{"id":2039,"date":"2005-03-06T15:01:35","date_gmt":"2005-03-06T20:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=2039"},"modified":"2005-03-06T23:32:12","modified_gmt":"2005-03-07T04:32:12","slug":"great-sermons-the-inconvenient-messiah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2005\/03\/great-sermons-the-inconvenient-messiah\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Sermons: The Inconvenient Messiah"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post inaugurates a new series at Times & Seasons. We have decided to post discussions of and links to great sermons. While I have received suggestions from several of my T&S colleagues, I decided to start the series with a sermon that moved me during my early days in the Church: The Inconvenient Messiah<\/em><\/a> by Jeffrey Holland. <\/p>\n

If listing my Top 10 LDS sermons, I would name Elder Holland more than once. This sermon was delivered at a BYU Devotional on February 2, 1982, when Elder Holland was President (of BYU) Holland. That devotional was held just a few months after I joined the Church, and because I was a BYU student at the time, I was able to attend.<\/p>\n

In this sermon, President Holland uses the temptations of Jesus to teach the value of obedience. At that time in my life, this was a welcome message. I was in the process of changing my lifestyle dramatically, and President Holland’s words seemed to validate my efforts. Even now, however, over 20 years removed, I am still fortified by Jesus’ refusal to succumb to Satan’s offers, captured through President Holland’s imagination in the refrain, “Yes, but not this way<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

This sermon seemed especially appropriate for me today, when my church meetings seemed to revolve around the theme of living faithfully through adversity. Although I was unable to locate a video or audio recording of the fireside, [you can find an MP3 recording here<\/a>, thanks to Jason in the comments, and] you can read President Holland’s text here<\/a>. This talk would make a nice Family Home Evening lesson, for those of you who are still searching for one this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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