Good News in a Bad World

Chautauqua Institution

Chautauqua, NY

August 22, 2004

Dr. Tony Campolo

Chautauqua Institution

Chautauqua, NY

Worship Service

August 22, 2004

“Good News in a Bad World”

  1. Francis Fukuyama and the “the last great idea” which was democratic capitalism
  2. You don’t have everything you want, you have everything you need
  3. Why are you going on to get a good education? To get a good job, to make a lot of money, to get a lot of stuff.
  4. We are manipulated into wanting stuff that we don’t need, thinking that it will gratify us
  5. America is 6% of the world’s population, we consume 43% of the world’s resources
  6. 1 John 3:17
  7. Joke: The difference between a Baptist and a Terrorist is that you can bargain with a terrorist
  8. Story about being in an elevator in Chicago and the boy that had no joy
  9. Soren Kierkegaard once said “this age will die, not because of sin, but because of lack of passion”
  10. The end of history is not democratic capitalism, the end of history is the triumph of the Kingdom of God
  11. The Kingdom of God is what God wants to create through people and change the world that is into the world that ought to be
  12. Joke: I’ve reached the age where my idea of happy hour is a nap
  13. Story about the factory that produced shoes out of worn out automobile tires and Opportunity International
  14. Story about the start of Habitat for Humanity
  15. Story about Jean Thompson and Teddy Stallard
  16. Have you allowed Jesus to come into you and change you?
  17. Surrender to God in the stillness and quietude
  18. God knows what we have need of before we even ask
  19. Someone asked Mother Teresa “When you pray to God what do you say?” She said, “Nothing, I just listen.” Then he asked, “What does God say to you?” and she answered, “Nothing, He just listens.”
  20. When there are no dreams and visions, the people parish
  21. Story about Tony’s black church and the “preach off”
  22. “It’s Friday, but Sunday’s coming!”

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