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Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... t we do it? IS IT NOT TRUE THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WITHIN US THAT REBELS AGAINST DOING THE VERY THING THAT WOULD BRING US THE MOST JOY? That is a story as old as the Garden of Eden. Even when we know the key to life we resist it. Anthony Campolo tells about a young woman who made a commitment of her life to Christ but still found depressing and boring. She went to a psychotherapist for help, but after several sessions with him, felt that the effort was futile. Then one day she came into her therapist ™s ...

2. Who Are Your Gentiles?

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Landon Winstead

... our Native American friends? In fact, in any nation, anyone who is different is in danger of confronting animosity. Why can't we learn what Peter learned in his dream--that God is no respecter of persons, that God's love is extended to all. Dr. Anthony Campolo, in his video series Carpe Diem, tells of a pastor friend of his who lives in Manhattan. Every morning, this pastor would have breakfast at a little diner downtown. And every morning, he would see the same crowd who also started their day at that ...

3. The Main Thing is to Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

James W. Moore

... "Student Recognition Day" and one by one the students came forward to tell of their dreams and plans for the future. "I'm going to be an attorney." "I'm going to be a physician." "I'm going to be a professor." Now, while this was going on, Anthony Campolo says, the old pastor who had been the minister there for well over thirty years was getting a little nervous and impatient. Finally, when they were all through the old pastor got up and he said: "Now, my little children, before we go home, there are a few ...

4. The Forgiveness Business

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... and says, "What do you say that we pray together?" And there they are in a hole-in-the-wall greasy spoon, half the prostitutes in Honolulu, at 3:30 AM listening to Tony Campolo as he prays for Agnes. Tony recalls, "I prayed that her life would be changed, and that God would be good to her." When he's finished, Harry leans over, and with a trace ... church like that. If there was, I'd join it. Yep, I'd join a church like that." 1. Anthony Campolo, The Kingdom of God Is a Party, (Dallas : Word Publishing, 1990)

5. The Gift Is In Your Hand

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Editor James S. Hewett

Anthony Campolo, sociology professor at Eastern Baptist College and popular speaker, told of his experience one year at a Women's Conference where he was making a major address. At the point in the program when the women were being challenged with a several thousand-dollar goal for their mission projects, the chairperson for the day turned to Dr. Campolo and asked him if he would pray for God's blessing upon the women as they considered what they might do to achieve the goal. To her utter surprise, Dr. ...

6. Sunday's Coming

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... have some good news for you this morning. I could offer it in any number of ways, but one of my favorites is from a special book called, It's Friday, but Sunday's Comin'.(6) My mother gave it to me. It is a series of essays by Dr. Anthony Campolo, and the title work tells of a church service in which the author participated that remembered those horrific events that led up to Jesus' death on Good Friday - it is a line from a sermon preached by one of the other speakers that day, a wise old African-American ...

7. The Forgiven Love A Lot!

Luke 7:36—8:3

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... screamed, "Happy Birthday, Agnes!" Agnes was blown away. She was stunned, her mouth fell open, her knees started to buckle, and she almost fell over. Wow! Once things settle down, Tony Campolo got up on a chair and said, "What do you say that we pray together?" There in a hole-in-the-wall greasy spoon in the middle of the night with ... it. Yep, I'd join a church like that." Now. One more time. What business is the church in? 1. Anthony Campolo, The Kingdom of God Is a Party (Dallas: Word Publishing, 1990).

8. The Forgiveness Business

Luke 7:36-8:3

Sermon

David E. Leininger

9. There's A Better Way Than Shooting Somebody

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... insolent to me, and so I shot them." The story is outrageous, of course. You don't shoot someone just because they are insolent to you. Do you? Tony Campolo tells about a Philadelphia man who killed a driver who cut in front of him on the expressway. The murderer explained that traffic had slowed as it was being ... There is a better way. It is the way of reconciliation and Divine love. 1. Anthony Campolo, SEVEN DEADLY SINS, (Wheaton, Illinois: Victor Books, 1987). 2. Wade Burton 3. Dr. Wayne Leavor 4. Ibid.

10. Winning When It Really Counts

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... then? This world is not big enough. To paraphrase St. Paul, "If Christ be not raised from the dead, then ultimately we are all losers." But we are not losers. That is what Lent and Easter are all about. Winners take into account eternity. Dr. Anthony Campolo tells about a sociological study in which fifty people over the age of ninety-five were asked one question: "If you could live your life over again, what would you do differently?" It was an open ended question, and a multiplicity of answers came from ...

11. Stand Up for Jesus

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Staff

Sociology professor Anthony Campolo recalls a deeply moving incident that happened in a Christian junior high camp where he served. One of the campers, a boy with spastic paralysis, was the object of heartless ridicule. When he ... coming with enormous effort he said simple, "Jesus loves me and I love Jesus!" That was all. Conviction fell upon those junior-highers. Many began to cry. Revival gripped the camp. Years afterward, Campolo would meet men in the ministry who came to Christ because of that testimony.

12. God Of Compassion

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... it make Him a pushover? Not at all. It does make Him a God of compassion who will not change His laws in order to protect us from the consequences of freedom abused, but who offers Himself to all who would seek to have a shepherd for their lives. 1. Anthony Campolo, SEVEN DEADLY SINS, (Wheaton: Victor Books, 1987). 2. William Barclay, A SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1977) 3. Source Unknown

13. True Love

John 3:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... love letters daily. He built a voice system that would speak lovingly to him, but he remained lonely. Manufactured, controlled love isn't love at all. Yet that's the only love that many people ever experience. And how we long for something more. Anthony Campolo tells about a mountaineer from West Virginia who fell in love with the beautiful daughter of the town preacher. The gruff and tough man one evening looked deeply into the eyes of the preacher's daughter and said, "I love you." It took more courage ...

14. A Remedy For Anger

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... work. Reconciliation cost Jesus his life. Surely you and I can seek to be reconciled with those who has done us wrong. But someone has to take the initiative, just as God took the initiative with us. Isn't it time for you to be reconciled? 1. Anthony Campolo,Seven Deadly Sins (Wheaton, Illinois: Victor Books, 1987). 2. Studs Terkel, Race (New York: The New Press, 1992), pp. 20-22. 3. Pulpit Resource, Jan-Mar 1992, p. 14. 4. Leo F. Buscalgia, Born for Love (New York: Slack, Inc., 1992), p. 202. 5. Bob Greene ...

15. One Month Prescription

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Staff

Dr. Anthony Campolo challenges those who come to him for marriage counseling this way: "If you do what I tell you to do for an entire month, I can promise you that by the end of the month, you will be in love with your mate. Are you willing to give it a ...

16. Following

Mark 8:31-38

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Steven Molin

Author Anthony Campolo says our attitudes start at a very early age. He brought his son to the first day of school and the principal was addressing the parents in this way: "Here at the Ding Dong School, we like to think of each child as a little flower, unique and special, one ...

17. Setting His Face Toward Jerusalem

Luke 9:51-62

Sermon

King Duncan

... ago a middle-aged couple came to thank Campolo for his preaching. A few years earlier, their daughter had been caught up in a life of wild rebellion. She had become estranged from her parents. After hearing Campolo preach, this young woman gave her life to ... . Associate Producer, Lucy Boyd. © 2017 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Scott Pelley, Correspondent, “60 Minutes.” 4. Anthony Robbins, Notes from a Friend (New York, N.Y.: Fireside, 1995, pp. 52-54). 5. http://www.thewordheardroundtheworld. ...

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