Podcasts about Abebe Bikila

AVSNITT 11: Åsskar krockar med en maratonlöpare i Addis Abeba i Etiopien år 1960 och hamnar mitt i ett äventyr som tar med honom hela vägen till OS i Rom. Där hejar han på barfotalöparen Abebe Bikila som kämpar för att vinna det första guldet. I den italienska huvudstaden springer han förbi etiopiska stöldgods och blir en viktig symbol i en tid när många afrikanska länder vinner sin självständighet. Men mitt i firandet tittar choklai-monstret fram och gillrar en fälla för Åsskar som sätter honom i stor knipa.  DAGENS REBUS:

Con cinco modificaciones respecto a la alineación en el triunfo ante Nueva Zelanda, Javier Aguirre afronta el compromiso amistoso ante Canadá. Mauricio Pochettino es nuevo DT de Team USA; este día se mide a los Kiwis. Para Jorge Campos, se está afectando el futbol mexicano. Terminó la semana 1 en la NFL. 'Canelo' va con todo contra Edgar Berlanga, el sábado en Las Vegas. En la UEFA Nations League, empate a dos entre Países Bajos y Alemania. Nuevos nombres surgen en la pelea por el MVP en el Beisbol de Grandes Ligas. Recordamos que en Roma 1960, Abebe Bikila ganó el maratón corriendo descalzo.

Abebe Bikila, coureur de fond éthiopien et sa participation imprévue aux JO de 1960

O convidado da semana no Ubuntu Esporte é o rapper BK, que conquistou o Leão de Bronze, em Cannes, com o álbum ICARUS. O que muita gente não sabe é que um dos rappers mais importantes da atualidade carrega no nome a referência ao bicampeão olímpico Abebe Bikila, maratonista etíope que correu descalço nos Jogos Olímpicos de Roma, em 1964. BK senta na roda do Ubuntu para falar sobre a escolha do nome, carreira, sonhos, Vasco, seu time de coração, e o futuro. A resenha está imperdível!

The manager of a coffee farmers's co-operative says small scale farmers in Africa are concerned that they may soon be unable to sell their produce to Europe because of the impact of the European Union's deforestation regulations.New information about the largest rainforest in Southern Africa raises questions about discovery - is it just a foreign concept? And, two decades after his country's capital was conquered by Italy, Ethiopia's Abebe Bikila became the first black African to win Olympic gold, running barefoot in Rome.Presenter: Charles Gitonga Producers: Joseph Keen and Sunita Nahar in London, and Susan Gachuhi in Nairobi. Technical producer: Jonny Hall Senior Journalist: Patricia Whitehorne Editors: Alice Muthengi and Andre Lombard.Show less

Abebe Bikila è stato il primo atleta nella storia dell'Africa nera a vincere una medaglia olimpica. Diventa famoso nel 1960, quando contro ogni pronostico vince la maratona olimpica di Roma davanti a una serie di avversari molto più blasonati. La storia della sua eccellenza sportiva si mischia con la storia del suo continente e del suo Paese, invaso dall'Italia neanche trent'anni prima del suo successo olimpico a Roma. La vicenda umana di Abebe Bikila si incrocia con le vite del Negus di Etiopia, Haile Selassie, con un allenatore illuminato e lungimirante, lo svedese Onni Niskanen, con gli atleti che si allenavano con lui, come Wami Biratu. Se il podcast ti piace, metti 5 stelle, segui Storie di Corsa e consiglialo a qualcuno!Segui la mia pagina Instagram @acosapensoquandocorroIscriviti alla mia Newsletter A cosa penso quando corro?

