Paul F. Perry - "Beyond the Ordinary" (February 12, 1984)

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Title:
Paul F. Perry - "Beyond the Ordinary" (February 12, 1984)
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  • Our lives, and our understanding of what we must do to live into the Kingdom, have a tendency to settle into what is comfortable, to what we need just to get by. Jesus' words in the sermon on the mount come to unsettle our complacent notions of morality and to offer us extraordinary life, the life of the Kingdom. (Abstract created by Duke Divinity School staff.)

  • Sermon start time: (Part 1) 34:06. Sermon end time: (Part 2) 13:58.

  • Key quotation: “And just at the point where we become comfortable, Jesus says, ‘Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes, you cannot be a part of my kingdom.’ And we’re undone by that…There’s a new agenda. We’re functioning in a new arena. We’re functioning in the arena of the kingdom. Not in the kingdom we’ve created, but the gift of heaven that has come into our midst, and we’re undone by that.”

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https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4707x39r
Date:
February 12, 1984
Speaker:
Perry, Paul F.
Liturgical Calendar:
Ordinary Time
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Contributor:
Duke University. Chapel
Identifier:
  • UA.17.01.0003 CS-0193
  • ref7909_rqd
  • uachapelsermaud
  • duke:320801
  • dcrau001183
  • ark:/87924/r4707x39r
  • cddba00b-d84c-4ead-a3ac-2b6cb8a9f8b9
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Duke Chapel Recordings
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Duke University Chapel recordings
Language:
English
Location:
  • United States
  • North Carolina
  • Durham (N.C.)
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