... folks who thought that they had already arrived those who considered themselves part of the spiritual elite. Nobody likes people who are smug, sneering, self-important. Some months after his defeat in the Presidential race of 1984, former Vice President Walter Mondale was giving a talk about terrorism at the American Bar Association convention in London. Suddenly there was an explosion. Security men jumped to their feet and the audience stiffened. It quickly became apparent that the noise had come from an ...
... the Ethiopians to Me, O people of Israel?" says the Lord. (Amos 9:7) (Note: This sermon was preached on November 4, 1984, two days before the national election which resulted in a landslide victory for President Ronald Reagan over the Democratic nominee, Walter Mondale. A few of the references which follow are particular to that election, but the basic message of this sermon will be valid in other election years as well, since the inclination to use God for partisan purposes is well-rooted in our national ...
... and we will say it next year and the year beyond, and we will say it when the morning of his glory dawns and every knee will bend with us before his throne: Christ is King! lie shall reign forever! While the Ronald Reagans and the Walter Mondales and the Yuri Andropovs and the Fidel Castros and the Yassar Arafats flash momentarily like meteorites across the skies of history While the nations conspire and the people plot in vain, and the kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together ...
... was well over $100,000. Ronald Reagan, who advocated that private citizens should pick up the slack of slashed welfare programs, gave only $2000 to all charitable causes, this on an income of several hundred thousand dollars. The highest giver was Walter Mondale, who gave around $13,500 to benevolences, out of an income of $500,000.[1] Some people were outraged that misers and hypocrites were running for public office. Perhaps they shouldn't have been surprised. The giving patterns of these politicians ...
... invite you to make a "sacrifice" of yourself, not by putting a dollar in the plate, but by putting your body up on that altar-in short, to get you to worship. Of course, the rest of the University also wants to convert you. The only difference is, like Walter Mondale in the presidential debate, I will tell you what I plan to do, whereas most of the rest of the University, like Ronald Reagan, won't tell you. We bring you here to the University, put you through various courses, and tell you that we don't want ...