1960 Roma Olimpiyatları'na Afrikalı bir atlet damgasını vurmuştu. Abebe Bikila'nın tarihte altın kazanan ilk Afrikalı ve Etiyopyalı olması, olimpiyat maratonlarında üst üste iki altın kazanan ilk atlet ünvanını taşıması dışında, herkesi hayrete düşüren başka bir ‘ilk olma' özelliği daha vardı. Maraton, Olimpiyatların en zorlu branşlarından biri olarak bilinir. Yarışmacılar, Roma'da kilometrelerce uzanan zorlu parkuru tamamlamak zorundaydı… Ancak Bikila için bu parkur, sadece bir yarış değil, kararlılık pisti de olacaktı. Zira Afrika koşullarında şekillenen ayakları için yarışa uygun bir ayakkabı bulamadı ve parkuru çıplak ayakla koşmaya karar verdi. Peki, Bikila kaç kilometreyi çıplak ayakla koşarak altın madalyaya ulaştı?  Berna Abik'in sunumuyla dünden bugüne Olimpiyat tarihinde yaşanan olayların anlatıldığı '60 Saniyede Olimpiyatlar' serisinin yeni bölümünde bir azim öyküsü var. Video

100 jours avant les J.O de Paris, je vous propose de revivre les Jeux Olympiques de 1964, l'année où les nations africaines souveraines font une entrée massive dans la compétition. Tandis que la star éthiopienne du marathon Abebe Bikila décroche sa deuxième médaille d'or après un premier exploit aux jeux de Rome quatre ans plus tôt, d'autres athlètes africains montent sur le podium. Ghanéen, Kenyan, Tunisiens, tous ramènent des médailles dans leur pays fraîchement indépendant. Quels sont les athlètes qui incarnent cette histoire longue de la décolonisation, comment l'Afrique se fait-elle une place dans le concert des nations et pourquoi les Jeux sont-ils devenus un espace de revendications politiques pour les causes anticoloniale et antiraciste, autant de questions posées à nos invités Pascal Charitas et Sylvère-Henry Cissé, aux sons des archives de RFI et de l'INA.- Sylvère-Henry Cissé, auteur, conférencier, journaliste presse, télévision et radio, intervenant sur de nombreux sujets autour du sport depuis 1998. Il anime tous les samedis, du 6 avril au 21 septembre 2024 à 11h30 TU, l'émission l'Afrique en Jeux sur RFI- Pascal Charitas, maître de conférences à l'UFR STAPS de l'Université Paris Nanterre, auteur d'une thèse de Sciences du sport intitulée L'Afrique au mouvement olympique : enjeux et stratégies de l'influence de la France dans l'internationalisation du sport africain (1944-1966), soutenu en 2010 à l'Université Paris-Sud.À lire : Le catalogue de l'exposition Olympisme, une histoire du monde, aux Éditions de la Martinière, dirigé par Pascal Blanchard, avec notamment des contributions de Pascal Charitas et Sylvère-Henry Cissé. Olympisme, une histoire du monde - Éditions de La Martinière (editionsdelamartiniere.fr) Une Histoire mondiale de l'Olympisme, aux éditions Altande, dirigé par Nicolas Bancel, Pascal Blanchard, Gilles Boëtsch, Daphné Bolz, Yvan Gastaut, Sandrine Lemaire et Stéphane Mourlane Une histoire mondiale de l'olympisme (atlande.eu).À voir : L'Exposition Olympisme une histoire du monde au Palais de la Porte Dorée, du 26 avril au 8 septembre 2024. Olympisme, une histoire du monde | Tout le Palais (palais-portedoree.fr)

Homer and ESPN host John Anderson discuss Johnny Mathis, Abebe Bikila, the first U.S. president they remember, the impact of Caitlin Clark and Homer tells his story of how he spoke at the same event as Caitlin Clark.

The Daily Quiz - Sports and Leisure Today's Questions: Question 1: With which sport is Larisa Latynina associated? Question 2: With which sport is Lionel Messi associated? Question 3: What was Jack Nicklaus' nickname? Question 4: With which sport is Abebe Bikila associated? Question 5: Which weight division in boxing lies between flyweight and featherweight? Question 6: With which sport is Bill Shankly associated? Question 7: What is the term for when the puck is dropped in ice hockey? Question 8: Which of these is an American Football team based in Denver? Question 9: Which of these is an American Football team based in Jacksonville? This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chaque dimanche à 11H30 dans les Grandes Gueules du Sport, Christophe Cessieux vous fait revivre les grands évènements de l'histoire du sport. On se replonge dans l'époque comme si on y était.

