Christian Responsibility in a Global Society

Mary Hardin-Baylor University

Belton, TX

September 14, 2011

Dr. Tony Campolo

Belton, TX

Mary Hardin-Baylor University

September 14, 2011

  1. Richard Rohr said that Protestants get steeped in the epistles then get around to the gospels. It’s a different emphasis when you read Jesus in the eyes of Paul and Paul through the eyes of Jesus and seeing
  2. Story about when Tony’s son took a group of inner-city youth on a retreat and the religious statement with no theological content
  3. When you come to Jesus you get a lifestyle
  4. The Sermon on the Mount- “The greatest sermon ever preached”
  5. We don’t take the Sermon on the Mount seriously
  6. Joke- You know your old when your wife says “lets go upstairs and have sex” and you say “I can’t do both”
  7. When Jesus says love your neighbor, he probably meant don’t kill them
  8. Mark 10- Sell what you have, give to the poor, take up your cross and follow Jesus
  9. If Jesus lived in our society, would he buy a BMW?
  10. When Jesus calls you to be a disciple, what does he expect from you?
  11. What does it mean to follow Jesus if we took Jesus seriously?
  12. Story about the gay kid Roger that Tony went to high school with.
  13. What does it mean to be an imitator of Jesus?
  14. We have constructed Jesus in our own image
  15. George Bernard Shaw said that “God made us in His image and we decided to repay the favor”
  16. Story about the three Haitians prostitutes and the Disney party
  17. Tony talks about Compassion International
  18. Tony talks about Bryan Stevenson a graduate from Eastern University and Harvard Law School who defends criminals on death row in Montgomery, AL.
  19. If you really want to love Jesus, you have to encounter Him in the poor and oppressed
  20. Story about the bum on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia who offer Tony some of his coffee and wanted a hug in return
  21. Story about teacher, Jean Thompson, and her student Teddy Stallard
  22. Story about Tony’s student that he one took with him to Haiti. The student pledged then to become a doctor to help the Haitians, but instead became a cosmetic surgeon
  23. Story about the father of one of Tony’s students that said “I don’t mind being Christian up to a point.”
  24. Story about Tony’s black church and the “preach-off”
  25. It’s Friday, Sunday’s Comin’

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