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Tony delivered this sermon at Grove City College in Grove City, PA on February 15, 2011
Download Outline | Download Audio What happens to Christianity in the next 50 years has everything to do with how you respond to the call of Christ. Every study has shown that your generation is more spiritual than any generation in the last 200 years, part of the post-modern ethos. You tend to be irreligious, [...]
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Tony delivered this sermon at Carruthers Creek Community Church in Ajax, Ontario, canada on February 13, 2011
Download Outline | Download Audio Relationships and marriages are in trouble these days. From a sociological point of view, the basis of marriage has changed. We used to be primarily an agrarian society, now we are primarily urban. In an Agrarian society the man was looking for a woman to help run the farm. The [...]
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Tony delivered this sermon at Ocean Park Association in Ocean Park, ME on July 25, 2010
Download Outline | Download Audio Introduction: Introduces Peggy and talks about a hymn References Lambeth – A gathering of Anglican Bishops References George Carey Story about impatient American on train Main Line Denominational Churches Young people aren’t joining References the Annual Youth Triennium Main Line denominational churches are suffering because they are daring to address [...]
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Tony delivered this sermon at Hawaiian Island Ministries in Honolulu, HI on March 4, 2010
Download Outline | Download Audio This is the age of the John Wesley. Calvin dominated the 20th century Calvin gave us orthodox theology The 21st century dawned with an outburst of Wesley spirituality Martin Luther King Jr. said that 11:00am on Sunday morning maybe the most segregated hour in American life Jesus in the 17th [...]
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Tony delivered this sermon at HCS Foundation in Hudsonville, MI on October 26, 2009
Download Outline | Download Audio Story—bride’s grandmother looks better than the bride Christian education—why it is important Lots of changes—73% to less than 3% lived on farms Children change dramatically when they move to urban life from farms Kids in a large family learn to fit into a system Kids in a small family are more [...]
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Tony delivered this sermon at Roberts Weslyan College in Rochester, NY on October 5, 2009
Download Outline | Download Audio Francis F.—popular essay “The End of History”—succession of great ideas—all future societies constructed around this last great idea (Democratic capitalism) Democratic capitalism wins because it produces most consumer goods at a lower price We have produced more than we need, but it is not distributed well Key is to get [...]
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Tony delivered this sermon at Eastern University in St. Davids, PA on September 9, 2009
Download Outline | Download Audio Mission Year promotion Defining generation—represent a transition in America—what will Christianity look like for our generation Sociologists are studying this change Young people are more spiritual than religious Story—Teaching at UPenn—Sociology of Religion—Margo Shift from logical and systematic Calvinism to Wesley Do not shove the religion aside—rituals are important Emile [...]
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Tony delivered this sermon at Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, NY on August 9, 2009
Download Outline | Download Audio Story—testimonies of Tony’s father and mother—why Tony became a Baptist with a social conscience Bible study of Tony’s youth—taste of Pentecostalism St. Ignatius—new way of praying Centering prayer—African-American spiritual “Those that wait upon the Lord shall be renewed” Story—leaning power of Spirit into man on the plane Prayer of Examine, [...]
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Tony delivered this sermon at Ocean Grove Auditorium in Ocean Grove, NJ on July 19, 2009
Download Outline | Download Audio When Jesus came into the world, he came declaring the kingdom of God Kingdom of God is transformed people living in a transformed world Evidences of spiritual renewal all over the world John Wesley—Methodism was last time such a renewal took place Wesley was not a very vibrantly alive preacher [...]
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