Podcasts about antropology

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1025, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Salt 1: In 1930 this Indian pacifist marched 200 miles to the sea to protest Britain's salt tax. Gandhi. 2: In 1914 the little girl with the umbrella began appearing on this company's salt packages. Morton's. 3: Throwing salt into the center of the ring to purify it is part of the ritual of this sport. sumo wrestling. 4: Opened in 1825, it was known as the "ditch that salt built" because its main cargo was salt from Syracuse, N.Y.. the Erie Canal. 5: In Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper", an overturned salt cellar lies in front of him. Judas. Round 2. Category: When You Were Young 1: Floods ravaged the Midwest in 1993 as the confluence of the Missouri and this river moved 19 miles upstream. the Mississippi. 2: Chechnya, a breakaway republic, was overrun by the army of this country in 1994. Russia. 3: In 1995 an ultranationalist assassinated Yitzhak Rabin, prime minister of this country. Israel. 4: In 1996 British scientists successfully cloned this type of animal and named her Dolly. a sheep. 5: In 2000 Clinton became the first sitting president to visit this country since Nixon visited the troops in 1969. Vietnam. Round 3. Category: Sexy Stuff 1: A queen ant of one species coats these with a pheromone that stops other ants from destroying them. the eggs. 2: "Warm" 4-letter word for a period of sexual receptiveness. heat. 3: In 1873 this U.S. president signed a bill banning anything obscene, lewd or lascivious from the mails. Grant. 4: Muskrat love includes the formation of these monogamous "bonds" for the duration of breeding season. pair bonds. 5: Vajrayana is another name for this type of Buddhism that's associated with sexuality. Tantric. Round 4. Category: Antropology 1: The Spinifex people of Australia are among the few remaining societies of foragers, also called "hunter"- these. gatherers. 2: The light skin of northern peoples prevents rickets by turning limited sunlight into the maximum amount of this vitamin. vitamin D. 3: Rotund Venus figures made of this substance are common artworks of the age named for this substance. stone. 4: In some societies this type of "feud" is settled by paying this type of "money". blood. 5: This study of one society, from the Greek for "people", began with Bronislaw Malinowski's work in Melanesia. ethnography. Round 5. Category: Clocks 1: The face of a watch or the soap you might use if you had time for a shower. dial. 2: Around 1400 B.C., Egyptians used this kind of clock that was supposed to leak. a water clock. 3: Oregon won the first NCAA men's basketball title by the anemic score of 46-33 in 1939, long before this 1985 innovation. shot clock. 4: It's a clock ⅔ the size of a grandfather clock. a grandmother's clock. 5: 1 of the 2 components powering a clock that can be replaced by electricity. springs or weights. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

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Kat Slaughter is Museums Director for the Historical Society of Pottawattamie County.  She studied at the University of Wyoming, graduating in 2016 with a Bachelor's degree of History and Anthropology with an emphasis in museum studies.   Troy Stolp holds a BA from Iowa State University in Anthropology and Religious Studies, a BA from Buena Vista University in History, and an MA from UNO in History.  Troy is a teacher at Lewis Central.

En esta oportunidad, liderados por Luis Enrique Izquierdo, hablamos con Diana Carolina Piraquive Monroy, quien nos cuneta un poco sobre su tesis de maestría en Estudios Culturales titulada “La formación del gusto musical en la enseñanza de la música y el canto en la ciudad de Bogotá (1903- 1936)”. Exploramos un poco del trabajo de Diana, sobre nuestros gustos musicales, y por qué poner atención sobre este tema desde los estudios culturales y sociales; disciplinas académicas que nos dan herramientas metodológicas y teóricas para explorar la relación de las problemáticas (como las clases, la raza, la ruralidad, lo popular) y la música. Conduce: Luis Enrique IzquierdoPanelista y productor: Diego A Garzon-Forero

En este podcast hablamos con Cristina Alvizo Carranza, profesora e investigadora en El Colegio de Jalisco y editora de la revista Intersticios Sociales. Autora de la ponencia “El chofer de transporte público en el imaginario tapatío”, presentada en el XI Congreso de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Antropología. Un trabajo que aborda los estudios de la antropología vial, problematizando el concepto de cultural vial en el contexto latinoamericano, principalmente en México. En el programa de hoy vamos a estar aproximándonos a cuestiones relacionadas con la configuración de la identidad del chofer, los procesos de profesionalización, las relaciones de género y los estereotipos sociales en lo vial que se reproducen en la sociedad mexicana.

