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1. Running For Joy
Hebrews 12:1-13
Sermon
King Duncan
... for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God." The writer of Hebrews calls Jesus "the pioneer and perfecter of our faith . . ." In other words, like Roger Bannister, Jesus ran the race before us. Jesus showed us what is possible. And Jesus paved the way for us to experience a glorious victory. Let's consider for a moment what is required to be a great runner--as well as a champion of our faith. First ...
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James Merritt
... your eyes fixed on the goal, focused on the finish. The word "looking unto" in the Greek language is a word that literally means "to look away from." That is, you are to take your eyes off of everything else except the goal. Years ago I saw a race between Roger Bannister, the man who first ran a sub-four-minute mile, and an Australian. They were running a challenge race. The Australian was leading the entire race. They were coming up on the last 100 yards of the race, and just as ...
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Robert Leslie Holmes
... a life reality. The first step is regret. Paul writes, "Godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret" (2 Corinthians 7:10). Regret means a recognition that something wrong has occurred or that something right has not occurred. On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister became the first man in history to run a mile in less than 4 minutes. Within two months, John Landy eclipsed the record by 1.4 seconds. On August 7, 1954, the two met for a historic race. As they moved into the last lap ...
4. The Dreamer Within You
Joel 2:18-27, Joel 2:28-32
Sermon
Richard Hasler
... had cracked the four-minute barrier. The turning point in the race came near the end of the last lap. Jim Landy of Australia had led all the way, but he wondered during the last lap how close Roger Bannister of England was to him. He turned his head to see, slowed his pace a bit, and in that split second Bannister passed him and never relinquished the lead as he broke the tape. How essential it is to keep our eye on the target. We must never lose sight of our dream. Enunciate Your Dream First, you identify ...
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Robert G. Tuttle
... we live in a society in which faith is not a reality?" Is cancer a no-faith disease? Because of lack of faith, certain protective factors are not functioning in our systems. It makes a big difference. Look at the "Bannister Effect." Up to 1954, no one had run a four-minute mile. Then Roger Bannister ran the mile in under four minutes, and since then many runners have broken it. They now know it can be done; the belief barrier has been broken. Faith opens the belief barrier, and miracles take place. A sense ...
6. The Impossible Barrier Myth
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Alan Loy McGinnis
... hovered just above four minutes. As early as 1945, Gunder Haegg had approached the barrier with a time of 4:01.4. But many people said that the limits of physical capacity had been reached and that it was impossible to break that barrier. Then in 1954 Roger Bannister broke the tape at 3:59.4. And what was the result? As soon as the myth of the impossible barrier was dispelled, the four-minute mile was attacked and pierced by many with apparent ease. In almost no time the four-minute achievement was bettered ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... rolled away. Never again could we go back to earlier ways of treating illness. Remember the fourminute mile barrier? No one, the experts said, would ever be able to run the mile in less than four minutes. Then in 1954 a medical student by the name of Roger Bannister did the impossible. He broke the barrier. Today every worldclass runner can run the mile in less than four minutes. A stone had been rolled away. Once a stone has been rolled away, nothing can ever again be the same. THIS, OF COURSE, IS THE GOOD ...
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King Duncan
... the race that is set before us looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfector of our faith...." There is someone else who has run the race before us. He has pioneered the way. He is our example, our model, our inspiration. That One is Jesus. When Roger Bannister ran the first four-minute mile many years ago, he accomplished something that many people said could not be done. But he did it. Now many athletes have run the mile in less than four minutes. Someone needed to show us that it could be done. In ...
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Mark Trotter
... is the "toll booth" story. That is the story about somebody who has to live or work in a very small, confining space, but he escapes it because he has a vision of a greater vista. There is the "sports" story. You always have to tell a sports story. Roger Bannister, the man who broke the four minute mile, is the one that Garfield tells. When was that, back in the 50s or 60s. Until that time, the four minute mile seemed to be an impenetrable barrier, a physical possibility. But he did it. And after he did it ...
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King Duncan
... sport. Tony didn’t particularly want to go running with Frank, but for some reason he said yes. Frank used his stopwatch to time Tony for four laps around the high school track. It took him eight minutes. “Just twice as long as Roger Bannister,” Frank explained. Frank suggested that Tony could be a pretty good miler himself someday, and maybe even break four minutes. He encouraged Tony to go out for the track team. Coincidentally, the next Monday at school, Mr. Kafka, the track coach, pulled Tony ...
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