Tony Campolo

The Great Things We Can Do

Tony delivered this sermon at in on January 1, 2000

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  1. Story about Tony on the flight to Denver and the little girl that was excited to see her daddy
  2. John 14- Jesus is wrapping up His ministry on Earth and sharing the Father’s love with the disciples
  3. John 14:6- “I and the Father are one”
  4. On the cross Jesus was contemporaneous with every human being
  5. Einstein’s theory of relativity
  6. God never was, God never will be, God is
  7. Story about the guy who was asked when was he saved and he replied “about 2000 years ago”
  8. The Bible says, “He who knew no sin will become sin for your sake”
  9. Jesus became everything that He hated about human beings
  10. Jesus did something on the cross that only God can do
  11. “He will present you faultless before your Father”
  12. Illustration of moving and walking down the streets of Philadelphia and entering the gates of Heaven
  13. John 14:12- “The works that I do ye shall do and greater works than these…”
  14. Joke: You have never seen me wear a turtleneck sweater…I’m afraid of walking around all day looking like a roll on deodorant
  15. None of the miracles had any lasting significance other than the resurrection
  16. Illustration of Jesus and Mary at the wedding feast and turning the water into wine
  17. Story about the three Haitian girls and the Disney party Tony threw for them
  18. Story about one of Tony’s students who became a cosmetic surgeon instead of a doctor to help those in Haiti
  19. Story about Brian Stevenson who provided legal services to poor people on death row in Montgomery Alabama
  20. Story about when Tony was a counselor at a Junior High camp and Billy who had Cerebral Palsy
  21. Illustration of “The Road Less Traveled”
  22. There is joy in being instruments of love and doing the works that Jesus gave us to do
  23. Story about the death of Tony’s father-in-law
  24. Story about Tony’s black church and turning a funeral into a celebration

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