We’re done.  I promise.  Really.  I just wanted to do two things: First, offer this directory, or “Table of Contents” to the Beauty Series for a clear organization of the parts so people can navigate it more easily.  Secondly, below you’ll find not only the full audio and complete manuscript based off this series, but, for the first time, you’ll see a special appendix I put together.  It’s a complete breakdown of every word in both Greek and Hebrew that the English Standard Version of the Bible translates as either “beauty” or “beautiful”, broken down by frequency.  Along with those words (and all their forms), I’ve offered the most literal definition of each of those words so you can easily see the huge range of meanings that the Biblical words for “beauty” carry.  It took a while to put together so I hope it’s helpful.  You don’t need any knowledge of Greek or Hebrew to understand it or get something from it.  Enjoy.  And this is it for the series now.  I promise.

The Outline for the Entire Series:

• Why do we long for Beauty?
  • Eternity in Our Heart: The God of Beauty, the Beauty of God
  • Why We Long (Setting the Stage) [Eccl.2+3] |Beauty{1}
• What is Beauty?
  • May I Offer a Definition of | Beauty{2}
• What Things are Beautiful, and why are they Beautiful?
  • The Triune God is Beauty{3}
  • Nature, Science, & the Structure of Time | Beauty{4}
  • Human Beauty{5} | (Anthropological Aesthetics)
  • Ah, the Beauty{6} of Art
  • (Review: John Navone’s “Toward a Theology of Beauty”)
• How do we respond to this Beauty?
  • How Do We Respond to Beauty{7}?
  • The Contemplation of Beauty{8}
  • Enjoying Beauty{9}, Part I: Praise it.
  • Baptized in Beauty{10} (Enjoy, Pt. II)
  • Proclaiming & Producing Beauty{11}
• Conclusion
  • The Gospel is Beautiful{12} | it is finished

Resources for this series:

• Full Sermon Audio (Mp3)
• Full Sermon Manuscript (PDF)
• Language Appendix (PDF)

[photo by David Schrott]