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🗓️ 21 May 2018
⏱️ 19 minutes
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0:00.0 | Now they live in Punta, Gorda, Florida, where they cruise on their 30-foot |
0:06.2 | trawler, place off-ball, and collect shells. |
0:16.3 | That's a tragedy. |
0:18.5 | Oh my, that is a classic clip from an unforgettable sermon, |
0:21.4 | preached 18 years ago today on May 20, 2000 in Memphis, Tennessee. |
0:27.4 | Pastor John, I know you'll never forget that moment. |
0:29.4 | You were preaching outside to about 40,000 college students |
0:33.0 | at the fourth passion conference, which was then called one day. |
0:36.9 | It became, of course, one of your most influential sermons. |
0:40.1 | There you introduced us to the world of Bob and Penny, |
0:43.3 | and there's C-shell collection. |
0:45.6 | And then you pleaded with the students, don't waste your life. |
0:49.8 | And that plea, of course, would become the title of your book, |
0:53.2 | released in 2003, which has since become a best-selling book |
0:57.1 | that has now sold over 650,000 copies |
1:00.7 | and has really become a staple graduation gift, |
1:03.5 | handed out to thousands of high school and college graduates. |
1:08.3 | Reflecting back 18 years to that message in Memphis, |
1:11.8 | what do you remember from one day 2000? |
1:14.2 | Did the message seem particularly different to you? |
1:17.7 | What was your experience of it? |
1:19.6 | What has surprised you about the message now looking back on it? |
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