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Tony delivered this sermon at Hawaiian Island Ministries in Honolulu, HI on March 26, 2011
Hawaiian Island Ministries- Changing the World Through Powerless Love from Red Letter Christians on Vimeo. Download Outline | Download Audio | Download Video Story about the lady’s scarf that got caught in Tony fly zipper in the back of the elevator There is an inverse relationship between love and power Willard Waller from Walla Walla, [...]
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Tony delivered this sermon at Walla Walla University in College Place, WA on April 30, 2010
Download Outline | Download Audio Tony Prays Tony speaks about supporting REACH ministries Talks about Max Weber’s book called The Theory of Social and Economic Organization where he delineates the difference of authority and power Tony obeys the cops because they have power and the ability of coercion. Cops have guns His mother had authority [...]
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Tony delivered this sermon at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in Thousand Oaks, CA on February 27, 2010
Download Outline | Download Audio Joke: You know you’re old when you go to a wedding and the bride’s grandmother looks better to you than the bride Living out our faith in this secular society – the church is known as an instrument of oppression. 84 million dollars against Prop 8 – we celebrated, but [...]
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Tony delivered this sermon at Raleigh Court Presbyterian Church in Roanoke, VA on January 31, 2010
Download Outline | Download Audio Joke about Tony’s age, where the brides grandmother looks better than the bride Story about being late to a Baptist church because of the 1 hour time change and he ends up going to a Presbyterian church In John 17:10-12, Jesus prays that he would be in us as the [...]
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Tony delivered this sermon at Christian Assembly in Forest Falls, CA on December 5, 2009
Download Outline | Download Audio Tony talks about The Theory of Social and Economic Organization by sociologist Max Weber. In the book, Weber differentiates between power and authority. Power is to possess the capacity to coerce for your own will. A police office has power, it’s called a gun. Tony’s mother had authority. She got [...]
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Tony delivered this sermon at St. John’s Downtown in Houston, TX on July 5, 2009
Download Outline | Download Audio Loving Sacrifice Earns authority Jesus-has authority because: he “emptied himself, set aside his power” You can’t express love unless you are willing to give up power Love makes you vulnerable, Jesus became vulnerable God: loved so much, he became vulnerable Jesus’ lordship is built on a cross Story of gridlock [...]
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Tony delivered this sermon at St. John’s Downtown in Houston, TX on July 5, 2009
Download Outline | Download Audio Tony prays Power vs. Authority Power: “policeman”-has power because he has the ability to coerce Authority: “my mother”-had authority because of sacrificial acts of love Jesus Had power, but he “emptied himself to power”, he gave up his power In order to love, one must give up power God: loved [...]
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