Sermons from Duke Chapel: Voices from "A Great Towering Church"

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Sermons from Duke Chapel

Voices from "A Great Towering Church"

Edited by: William H. Willimon

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2005

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About this book

Offers 57 diverse sermons preached in Duke Chapel by such notable figures as Billy Graham, Paul Tillich, and Barbara Brown Taylor and a fascinating analysis of the acoustic and visual challenges of preaching and listening at Duke Chapel.

Author / Editor information

William H. Willimon is Bishop of the North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church. From 1984 to 2004, he was Dean of the Chapel and Professor of Christian Ministry at Duke University. Willimon is the author of dozens of books, which together have sold more than one million copies. His book Worship as Pastoral Care was selected as one of the ten most useful books for pastors by the Academy of Parish Clergy in 1979. An international survey conducted by Baylor University in 1996 named him one of the twelve most effective preachers in the English-speaking world. Willimon lives in Birmingham, Alabama.

Reviews

“The most impressive thing about the collection is the way that the Word of God may be heard and experienced through it. Although I have studied preaching through the ages, I am amazed—and grateful—for the way the sermons in this book can grasp my heart and mind and make me want to be more faithful in my discipleship.”—O. C. Edwards Jr., author of A History of Preaching

“These sermons are as rich and diverse and striking as the deep colors of the stained glass in the towering church in which they were preached. They display the craft of preaching through which Light shines. You will cherish this collection of sermons faithfully shaped, imaginatively crafted, artfully expressed.”—Hope Morgan Ward, Resident Bishop, Mississippi Area of the United Methodist Church

“These sermons recapitulate the nature of mainline preaching in the twentieth century and ponder aloud the place of Christian faith in a major ‘secular’ university founded in part out of a strong Protestant faith.”—David L. Bartlett, author of What’s Good about This News? Preaching from the Gospels and Galatians

“This book will be invaluable not only for people who love good preaching or who teach preaching, but for anyone wanting better to understand the last seventy years of Christianity. Each of the sermons is introduced by wonderfully witty and insightful remarks by Reverend Willimon. These alone are worth the price of the book.”—Stanley Hauerwas, author of The Hauerwas Reader

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction William H. Willimon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
The Cathedral and the Campus June 2, 1935 Lynn Harold Hough Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	9
Be Strong March Paul Tillich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	18
Moral Crisis in a Troubled South April 29, 1956 H. Shelton Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	24
Even the Desert Shall Bloom April 7, 1957 Eugene Carson Blake Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	30
Education for Failure April 14, 1957 Waldo Beach Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	36
June 2, 1957 Gerald Kennedy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	42
Postmortem on a Salesman February 1, 1959 James T. Cleland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	51
The Courage to Care February 14, 1960 D. Elton Trueblood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	59
The Idea of a University January 29, 1961 Robert E. Cushman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	63
Human Weakness and Divine Strength February 24, 1963 Martin Niemöller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	71
Burdened with Erudition and Paralyzed with Indecision: A Sermon on Learned Paralytics March 12, 1967 Burdened with Erudition and Paralyzed with Indecision: A Sermon on Learned Paralytics March 12, 1967 william sloane coffin jr. and William Sloane Coffin Jr. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	76
Communion Meditation October 1, 1967 Jürgen Moltmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	81
Homecoming October 22, 1967 Thomas A. Langford Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	86
And So What Have You Done for Me Lately? December 10, 1967 Albert C. Outler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	91
Thou Shalt Not Kill June 9, 1968 Thor Hall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	98
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep October 26, 1969 Browne Barr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	104
God’s Helplessness—Our Help April 12, 1970 Eduard Schweizer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	109
Address Not Known March 7, 1971 Edmund A. Steimle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	114
What Is Religion All about, Anyway? A Dialogue Sermon September 5, 1971 Clarence G. Newsome and Howard C. Wilkinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	120
The Christian in a Revolutionary Age September 26, 1971 Myron S. Augsburger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	127
A Necessary Tension February 6, 1972 D. Moody Smith Jr. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	138
The Generous Eye June 11, 1972 John W. Carlton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	143
Finding Answers September 23, 1973 Billy Graham Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	148
The Impossible Possibility March 31, 1974 Letty Russell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	153
The Wisdom of Being Foolish May 10, 1975 William Stringfellow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	158
What’s the Story? May 11, 1975 Ernest T. Campbell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	166
The Bible Today October 24, 1976 W. D. Davies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	172
That You Might Have Life January 23, 1977 Will Campbell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	180
Not to Condemn Us April 17, 1977 Carlyle Marney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	186
The Enigmatic God November 20, 1977 Carter Heyward Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	193
Righteous Anger August 27, 1978 Clarence G. Newsome Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	202
The Gothic Principle January 21, 1979 Howard Thurman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	208
Seeing and Not Seeing October 21, 1979 Leander Keck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	211
Have You Been to Damascus? March 20, 1983 C. Eric Lincoln Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	218
The Usefulness of a Useless Vision November 6, 1983 Martin E. Marty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	223
There Is a Point in Living November 13, 1983 Donald Macleod Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	229
The ‘‘Ah’’ ofWonder September 30, 1984 Louis Patrick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	235
Mainline Churches February 10, 1985 John Vannorsdall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	241
Slogans—And Hurts Underneath February 16, 1985 Walter Brueggemann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	246
Christmas Party December 15, 1985 Elizabeth Achtemeier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	251
It Matters Greatly February 23, 1986 William Muehl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	257
Jesus’ Final Exam November 9, 1986 Thomas G. Long Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	264
God under Pressure March 8, 1987 Grady H. Hardin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	270
When the Cross Lays Hold on You September 18, 1988 Peter Storey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	276
November 5, 1989 Fred Craddock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	282
I Have Seen the Future November 15, 1992 Richard Lischer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	288
Children of the Kingdom February 13, 1994 Tony Campolo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	293
Storm at Sea June 19, 1994 Carol Marie Noren Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	304
An Impossible Ethic February 19, 1995 Peter J. Gomes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	309
A Chief Text of the Church April 23, 1995 Eberhard Bethge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	316
A Sermon at Duke University October 15, 1995 David G. Buttrick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	322
Awaiting New Wine February 27, 2000 Patrick M. Clark Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	326
We Do See Jesus October 8, 2000 L. Gregory Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	330
Stargazers January 5, 2003 Ellen F. Davis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	337
The Enemy Lines Are Hard to Find March 16, 2003 Fleming Rutledge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	342
The Snake Savior March 30, 2003 Barbara Brown Taylor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	348
The Best-Kept Secret in the Bible June 8, 2003 James A. Forbes Jr. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	354
Confused, yet Curious, about Jesus August 31, 2003 William H. Willimon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	362
Index to Scripture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	369

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9780822386964

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384

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822386964

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