First black African Olympic medalist

Tragic news broke on the sunny morning Rob and Paul ran out on this week - the untimely death of the world's fastest marathon runner Kelvin Kiptum, and his coach Gervais Hakizimana; RIP. This episode, for what it's worth, is dedicated to those guys. Also featuring memories of Abebe Bikila, Rob running with his wife, a bad beginning to a friendship, watching runners go by, not loving long training runs, phantom-and-real physical fears, our regular booze-and-gig reports, Paul's family in the four corners of the globe, the hell of compromise, self-coaching, running into emotional vulnerability, the parkrun hoo-ha, a new parkrun review, variations on the Sound of Music and Paul's plan for keeping the house clean.SUBSCRIBE for early access, ad-free listening and more... and BUY OUR BOOKS; you can get Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://www.waterstones.com/book/running-tracks/rob-deering/9781800180444 - and you can get Paul's book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/26-2-miles-to-happiness/paul-tonkinson/9781472975270You can download Rob's show Long Distance Man here: gofasterstripe.com/ldThanks for listening, supporting, and sharing your adventures with us. Happy running.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Thanks for listening - we'll be back next week, and if you're desperate in the meantime, subscribe and become a Fan - there are hundreds of old episodes you can have a go on, AND you'll get next week's episode three days early. Happy running! https://plus.acast.com/s/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Türkiye İş Bankası'nın katkılarıyla hazırlanan Olimpik Hafıza'nın sekizinci bölümde Caner Eler'in konuğu Mustafa Taha. Olimpiyat için gün sayan atletlerimizin son durumuyla başlayan sohbette, 1956 Melbourne'de Macaristan ile Sovyetler Birliği arasında oynanan kanlı sutopu maçı, ilk Afrikalı olimpiyat şampiyonu Abebe Bikila'nın yaptığı devrim ve 1996 Atlanta'da sergilediği performansla nesillere ilham olan Kerri Strug'ın hikâyesine kadar uzanıyoruz.

