Interesting choice of passages for Greg Boyd's Easter sermon:
NIV:
14 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death--that is, the devil -- 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
14-15 Since the children are made of flesh and blood, it's logical that the Savior took on flesh and blood in order to rescue them by his death. By embracing death, taking it into himself, he destroyed the Devil's hold on death and freed all who cower through life, scared to death of death.
Also interesting was the inclusion of Pink Floyd into the message. Which I thoroughly dug.
I'm trying to work up a little mention of the sermons I'm going through this week, but I'm leaving the above passages mostly as-is for consideration. Beyond the obvious slew of Easter messages, I've also been poring over some of Rob Bell's earlier messages on his church's foundations. Like 10 of 'em, I think. Don't worry, I'm only likely to skim the skim of the surface on it. Much of the material has already found its way into "Velvet Elvis" and his "Everything is Spiritual" message. There's even a few spots where you can identify some NOOMA video ideas being born. But the approach of the message series is fascinating and the insights are always great.
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