En este podcast hablamos con María Elvira Jaramillo, editora académica del libro "Llegar a esos "otros". Negociado los chistes internos de la academia". Una publicación que reúne ejemplos desde varias esferas de la divulgación del conocimiento como la traducción, el mercadeo, los podcasts, las redes sociales, los MOOC, la ilustración, y las estrategias de aprendizaje. Una publicación que llega para problematizar y poner ejemplos de personas que se están pensando el asunto.Conduce: Luis Enrique IzquierdoPanelista: María Camila Abril y Diego A Garzon-ForeroProducción: Diego A Garzon-Forero

Este podcast, en principio es producto del Semillero de Antropología y Medios (https://www.urosario.edu.co/Escuela-de-Ciencias-Humanas/Investigacion/Semillero-de-investigacion/Semillero-de-Antropologia-y-Medios/Descripcion/) de la Universidad del Rosario desde 2017 hasta junio de 2021 generando alrededor de 100 programas sobre múltiples temas explorados desde diversos enfoques como la antropología, la historia, la ciencia política, las artes liberales, el periodismo, la gestión cultural, y los estudios sociales. Conduce: Diego A Garzon-Forero Panelista: Luis Enrique Izquierdo

El sonido siempre está ahí y lo pasamos por alto. En el trabajo de campo un silencio puede decir más que mil palabras. En este programa hablamos del sonido en la antropología. Invitamos a Carlos Alvarán, estudiante de antropología e historia de la Universidad de Caldas, podcaster y estudioso del sonido desde estudios sociales.Conduce: María Camila Abril. Panelista: Santiago Aparicio. #LeeUR

Pt2: Billion Temesghen lives and studied in the Italian school of Asmara, she is also an Eritrean journalist. in these two episodes of SILOS she tells us about his beloved nation and the relationship that linked it with Italy, without forgetting some tips on how to improve relations between the two nations

Far too often Native American culture is overlooked and little known! for this reason I decided to invite Lane who as a member of the Lakota has told Silos some details concerning their culture and history and giving food for thought for those who want to find out more about it!

This time I've spoken with Estella, research associate at the University college in London.Estella received a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Sydney (Australia), with a study on social responses to crisis and crisis management in Lebanon.We refer in this episode to her book ‘Specchi scomodi' (available italian, but topic available on her website, detail below) where she describes the forced migration and she explain in a very clear way the background of that.Recorded at the beginning to the Covid19 outbreak, we touched the topic of migration and solidarity.With this episode I put myself completely outside my comfort zone in an absolutely humble approach in learning something far from my daily life. Estella made for me very easy trying to share a very complex topic in a way I could feel connected.---Follow Small Talks (at midnight) on social media and subscribe on your music or podcast app, to not miss the next weekly episodes.Clubhouse: @flavia.marfellaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/smalltalksatmidnight/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/small_talks_at_midnight/Goodpods app - social media for podcast lovers: @flaviaE-mail: midnightsmalltalks@gmail.com---What brought Estella Carpi to Lebanon and what moves her in a constant research of peace and human development and progress  ?We talked about her experience in Lebanon, the difference between compassion and informed solidarity, her love for arabic world and fascination for what she defines ‘what is not me'.She also opened up sharing her feelings around reaching a dream, when it comes to her field: as a researcher speaking of failure is a taboo.What I learned during this conversation is that there is always something that we can do: informed solidarity is the way to change things, a way to make humanity to feel real.Guest: Estella Carpi:1) https://mabisir.wordpress.com/ Views on anthropological, social and political affairs in the Middle East. 2) Specchi scomodi. Etnografia delle migrazioni forzate nel Libano contemporaneo.  Editore: Mimesis 2018