Terug naar 1936 naar de Olympische Spelen in Berlijn die de boeken ingingen als 'de nazi-Spelen'. Er zijn sporters en sportbonden die weigeren om te gaan, Nynke vertelt drie bijzondere verhalen van deze Spelen. De Joodse vrouw die niet naar de Spelen mocht, de zwarte man die de Spelen won en Nederlandse sprinter die na de Spelen de verkeerde afslag nam.En in het Chefs de Mission-museum vertelt Willem over Abebe Bikila, een Ethiopische marathonloper die op blote voeten een olympisch medaille won en het wereldrecord verbeterde. Welk moment of welke sporter wil jij nomineren? Laat het ons weten via @chefsdemission op Instagram.Verder warmen uw Chefs de Mission zich op een kwafilicatiemogelijkheid van de Nederlandse handbalsters.Alle kijk-, lees- en luistertips uit de aflevering:Bekijk deze documentaire van NOS Sport over de Spelen van 1936Sporthistoricus Jurryt van de Vooren vertelt over Tinus Osendarp: van Olympisch atleet tot SS'erMeer over de Joods-Duitse hoogspringster Gretel Bergmann, later Margaret LambertDe biopic King Richard, over vader Williams (gespeeld door Will Smith) is te zien bij Amazone PrimeHet boek van Auke Kok over de Nazi SpelenAbebe Bikila wint de Olympische marathon op blote voetenWat gaan we kijken?Het WK handbal! Waar de Nederlandse vrouwen meedoen en tickets (en tickets voor tickets) voor de Spelen te winnen zijn. Te zien bij Viaplay vanaf 30 novemberZie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 995, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 4 Years 1: In 1960 Abebe Bikila won this Olympic event barefoot; 4 years later he won it again, this time wearing shoes. Marathon. 2: He was the first U.S. president to serve just 4 years. John Adams. 3: His book "Daisy-Head Maysie" was published in 1995, 4 years after his death. Dr. Seuss. 4: Every 4 years the Boy Scouts hold international rallies known as these. Jamborees. 5: In Julius Caesar's time this month had 30 days once every 4 years. February. Round 2. Category: Discographies 1: "Sonic Highways":This Dave Grohl band. the Foo Fighters. 2: "Private Dancer":This woman who can really move in high heels. Tina Turner. 3: "It's the Girls!":This divine singer. Bette Midler. 4: "Houses of the Holy":These rockers. Led Zeppelin. 5: "In the Lonely Hour":This neo-soul singer. Sam Smith. Round 3. Category: The Bronze Age 1: Oliver Stone has one of these medals first created by executive order on February 4, 1944. Bronze Star. 2: Gymnast and native son Dimitrios Loundras was only 10 years old when he won a bronze in this city in 1896. Athens. 3: Pulp hero Doc who was "The Man of Bronze". Doc Savage. 4: In men's Olympic basketball, this Baltic team won bronze in 1992, 1996 and 2000. Lithuania. 5: On the medal stand, 200-meter bronze medalist John Carlos raised his fist in a black power salute in this year. 1968. Round 4. Category: One Of The 8 Planets 1: Also a chemical element. Mercury. 2: She's a tennis superstar. Venus. 3: Popular chocolate bar made in England since 1933. Mars. 4: Lighthouse city near Palm Beach, Florida. Jupiter. 5: Husband to Gaea and father of the Titans. Uranus. Round 5. Category: In Disguise 1: In the Perrault version, she's eaten by the wolf who's disguised as her grandmother. Little Red Riding Hood. 2: In 1924 Alexandra David-Neel disguised herself as a beggar to sneak into this capital of Tibet. Lhasa. 3: Some reports say this PLO head sometimes disguised himself as a woman in order to flee his enemies. Yasser Arafat. 4: According to the myth, his beggar disguise was so good, it even fooled his wife Penelope. Odysseus. 5: When Nathan Hale was captured in September 1776, he was disguised as one of these. Schoolteacher. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

Runners, take your mark! Prepare to embark on a captivating journey tracing the evolution of running from ancient Greece to modern-day Olympics. We promise a fascinating discussion about the epic history of running, filled with awe-inspiring tales of record-breaking athletes like Spiridon Lewis who touched the finish line sans modern running gear. Brace to unravel the intriguing origin story of the Marathon, once a male-only event, and the persisting patriarchy that shadows the running world today.Get ready for an engaging exploration of the 1950s and 60s, a golden era marked by extraordinary breakthroughs in running. From Emil Zapotec's distinctive style and commitment to Abebe Bikila's historic barefoot marathon win at the 1960 Rome Olympics and Jim Ryan shattering world records in 1966, we cover the 1950s and 1960s lates and greats of running. And we couldn't overlook the phenomenal Catherine Switzer, the first woman to officially run the Boston Marathon in 1967. Discover a wealth of insights into running stats, fueling, and hydration strategies of this period and how pop culture continues to shape the running world.But this episode isn't only about running. Culinary enthusiasts, listen up! We take an appetizing detour to find out what folks were eating in those decades even embracing Julia Childs' iconic "What the Hell" attitude and timeless recipes. We'll whisk you through snacks, popular sayings, hobbies, and the tunes you want to be grooving to when you join in on this epic 1950 & 1960s run. Join us for a fun-filled, enlightening, and historic run through the ages. Trust us, this is a series you wouldn't want to miss!Support the showJoin the newsletter list to receive updates, special offers, and exclusive behind-the-scenes content. Want to become a member of Time for bRUNch+ to show your support of the show? Join here.Join the bRUNch bunch on Facebook or follow us on Instagram.

