Jay Thomas's sermon in November, 2010 at the Chapel Hill Bible Church, "Why Am I So Obsessed with the Gospel?", is a straightforward explanation of the compelling power of Christ's message for us.
http://sermons.biblechurch.org/2010_11_21.final.mp3
This story is about the close relationship between a father and his young son on the fateful day when they both try to head off an impending rail disaster. Hundreds of passengers on a train are unaware of the danger as they head towards an open drawbridge.
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I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree that the law is good. But in fact it is no longer I that do it, but sin that dwells within me. For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is right, but I cannot do it. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do.
This is the second part of three talks by NT Wright at Harvard University in November, 2008 on the topic of hope. This talk focuses on the dilemma of what good can there be in a world that seems to crush and defy any rational basis for hope.
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