On this episode, Fr. Bart Gingerich talks with Joshua Ryan Farris about his new book, Introduction to Theological Anthropology: Humans, Creaturely and Divine. We talk about the doctrine of man, some of the classic controversies in the Christian tradition, and some of the popular anthropological errors and even heresies that are popular in our wider culture. Joshua Ryan Farris, An ... Read More

Julia King is a professor of Antropology at Saint Mary's College of Maryland. We discuss how Climate Change can be examined through a different lense to generate new insights and solutions. To learn more contact: James Cox Cell: 267 323 6936 Email: jamescoxprivateemail@gmail.com

Descubriendo a la verdadera Eva, originadora de la especie humana...Jorge Araica diserta en TecnologiaHechaPalabra sobre los importantes trabajos antropológicos de las últimas décadas, concentrándose en los estudios del ADN mitocondrial que nos permiten determinar donde y cuando vivió la antepasado común de todos los humanos.-----Duración: 00:14:31.----- -----Conozca más sobre la Eva Mitocondrial en TecnologiaHechaPalabra: http://www.tecnologiahechapalabra.com/ciencia/actacientifica/articulo.asp?i=11709.

Esta semana en Antropovoces nos quisimos enfocar en las posibilidades laborales que tienen los antropologos en la actualidad. Conversamos con Marta Saade, subdirectora de investigación del ICAHN y Alhena Caicedo, presidenta de la Asociación Colombiana de Antropólogos. Nos presentaron los retos de la antropología actual y los pasos que deberían seguir los departamentos de Antropología y las instituciones que requieren a los antropólogos.Conduce: Diego A Garzón-ForeroPanelistas: Sofia María Fernanda Sánchez, Valentina Sánchez VélezInvitadas: Marta María Saade, Alhena Caicedo

In this episode you can hear an interview with anthropologist Dr Jowel Canuday. Jowel is SOLACE Co-Investigator and has conducted ethnographic fieldwork for the SOLACE project in Northern Samar as one of the SOLACE ethnographers. Here he talks about his own career – how he became an anthropologist – and his first thoughts of the data we collected during the team ethnography.

SwitloLella makes the best Samosa filing.Funny part is she really dislikes folding them.Lella Umedaly taught children in Uganda and Vancouver, Canada.She is thrilled to watch her grandchildren one by one get their degrees!Here Nareena graduates from University of Victoria. Antropology.Nareena is volunteering in Zanzibar with CUSO-VSO Lella Umedaly nee keshavjee's family travelled from India to South Africa, then to Kenya. She married Shamas Umedaly and had 5 children Nzeera, Mossadiq, Muneera, Umeeda and Hamed. She has eight grandchildren who she dedicated this book to.You can purchase a copy by visisting www.mamajeeskitchen.com

Anthropologist Ewa Wasilewska of the University of Utah discusses mummies and the film Curse of the Aztec Mummy.

Anthropologist Ewa Wasilewska of the University of Utah discusses mummies and the film Curse of the Aztec Mummy.

Anthropologist Ewa Wasilewska of the University of Utah discusses mummies and the film Curse of the Aztec Mummy.

