William H. Willimon - "Being Good" (February 11, 1990)

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Sermon start time: 19:16. Sermon end time: 43:18.
The preacher argues that both the rule-stressing legalist and the rule-ignoring antinomian are arrogant. He argues that Jesus does not come to abolish the law but to intensify the law that fulfills the commandments of love, a law that can only be obeyed by relationship with Christ through grace. (Abstract created by Duke Divinity School staff.)
Key quotation: “The Law, this excessive righteousness which Jesus demands of you and me is a means of making us good. But not as if goodness were the result of our own earnest efforts, because goodness consists of being driven into the arms of a merciful and just God. And these commands are the means of taking us there.”

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February 11, 1990

Speaker:

Willimon, William H.

Liturgical Calendar:

Epiphany

Biblical Book:

Matthew

Chapter and Verse:

Matthew 5:17-20

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Duke University. Chapel

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Duke Chapel Recordings

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