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1. The Discipleship Question: Do You Wish To Go Away?

John 6:60-71

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... selectively inattentive, it requires that we be selectively attentive. In these days of basketball fever, the sport or the personalities in the sport ought to inform us, and it does. Discipline is a key. And one of the best coaches in the game, Mike Krzyzewski (Shuh - SHEF - ski), teaches us about discipline, particularly discipline as selective attentiveness. He came to Duke in 1980. By his third year, he was being booed in his own gym. On March 11, 1983 the Duke Blue Devils suffered their worst defeat in ...

2. Totally Poured Out

2 Timothy 4:9-18

Sermon

King Duncan

Mike Krzyzewski [pronounced “shuh- shef-skee”] is coach of the national champion Duke Blue Devils basketball team. He is known as being meticulous ... worthwhile thing you do, give your very best. St. Paul put his personal signature on the New Testament and upon the burgeoning young church of his day. And he did it like Coach Krzyzewski’s mother. He gave his very best. He held nothing back. St. Paul was under house arrest in Rome when he wrote the words we read today from the epistle to Timothy. He ...

3. Your Personal Best

2 Tim 4:6-8, 16-18

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King Duncan

Mike Krzyzewski [pronounced “shuh- shef-skee”] was coach of the national champion Duke Blue Devils basketball team. He is known as being meticulous in his pursuit of basketball success. In his book titled, Leading with the Heart, he attributes ... you do. In every worthwhile thing you do, give your very best. St. Paul put his personal signature on the New Testament and upon the burgeoning young church of his day. And he did it like Coach Krzyzewski’s mother. He gave his very best. He held nothing back.

4. Big-Name Coach

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When Mike Krzyzewski was first hired for his present position as Duke University's basketball coach, he astounded a Durham audience by bragging, "Duke only hired me because they wanted a big-name coach." Then, after everyone looked startled, he added, "Krzyzewski. Ten letters."

5. Jesus and Andrew

John 1:35-42

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James W. Moore

... a family… loving each other, supporting each other, helping each other, respecting each other, treasuring each other… and like Andrew, bringing each other into the presence of Christ and the circle of Christ’s love. Recently, I have been reading Coach Mike Krzyzewski’s book, “Leading With the Heart.” Coach K is the highly successful basketball coach at Duke University, who has led his team to back-to-back national championships in 1991 and 1992, and eight Final Four appearances since 1986. In ...

6. Does God Care Who Wins the Superbowl?

John 14:5-14

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David E. Leininger

... as a winner, but people did listen to Mother Teresa. And I guarantee that a whole lot more folks know who she is than know anything at all about Adam Timmerman. A local legend...basketball, not football. The time had come for Duke's wonderful coach, Mike Krzyzewski, to end his earthly journey. He arrived at the Pearly Gates and was greeted by St. Peter who ushered him inside where he was promptly welcomed by the God of all creation, the Almighty. With a broad smile, God said, "Welcome Coach K. Well done ...

7. You Can Talk the Game, but Can You Play the Game?

1 Corinthians 9:24-27

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Will Willimon

... reaching a crescendo in my sermon, bringing everything together with great emotion, when (unknown to me) the local radio station carrying the service, broke in on the broadcast with, “Now we take you live to Cameron Stadium for the pregame show with Coach Mike Krzyzewski.” The next week I received a letter from an incensed listener saying how outrageous it was to break in the middle of a divine, Sunday service for an interview with a basketball coach. It was nothing short of blasphemy. I wrote her back ...

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