Lets open our Bibles to Genesis 1 this morning. While youre looking at Genesis 1, I think most of you can find that, I think of the words of the Psalm thats in Chapter 8 (Page 535 of pew Bibles). He says, When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your hands…what is man that You are mindful of him… He looked to the cosmos, and he said, What is man? Who am I that You would care about me? This morning on our tour, Worldview Tour, were talking about anthropology, the nature of man. Now that sounds boring at first. Anthropology?!? Man! I wish I wouldnt have come. Its not boring. Its not boring when you find out who God made you to be, so lets take a look at Genesis 1:26. In creation, God has been very active in making the world. Right before He makes man, he pauses. There is a conference, if you will, a consultation amongst the Trinity. Even here in the first chapter of the first book of the Bible, we see the triune nature of God. We see Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Bible says, Then God said let us make man in our image, in our likeness. Notice the plural. The word God here, Elohim, is plural in the original Hebrew. When God speaks, its in the plural. He says, Let us make man in Our image. So already we see Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in community, speaking about our creation. There is a pause. He doesnt just go right into man; there is a consideration, if you will, a discussion in the Godhead. Then God creates man in his image. How many of you ever read that weve been created in an image of God and just wonder, What does that mean? Does that mean that God has a nose and ears like we do? Does that mean He has feet like us and looks like us? Is that what it means? Does God have hair, and were made in His image? Were going to take a look at the creation of man, and then were going to talk a little bit about what it means when we say that we have been made in the image of God. Chapter 2:7 really is what happens after Verse 26. In fact, you could take out much of that first part of Chapter 2 from Verse 7 on and put it right in there after Verse 26 because Verse 27 is sort of a summary after Hes already created woman. In Chapter 2, He has not yet created her as He has man. Adam is there, and he is lifeless. He is flesh; he is bone, and he is lifeless. Remember, were taught in the world that were made out of the stuff in the box, the stuff in the cube. Everything that we see is all that there is and all there ever will be, and that is the stuff from which you and I come. But yet, we know as we look at man that we see stuff thats not in the box. Thats what were going to find in Genesis 2:7. It says (Page 2), The Lord God formed the man with the dust of the ground, the stuff in the box, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. What God breathed into man is not in the box. Its not the stuff of earth. Its not the stuff in the cube. Its what makes us in His image. Man became a living being, or a living soul, and only here-and only for man-are these words used. No other creation is described in this way. But when the creation of man comes, he is described as a living soul-a nephish haiah-made in the image of the living God. I believe the image of the living God is…when we look at creation, what we see in man that is unique and distinct from other creation; that is in part what it means to be made in the image of God. Now, were going to put up a little list this morning that is not meant to be exhausted at all. Im sure you might be able to identify other characteristics, other uniqueness, that make us in the image of God, but here are a few. Lets put up the first one (C-R-E-A-T-E). Think of the words Create Man. How did God create man? He created him in His image. What does that mean? The C stands for create. The word Create and the C also stand for create. That part of the image barring is that you and I can create. Now, we cant create like God creates. God creates Ex Nihilo. He creates from nothing. Theres nothing, and then theres something. Thats how God creates. We can use the stuff that God has made, and we can create. My daughter makes beautiful paintings and drawings. She creates them on blank canvas. You might be able to build a house. You might be able to design landscaping. You might be able to build a machine or make an invention. Man can design and create. We can take the stuff that God has made, put it together and arrange it in a complex manner, and make something. Thats what I mean by create and design. Only man can do that. Im sure a beaver can build a damn, but Im talking about something complex that requires thought process, complexity of design that only man can create. Its part of what it means to be made in the image of God. He is the creator so that you and I can create. He is the designer so you and I design. The R stands for reason. Some of you might want to scratch some of these things down because youre not going to find this in a book somewhere. If it will help you to understand what the image of God is, write it down. So R is for reason. Reason makes us unique in that we can think. We can process information. We can make sense of the world around us. We can draw conclusions; we can discern. Part of being made in the image of God is the ability to reason. The next letter E stands for ethics. Romans says that God has put a sense of right or wrong inside of each one of us. We just know innately whether something is right or wrong. Have you ever had a little child, if you have children, and