Some people are simply amazing.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 707, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Cowboy Life 1: Nickname given to orphaned calves, sometimes urged to git along. dogie. 2: To stop one of these, get ahead of the pack and force the cattle to mill in a tightening circle. a stampede. 3: For the New Book of Knowledge, Gene Autry wrote the article on this cowboy skill. roping. 4: He takes a green group of cowhands, prepares them for the drive and then leads it. the trail boss. 5: The spiked wheel on the back of this is called a rowel. a spur. Round 2. Category: Bo, Moe Or Po 1: She had a sheep location problem. Little Bo Peep. 2: "Kid Gorgeous", "Kid Presentable", "Kid Gruesome" and finally "Kid" this were boxing nicknames of this "Simpsons" barkeep. Moe (Szyslak). 3: Italy's longest river. Po. 4: First name of the leader of a film trio of "Knuckleheads". Moe (Howard of the Three Stooges). 5: John Schneider first played this "Good Ol' Boy" in 1979. Bo Duke. Round 3. Category: Hammurabi's Code 1: Rule 200 says if a man knocketh these out of an equal, his shall be knocked out, too. Teeth. 2: This number is missing from the code's 282 rules; Babylonians thought it was evil and unlucky. 13. 3: Rules 104-106 warn you to be sure to get one of these when dealing with a merchant. Receipt. 4: If a man hires a substitute to serve for him as one of these and doesn't pay, he's killed and the sub gets his house. Soldier. 5: If you hired one of these and broke a horn off or cut off its tail, you owe 1/4 of its value in money. Cow, bull, ox.... Round 4. Category: "Summer" 1: The crookneck or the zucchini, for example. summer squash. 2: A heels-over-head body roll. summersault. 3: While it sounds like corporate shares traded in July, it's actually Strawhat Theater. summer stock. 4: Seals and Crofts had this hit in the fall of 1972. "Summer Breeze". 5: 1972 book by Roger Kahn about the Brooklyn Dodgers of the early 1950s. The Boys of Summer. Round 5. Category: 4 Years 1: In Julius Caesar's time this month had 30 days once every 4 years. February. 2: In 1960 Abebe Bikila won this Olympic event barefoot; 4 years later he won it again, this time wearing shoes. Marathon. 3: He was the first U.S. president to serve just 4 years. John Adams. 4: His book "Daisy-Head Maysie" was published in 1995, 4 years after his death. Dr. Seuss. 5: Every 4 years the Boy Scouts hold international rallies known as these. Jamborees. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

O maratonista etíope morreu faz hoje 49 anos.

Ein Marathonläufer, der barfuß der gesamten Konkurrenz davonlief: So jemanden wie Abebe Bikila hatte die Welt noch nicht gesehen. Er gewann die erste olympische Goldmedaille für sein Land Äthiopien. Der Ausnahmesportler wäre heute 90 Jahre alt geworden. Autorin: Andrea Kath Von Andrea Kath.

From catching pheasants for dinner to running for Ethiopia in the Olympics, Abebe Bikila will forever be known as one of the world's best runners. Regardless of his running form, Abebe's stamina was unmatched. The 28 year old soldier set the world's fastest marathon ever up until that point and will go down in history as a beloved underdog hero. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abebe_Bikila

This week we look at the historic 1960 Rome Olympics, as well as the incredible life of Ethiopian runner Abebe Bikila - who seemingly came from no where to win the Olympic marathon barefoot.Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: dogoonpod.com or patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Submit a topic idea directly to the hat: dogoonpod.com/suggest-a-topic/ Check out our new merch! : https://do-go-on-podcast.creator-spring.com/ Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com Check out our other podcasts:Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheatPrime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/Listen Now: https://play.acast.com/s/listen-now/ Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader Thomas REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:https://olympics.com/en/athletes/abebe-bikila https://www.olympics.com.au/games/rome-1960/https://www.bangkokpost.com/sports/1047557/trailblazer-bikila-opened-the-way-for-african-marathon-runners https://www.thoughtco.com/1960-olympics-in-rome-1779605 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_Summer_Olympics#Highlights https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abebe-Bikila http://www.ethiopians.com/abebe.htm See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Paul Harvey - Abebe Bikila

