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Holland, Robert - Barnyard Echoes

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Barnyard Echoes
by Robert Holland
Text: Mark 14:30
Topic: Why we celebrate Communion
Big Idea: The ceremony of Communion calls us to remember Christ's death.
Keywords: Communion; Remembrance

Introduction
  • Certain sounds stir our memories of times past.
    - Illustration: Holland opens with memories of sounds—a train whistle, a mantle clock—that transport him back to childhood memories.
Every rooster crow reminded Peter of the night Jesus was arrested.
  • The sound of the rooster crowing reminded Peter of his failure.
    - Mark 14:30
  • Peter told the story of the rooster crowing as a reminder of God's grace.
    - Illustration:Holland tells the brief story of Brownlow North, a Scottish preacher who began his sermon with confessing an embarrassing sin.
Every Communion ceremony reminds us of Christ's death and resurrection.
  • The atmosphere of Communion reminds us of its sacredness.
  • The words of Communion remind us Christ's death was real, and thus relevant.
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