when youve come home, the child is acting sad with his/her head down or afraid, and you say, What did you do? You dont even know what they did, but you know they did something because they are acting like they are ashamed of something. God has put that innate in each of us, the knowledge of right and wrong. Hes written His law on our hearts. The A stands for authority. God created man to have authority and dominion. He said in that Verse 26 that Hed given authority over the creatures of the sea, on land, and in the air. We can make Shamoo, the whale, obey us. We can make the lion, the king of the beast, jump through hoops. Man has dominion in the earth. He is the highest form of life. God has authority and dominion. Because we are made in His image, we have authority and the ability to rule. Thats part of being made in the image of God. T is a simple but profound one. Talk. We can talk. As we saw in the Godhead in Verse 26, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit talking about the creation of man, you and I can talk. You say, Well, my dog talks. He has different bark languages. Sure, animals can have distress, anger, and happiness, but try carrying on a conversation with your dog. Its a little different. Only man can communicate at the level that we do using complex words, and sentences, and thoughts. Man can speak and talk because God can speak. God talks. We saw that demonstrated in Verse 26 of Chapter 1. The E stands for eternal or eternity. It says, God breathed into man, and man became a living soul. Now, were not eternal in this sense that Gods eternal. God has always been and always will be. There was a time when we were not. We have not always been, but now that we are, we always will be. Were eternal, and only man is eternal as God: that is part of being made in His image. Lets look at the word Man. The M stands for me. Now, not me (Pastor Jeff is pointing to himself), you and me. Youre a me. The ability to know that youre a me, to have self-awareness, to be aware of whom you are, that you exist, and that you are a person; you have a personality. You exist. A self-awareness is something that creation does not have. They may know they exist, but they dont know theyre me. You have an identity and a personality. You dont just act on instinct. You have an awareness. A and N are in order here for a reason. The first one [A] is ascribe worth; that means worship. You and I can use our reason to form a deduction that God exists and choose to worship Him or not worship Him. The second part, the N is we can also choose to neglect God. Basically put those two together, and they stand for free will. Man was created with a free will, an ability to choose. God says to man, You can have any tree in the garden, any fruit in the garden except that tree and that fruit. What he laid in front of man was a choice. Man chose incorrectly. He said to Adam that day, which by the way means man. Adam is man. Some of us think that God was just picking out a nice name. Jesus, what do you think? Holy Spirit, what do you think? Adam? I like Adam. Adam means man. So, you read that and it says, …and then He formed Adam out of the earth. So He named him man, but man and Adam are the same thing. So Adam, or man, has the ability to acknowledge God and worship God or neglect God. Romans 1 says we can either exchange the truth for a lie, or we can suppress the truth and follow after a lie, exchange the glory of God. We can do that because we have free will. Thats how God created man. Its one of those things that makes us unique by design, one of the things that make us in the image of God. Now you might be able to come up with more, and thats good. Im not saying its exhausted, but, to me, those are some of the reasons-or some of the things that are encompassed-in being made in the image of God. Now we all know what happens in the next chapter. Man falls. Man partakes of the forbidden fruit. In essence, he disobeys God. Sin is sin. You might think, Well thats overkill. I think if my child took fruit I told him not to take, I wouldnt send judgment on the whole earth. Understand sin is sin. Man chose to disobey God. Man chose to rebel against God. That was the way he chose to do that. So, man fell. Man was still in the image of God, but we are not as we are fully intended to be. Man lost that communion with God, that community. Man could talk to God. In the Garden, man could have a conversation with God, and that is lost. Man is banished from His presence. God said in the Word, The day you eat of the fruit, you shall surely die. Adam partakes of the fruit, does he die? Physically, no, but spiritually, yes. He is separated from the presence of the living God. Do you ever go to a carnival and go into those mirrors at the funhouse? Theres the mirrors that make you look short and fat, and then there are the ones that make you look really tall and skinny? I like those. I stay in front of those for awhile, Look at that 15-inch waist! Look at that! Some of them make you look like you have a big head. You recognize thats you, and youre able to laugh at it because you know I dont really look like that. Its a distortion of reality. Theres enough that resembles what you really look like to recognize its you, but its not as youre intended to look. The same thing is true in creation and the fall. Mankind is now not what God fully intended mankind to look like and to be. Its enough resemblance that we recognize its mankind, but we are now a twisted, distorted reality from what God intends us to be, a