Sermon Slides: Respect (plus 1 extra)

Don did a series on Character Traits. One week he spoke about Respect. So, here are some scripture slides I created to go with that theme.

Romans 12:10

Photo by Penny Mathews found on Stock.xchng

1 Peter 2:17

Philippians 2:3

Here is one that I did for our baby day that I haven't posted yet.

Psalm 22:30

As always, click on the thumbnail to get a full-size copy.

Ten Commandments

This was a really fun series to do. The first challenge, of course, is determining which commandments are the 10 commandments. The lists which are commonly known as the Ten Commandments are given in passages in two books of the Bible: Exodus 20:2-17 and Deuteronomy 5:6-21 (compare side-by-side at BibleGateway.com).

If you count each "imperative statement," then you will quickly see that there are more than 10 commands. A little research shows that different religious backgrounds have parsed the commandments in different ways. I struggled with whether to follow the Jewish tradition or the Evangelical tradition. In the end, I went with the evangelical.

Commandment 1

Commandment 2

Commandment 3
I was stumped on how to illustrate this one for several weeks. I finally had a brainstorm and was able to find this picture.

Commandment 4

Commandment 5
This is one of my favorite designs. I played with a few things to get this to work.

Commandment 6

Commandment 7
Handling lust in a tasteful way is always difficult.

Commandment 8

Commandment 9
I actually wanted a picture of person taking an oath. But I couldn't find a good high quality (free) graphic to do that.

Commandment 10

Covenants of God

The "religious tradition" of the church I attend is one that promotes the taking of the communion each week. Our church used to have one of the men share a short devotional thought and then pray over the emblems. I enjoy this practice because it gives me a chance to publicly speak/teach in a manner that I don't often get to because I am no longer in full-time ministry. However, a year or so ago, the leadership began requesting that men only pray over the communion and not share a devotional.

Being passive-aggressive I have come up with a round-about way to still share a message. When it is my turn I use my announcement slides and my prayer to share an insight. So, for this one, I wanted to talk about how God's covenants and how communion is a symbol of the covenant relationship we have with God. Each of these slides bring remembrance of God's faithfulness to the people He has made covenants with in the past.

As I prayed, I mentioned each covenant and the fulfillment of that covenant as a testimony to God's faithfulness.

Genesis 3:15

Genesis 9:11

Genesis 12:2

Genesis 22:15-18

Exodus 19:4-6

Psalm 89:3-4

Matthew 26:26-28
I didn't actually use this Matthew 26 one. After I made the slide, I found this one and thought it was much better, both execution and with my theme.

Pre-Election Scriptures

These are series of scripture slides that I did right before the election. All of these scriptures remind us that God is ultimately in control of the affairs of government, not us.

Romans 13:4

Daniel 2:21

Proverbs 21:1

John 19:11

Colossians 2:9,10

I Peter 2:13,14

Scripture Slides Catch Up

Its been awhile since I have uploaded scripture slides. So, we are going to play "catch up" over the next few posts. First, I will put some "miscellaneous" slides here. Then, I will do some other posts for a few series I have completed.

As always, click on the picture to access a larger resolution version. FWIW, I downloaded the Google Photo Screensaver and changed the settings to point to my directory of scripture slides. Now, when my screensaver kicks in, it loops through the scripture slides.

John 1:3,4

Ecclesiastes 7:16-18.jpg
This was from a series that Don did entitled a Balanced Christian Life.

Proverbs 30:8
Another slide dealing with living a life of moderation.

Genesis 1:2
This verse talks about NOT being moderate or balanced, but living your life to an extreme. A nice contrast to the other two.

Recent Scripture Slides

I've only created two new scripture slides recently.

Genesis 1:2

Hebrews 2:10

Scripture Slides: The Backlog Edition

The scripture slides that I have posted seem to get the most Internet traffic from search engines. Anyway, with the posting problems I was having, I haven't uploaded any of the scripture slides that I have been working. So, here they are for your enjoyment. Click on the slide to get the higher resolution, better quality picture.

