William H. Willimon - "Unto Us" (December 22, 1996)

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Sermon start time: 02:23. Sermon end time: 16:07.
The preacher tells a story of people traveling on Christmas Eve to be with their families. He argues that the Christmas celebration has become so secular and sentimentalized that people almost forget its original message, which is about Incarnation. By telling a dramatic Christmas story, the preacher asks his audience to pay attention to the true meaning and message of Christmas. (Abstract created by Duke Divinity School staff.)
Key quotation: “We Christians, in the incarnation, are weird, peculiar, different, because we believe, or we are here this morning attempting to believe, that God came and lived among us.”

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Date:

December 22, 1996

Speaker:

Willimon, William H.

Liturgical Calendar:

Advent

Biblical Book:

Luke

Chapter and Verse:

Luke 1:26-38

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Duke University. Chapel

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Duke Chapel Recordings

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Duke University Chapel recordings

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English

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The Duke University Chapel Recordings were transferred to the Duke University Archives beginning in 1970.

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