creation of what God intends us to be, and from what He will restore us to be one day. One day, we will have communion with God and conversation with God, just like man had in the beginning. Well have that in Heaven. So, man is a fallen being. God is going to come, and He is going to give an accounting of mankind. How do we get in this state? What happened? Man sinned. When God comes into the Garden, Hes normally greeted by Adam and Eve, but this day He is not. Adam and Eve are not there; they are hiding. They are hiding because they know what they did was wrong. Nobody has to tell them. They are ashamed. There is an innate knowledge of right and wrong; and they know that they are naked, theyre ashamed, and they know theyre in trouble, so they hide. Thats usually what we do, isnt it? When we do something wrong, we try to conceal, cover up and hide because were embarrassed. We think were going to get in trouble, so we hide. God comes in and God makes them render in accounting of their actions. He says to the man, What have you done? How did you know you were naked? Did you partake of the fruit that I told you not to partake of? Adams response was, Well, its her, the woman you put here. She made me eat it. Its kind of Your fault, God. Then He turns to her and says, What do you have to say for yourself? She says, Well, its the serpent that You put here. So its nobodys fault but Gods, right? We laugh at that, but have you ever done that? Have you ever made bad choices in your life, and you reap bad consequences, and then you say, God, how could you let this happen to me? Nobody? Okay. Just thought Id ask. Sure! God is going to render out here the consequences. Hes going to explain to them the gravity of the situation. The first one, He speaks to is the serpent-Satan. He says these words…Now many people believe, many scholars believe, this is not just an issue between Adam and Eve and the serpent, but a foreshadowing of the conflict between good and evil, a foreshadowing of the conflict between the Redeemer-who will come to set things right-and Satan, a battle between lies and the truth. God says, I will put enmity between you and the woman, between your offspring and hers. Satans offspring. Who might Satans offspring be? What He is talking about is Satan deceived with a lie. All those who will believe the lie, who will believe the deception of the enemy, are from the enemy. They emanate from him in that sense. What did Jesus say to the Pharisee when they said, Well, God is our father, Jesus said, God is not your father. Youre of your father, who? Who? The devil. Because he was a liar from the beginning, and he is a father of lies. So, to buy into those lies, to succumb to those lies, in essence is he has reproduced himself into you. You have bought the lie. Theres going to be a struggle between the seed of the woman and the serpent. He identifies, now, in the third person, He will crush your head, and you will strike his heal. Any of you ever been killed by getting hit in the heel? Anybody here ever die from being hit in the heel? Nobodys dead from being hit in the heel? That was a joke. Anybody ever known anybody who died from being hit in the heel. I think if we could die from being hit in the heal, wed wear some bigger boots, wouldnt we? If you were hit in the heal, thats going to hurt, but its not going to kill you. But if your head is crushed, that will do it. That will do it. So He talks about this conflict for those who will believe the lies of the enemy and those who will follow the woman seed, and He says, Theres going to be an ultimate conflict, an ultimate climax, to the conflict between the lies and the truth. Whats going to happen is youre going to wound him, and he is going to crush you. Evil is going to be defeated. All the way from the very beginning, God had a plan of redemption that was going into effect. Jesus at the cross would be wounded, but through his resurrection, Satan will be crushed. Evil and sin and death will be crushed, and victory will be gained. Amen? Amen. The cross and the resurrection is the fulfillment of what God spoke of in Genesis 3:15. The serpent was crushed. The serpent was defeated. His lie was conquered by the truth. Does that mean he gives up? Does that mean he goes away? Not at all. His job now is to distort the truth, to discredit the message. His tool is still going to be the lie. Lets listen attentively to this conversation between some demonic entities as they discuss what theyre going to do now that Satan has been dealt this blow, now that hes been defeated. What is going to be Satans plan to conquer this truth with a lie? (Clip played.) What God is going to do in the Garden is begin a plan to take what Satan has made that is ugly and rotten, and He is going to begin a plan of salvation. Ive been doing some work in my house, some landscaping. Ive shared with you all the rocks Ive encountered and how difficult its been. Ive realized Rock County is called Rock County because of all the rocks that are buried in our soil. Ive also encountered a lot of lumber. I found out that the carpenters who built my home used to use my front lawn as burial for all their blocks of wood. Thats another thing Ive been running into as I dig. I ran into the mother of all blocks of wood. It seemed like everyplace I dug, there it was. I ended up having to dig a much bigger hole than Id hoped for because I had to get this big block of wood out. It was really annoying. In fact, I brought it with me today. Its an ugly rotting post. This rotten dirty