At the first of the year, Don did a seven-part series entitled "A Word to the Wise" where he discussed practical life issues with guidance from the book of Proverbs. So, I did a bunch of Proverbs slides. The Proverbs about wives, husbands, and marriage were not created for the "Word to the Wise Series" but were created for the recent "The Two Shall Become One" series.

Proverbs

Proverbs 1:8

Proverbs 2:6

Proverbs 3:6

Proverbs 3:9-10

Proverbs 6:23

Proverbs 10:4
(I don't really like this one...I need to learn how to do masking or layering or something better)

Proverbs 11:13

Proverbs 11:15

Proverbs 14:17

Proverbs 15:5

Proverbs 18:22

Proverbs 19:14

Proverbs 20:20

Proverbs 21:13

Proverbs 22:1

Proverbs 27:15
(I made this one as a joke. I double-dog dare anyone to actually use this one.)

Proverbs 31:10

This is the most recent slide I made. Don spoke just this past Sunday on this verse.

Deuteronomy 6:4

I made the next several slides for a sermon Don did entitled the "Abundant Life."

Ephesians 2:6

Jeremiah 29:11

John 10:10

John 15:11

Philippians 2:5-7

Philippians 4:4

Psalm 16:11

These last two (with some of the ones from Proverbs) were for the series on Marriage.

Song Of Solomon 4:10
(I read through the book of Song of Solomon to find any passages that could be used. I had forgotten how explicit the book is. Even though it is very graphic, the author's tone exudes the purity of innocence in a marital relationship. Even so, I still became very uncomfortable reading the book; but not because of its frankness. Rather, I felt like I was intruder in the sacred intimacy.)

Ephesians 5:25

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.

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.

Sermon on the Mount Slides

I have started making a series of scripture slides based on the Sermon on the Mount. Here are the Beatitudes for your enjoyment.
















Updated: PowerPoint Presentation of Beattitude Slides

More PowerPoint Slides

I actually created this set for Grandparent's Day, which was Sept. 9. I just haven't had a chance to post them yet.








Updated: Scripture Slides in PowerPoint File

Scripture Slides for this week

Here are the scripture slides I did this week. They are very random in nature.

This one required me to use a tutorial on how to make a branded look in Photoshop.

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I tried to make this one look like those "Inspirational Posters" that business display to encourage their employees. I thought that using the inspiration concept overlayed with the boasting concept was quite contradictory. It has a hint of irony, especially with the verse being about the proper way to boast. Also, I had hoped that the really large "Boasting" word would attract attention to the screen as that is not something one would usually see in a church.

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If I really had any Photoshop sK177z I would've been able to make the letters behind the glass magnify and look warped as actually happens when you try read something through a glass of water.

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At first I tried to make the verse appear to be "forged" into the anvil using the branding technique. However, I couldn't get it to be readable. Erin loved the font choice with this one.

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Updated: Scripture Slides in PowerPoint File

Psalm 46

Part of my ministry at church is the creation of the announcement slides that run before and after worship. Besides the announcements I also display welcome slides, no food, no cell phone, and scripture slides. This week I am extra proud of the scripture slides because they were a collaboratives effort with Erin. Her insight and ideas proved invaluable.

All of the slides this week come from Psalm 46.

Psalm 46

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song.

1 God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.

2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,

3 though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.
Selah

4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy place where the Most High dwells.

5 God is within her, she will not fall;
God will help her at break of day.

6 Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
he lifts his voice, the earth melts.

7 The LORD Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Selah

8 Come and see the works of the LORD,
the desolations he has brought on the earth.

9 He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth;
he breaks the bow and shatters the spear,
he burns the shields with fire.

10 "Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth."

11 The LORD Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Selah

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Updated: Scripture Slides in PowerPoint File