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1. What Is Man?
Psalm 8:1-9
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King Duncan
I don’t know what you think about human nature. Someone once said, “Little monkeys grow up to be big monkeys; little pigs grow up to be big pigs; but people, wonderful people, can grow up to be monkeys or pigs.” Winston Churchill once said, “I like pigs. Dogs look UP to us. Cats look DOWN on us. Pigs treat us as EQUALS.” Well, maybe he’s right. The legendary broadcaster Walter Cronkite was once...
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David E. Leininger
"When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?" - Psalm 8:3-4 Are you familiar with the name Russell Schweikart? One of our astronauts, he flew on Apollo IX. After he returned to earth from his magnificent space adventure, he wrote, [You see] the earth not...
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John E. Harnish
I found it….the quotation I used in Steeple Notes about the faith that sings. It comes from a 1949 sermon preached by James T. Cleland, Professor of Preaching at Duke. The sermon is entitled "A Religion That Sings." "There are times and occasions when a religious person has to shout hallelujah or stand the risk of an inner explosion." He reminds us that the birth narratives of Jesus are filled w...
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J. Howard Olds
When God made you and God made me, He gave us a wonderful place to be. We have woods and hills and waterfalls; We have varieties of creatures, great and small. When God made you and God made me, He gave us an awesome responsibility. There is a great political debate waging in our world concerning global warming. Some affirm it and others deny it. Meanwhile, the rest of us sweat our way through on...
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David E. Leininger
"When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?" You are familiar with the name Russell Schweikert? One of our astronauts. He flew on Apollo XI. After he returned to earth from his magnificent space adventure, he wrote, "[You see] the earth not as something ...
6. Do I Matter?
Psalm 8:1-9
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David E. Leininger
Interesting news this week. According to the population clock at the United Nations, there are now six-billion of us on this whirling planet.(1) Someone decided that a baby boy born to refugee parents in Sarajevo, a region returning to life after a decade of death and destruction and war, would be the perfect symbol for the push toward our next billion or so. According to UN Secretary-General Kofi...
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David E. Leininger
We made it!!! Pass out the tee-shirts that say "I survived Y2K!" Some have probably had to deal with millennium-sized hangovers, others are still in the process of sweeping up millennium-sized piles of confetti, and the rest of us are generally relieved that millennium-sized fears of Y2K-related disasters never happened - no computer blow-ups, no terrorist attacks. We made it! No Rapture either, ...
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Gordon Pratt Baker
The author of the Eighth Psalm is a nature lover who has spent many hours drinking in the beauty of God’s handiwork. The stars hold special fascination for him with their witness to the Lord’s majesty and might; and, like many another poet across the centuries, he cannot refrain from singing of their twinkling host. Two things stand out regarding this singer in the night. In the first place, he i...
9. Only Human?
Psalm 8:5-6
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Will Willimon
We gather here this day, toward the end of July, in the middle of summer. That means, more than likely, that the majority of you are here on vacation. You are just passing through or perhaps you are visiting someone in the Triangle area. If so, we're glad to have you here at Duke Chapel. You should be glad that this place was air-conditioned a few years ago! Ah, the glorious summer! For those of ...
10. For The Love of God is Creative
1 Corinthians 2:6-12 · Psalm 8
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Billy D. Strayhorn
In Bil Keane's FAMILY CIRCUS, little Billy is watching television.  The speaker boldly says, "Remember this, my friends, great things never happen until some person in this world makes them happen." Billy's mind gets to thinking about the snow, the reflection of the moon on the lake at night, the waves crashing at the beach, a butterfly breaking out of its cocoon, a gorgeous sunset and a beautifu...
11. What's In a Name?
Mark 10:2-16 · Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12 · Psalm 8
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Thomas C. Willadsen
What do you think when you hear the name “Jesus?” What thoughts, images, metaphors come to your mind when you hear that name? We know a lot about Jesus’ life; we have stories about what happened before he was born, when he was born, one in Luke’s gospel about Jesus at age twelve, when he was a man, starting with his baptism and ending with how he died. We even have four stories about what happened...
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