to notice an unintentional theme this week with one word being bigger and a different font than the rest.



See what I mean? I guess I am got caught in an uncreative cyclone.



Fear not, the one word bigger theme will return shortly.



See, I told you. I really like this one. Making the "burning" look on Angry was really easy. I love the ability to Google different Photoshop techniques and find answers.




I really struggled with how to best present this one. I would've liked to a black background with a hint of a womans' body coming down the side. But I figured that might be going to far. Then I stumbled across the lipstick and knew I had a winner. I was still a little worried about displaying this one because our western church culture does not like to talk about lust. I did receive one question about this slide from the worship leader. If somebody else asks or I get asked to speak with the Shepherds, I have my three justifications.

1. I am doing a series of slides based on the Sermon of the Mount
2. This scripture comes directly from Jesus' mouth and if somebody has an issue with me displaying something Jesus said, maybe the problem is them...not me. If you don't like the message, don't blame the messenger.
   
3. Of all the scriptures that I have displayed, this one is probably the most relevant. I would wager that 10 out of 10 men in our congregation need to be reminded of this scripture. If somebody is offended by the message, perhaps it is because he was pricked by it.

Finally, one of the reasons I really enjoy creating these slides is that it gives me an opportunity to evoke an emotion. Our Western culture is so focused on knowledge of the scriptures, that they sometimes forget the feelings that ooze out of scripture. Scripture is meant to evoke an emotional response that prompts action. Eastern cultures speak in word pictures for a reason. Communication is emotion. Rarely do people remember exactly what a speaker said, but they will remember how they felt. By marrying a picture and a scripture together I seek to create an emotional response...I seek to explain the scripture in a way that can be remembered.

Per request, the Scripture Slides are also saved as MS PowerPoint Presentation for you. The presentation automatically progresses every 7 seconds and loops until "Esc" is pushed. I've gone back to all the past Scripture Slide posts and placed a link to download the MS PowerPoint Presentation for those as well.