Character Matters | Honoring - 1 Samuel 31, 2 Samuel 1 - Clint Leavitt

Watch as Pastor Clint explores an often-mentioned and little understood aspect of the Christian life: honor. Sermon Resources: 1. “Honor is the operating system of God.” -Jon Tyson, "Creating a Culture of Honor" 2. Study from the National Academy of Sciences: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1414146111 3. “This “outrage industrial complex” works by catering to just one ideological side, creating a species of addiction by feeding our desire to believe that we are completely right and that the other side is made up of knaves and fools. It strokes our own biases while affirming our worst assumptions about those who disagree with us.” -Arthur C. Brooks, "Our Culture of Contempt" 4. “When you see my face, hope it gives you hell. When you walk my way, hope it gives you hell. If you find a man that's worth a damn and treats you well. Then he's a fool, you're just as well, hope it gives you hell.” -The All American Rejects, "Gives You Hell" 5. “Scandal is great entertainment because it allows people to feel contempt, a moral emotion that gives feelings of moral superiority while asking nothing in return. With contempt you don’t need to right the wrong (as with anger) or flee the scene (as with fear or disgust). And best of all, contempt is made to share. Stories about the moral failings of others are among the most common kinds of gossip, they are a staple of talk radio, and they offer a ready way for people to show that they share a common moral orientation. Tell an acquaintance a cynical story that ends with both of you smirking and shaking your heads and voila, you’ve got a bond. Well, stop smirking. One of the most universal pieces of advice from across cultures and eras is that we are all hypocrites, and in our condemnation of others’ hypocrisy we only compound our own.” -Jonathan Haidt, "The Happiness Hypothesis" 6. APA study on dishonor: https://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/04/rejection 7. “There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal.” -C.S. Lewis, "The Weight of Glory" 8. Story of Daryl Davis: https://www.npr.org/2017/08/20/544861933/how-one-man-convinced-200-ku-klux-klan-members-to-give-up-their-robes 9. “To desecrate dead bodies is to deny the significance of their life, which is, in turn, to deny God’s creative activity.” -David Atkinson, "The Bible Speaks Today"