rascal was a real headache for me, a real problem for me. I pulled it out of the soil, and I threw it off to the side. I said, Oh, Im glad I got that thing out of the way. I went and bought a tree. The tree weighed, they said, between two and three hundred pounds. So, my wife and I had a wonderful time getting that thing out of the trunk of the car. Then she had to leave, and I had to scoot the thing toward the hole. Id get down, and Id grab the wires, and Id tug to get it a few inches, take a break, regroup, and Id tug again. It took me quite a while to get it from the driveway to the place where it was supposed to go. I was trying to figure out how I was going to get it in the hole. I cant pick it up and put it in there, and Im afraid the thing is going to topple. If I could just have something that would help me to ease this tree into this hole, that would be good. Then, bing! Thats my sound effect for an idea. An idea hit me. Wheres that rotten piece of wood? Wheres my nemesis? Wheres my enemy? I went and found him. I said, Thats perfect! I took this wedge part, put it in the hole, rested this toward the top of the hole, and then took the tree and slid it down this post. It was slick; down to the hole it went. It was perfect. This block of wood that I saw as evil and bad, rotten and ugly, turned into something that was useful for me, something that was beneficial for me. The wonderful thing about the Gospel is Jesus does that for us. Jesus can take something from that very ground that brought this pain in the neck and make it became a source of good for me. Think about the cross for a moment. Think about the cross a moment. Think about the ugliness of the cross. Think about the fact that an innocent man whod done nothing but good-shared nothing but good-loved people. He told us what Heaven is like, shared what God is like, healed people, brought hope and life. How did we return that? We returned that by crucifying Him. We think about the cross; we think about death and suffering. Think of the evil that was present that day and how dark that day was, the tears that were shed by His mother, by His followers, by His disciples. It was a bad day; it was an evil day. Yet from that very ground, from that very awful thing, God brought the most wonderful thing he could ever bring. He brought forgiveness. He brought a restoration of what was lost in the Garden through mans fall. From something evil, He brought for us something good. God still does that. God will still do that in your life, church, if you will allow Him to. His Word says He takes what is evil, and He will use it for the good in your life. As we think about the cross, it really is significant from the viewpoint of whom is man because it tells us how valuable we are in Gods sight. I was doing a little search online to see what my car is worth. I have a tan 2001 Lincoln Town Car. I was going to sell it, so I wanted to know its worth. So, I searched it out, and it was up to $39,000. Thirty-nine thousand dollars! Why in the world is my car selling for $39,000? Wow! Its worth maybe $8,000-$9,000. I had to find out what was going on. So, I clicked on it, and sure enough, it was a 2001 Lincoln Town Car, same color, same series-signature series-exactly the same, only one catch: The car belonged to Warren Buffett, not Jimmy Buffett-not Margaritaville dude-but the second richest man in all the world. The car was talking about his thriftiness and how he doesnt have chauffeurs, and he doesnt drive around in limos. It said when Mr. Buffett wants to go to McDonalds, he drives his 2001 Lincoln Town Car. He drives it everywhere he goes. It said that if you win this car, two things would happen. One, all the money would go toward charity. Two, Mr. Buffett will put, will don, a chauffer cap, come to the airport, pick you up in person and take you to the car. Youll have a chance to meet him and sit down and talk with him. The car sold for $73,000! Seventy-three thousand dollars! So, Im figuring I can get $60,000 for mine, maybe (congregation laughing). Okay, ask $60,000, take $50,000. Why did it sell for so much money? Because of whom it belonged to. Whom it belonged to determined its worth and value. You are not the stuff of cosmic gas and stardust and ooze. You are the stuff of God. You are made in His image. The fact is you belong to Him, and because you belong to Him, you have incredible worth and value. That worth and value were further demonstrated not just by the fact that you are created in His image, but that He would send His son to suffer and die in your place. Something is worth the price that youre willing to pay for it. What was the price that God was willing to pay for you? It was the life of His Son. Would you bow in prayer as we prepare to receive communion this morning? Father, the Gospel is always, if anything, something that humbles us. Just as we look in creation and see its vastness and its glory and say, What is man? Whom am I? so we look at the cross, and we say, Whom am I that You would do this for me? I pray for those this morning who struggle with a low self-esteem, a low self-worth, who do not see themselves as valuable. Father, let them grasp this truth in their spirit, that they are far more valuable than they can ever imagine because they belong to-because theyve been created in-Your image. Father, might the lies of the world have a deaf ear turned toward them, might not only their ears but their eyes and their heart turn to Your truth and receive it into their souls. I pray this in Jesus name, Amen.