Running barefoot through the streets of Rome left Abebe Bikila with a story and legacy that only most men and women can dream of. What is most powerful about this story is the parallels it has to the race of life. In this episode we discuss: - Why the term We Wont Quit is a way of life and a pillar of the persevering spirit. - The parallels between Abebe Bikila's training stories and getting what feels like a late start in life. - Overcoming historical barriers ( familial or culturally) to become the person you are destined to be. - Embracing the "5,000 mile mindset " to move your life in the right direction. and so much more!Follow Me On IG : https://www.instagram.com/therealmikehumes/

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 296, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "W"Ords 1: Walk like a duck. Waddle. 2: It can mean to exercise power, or to handle and use a weapon. Wield. 3: To hone or stimulate, like an appetite or one's curiosity. to whet. 4: Ah-one and ah-two, it's the marine snail in the photo looking at you. Whelk. 5: An intense desire to travel, or a best seller by Danielle Steel. Wanderlust. Round 2. Category: When You're "Hot" 1: It's slang for the electric chair. the hot seat. 2: Empty, exaggerated talk is just a lot of this. hot air. 3: A little horse sense will tell you it means eager to race. hot to trot. 4: Hotheads know this phrase for "angry" comes from the blush of red they get around the neck. hot under the collar. 5: Their hit "Give It Away" won this alternative rock band a 1993 Grammy. Red Hot Chili Peppers. Round 3. Category: 4 Years 1: In Julius Caesar's time this month had 30 days once every 4 years. February. 2: In 1960 Abebe Bikila won this Olympic event barefoot; 4 years later he won it again, this time wearing shoes. Marathon. 3: He was the first U.S. president to serve just 4 years. John Adams. 4: His book "Daisy-Head Maysie" was published in 1995, 4 years after his death. Dr. Seuss. 5: Every 4 years the Boy Scouts hold international rallies known as these. Jamborees. Round 4. Category: The European Past 1: July 14, 1789 was the Marquis de Launay's last day as governor of this edifice. the Bastille. 2: While N. European sailors navigated by stars, Mediterraneans like Columbus relied mainly on this instrument. the compass. 3: This 5th emperor built baths with running sea- and sulphur water; he should have used them to put out the fire. Nero. 4: After World War II signs marking the entrance to East Berlin were usually in German and these 3 other languages. English, French and Russian. 5: In 1323 this current part of the Netherlands gained control of Zeeland. Holland. Round 5. Category: The Jep-Tones World Tour 2006 1: More popular than Regis, the Jeps play their last stadium gig in San Francisco, like this band did on Aug. 29, 1966. The Beatles. 2: After a stint with the Maharishi, the group tries Kaballah with this singer whose hits include "Beautiful Stranger". Madonna. 3: The Jeps cover this group's 1988 Top 10 hit "Welcome To The Jungle", until the inevitable cease- and -desist order. Guns N' Roses. 4: No way! The Jeps' "Potpourri" video isn't the 2005 VMA Viewer's Choice; this band's "American Idiot" is. Green Day. 5: Oops... the 'Tones hire Mensa's Angels as security at this speedway in California, site of a 1969 free concert by the Stones. Altamont. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

Abebe Bikila, em 2012, entrou para o Hall da Fama do Atletismo. E na data de nascimento dele, 7 de agosto, é comemorado o Dia do Maratonista. BICAMPEÃO MUNDIAL DA MARATONA OLÍMPICA primeiro negro africano a conquistar uma medalha de ouro olímpica seu primeiro recorde foi correndo descalça! um pouco mais de 2h15 quer saber mais? Bóra ouvir o episódio de hoje de Ricardo de Moura! _

Starautor Michael Köhlmeier erzählt die außergewöhnlichen Geschichten überlebensgroßer Figuren – faktentreu, aber mit literarischer Freiheit. Folge 6: der Läufer, der barfuß den olympischen Marathon gewann.

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Abebe Bikila

On this day in 1960 Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila became the first Black African to win an Olympic gold medal in any sport.

Focus sur l'éthiopien Abebe Bikila, vainqueur du marathon des JO de 1964, quatre ans avoir remporté pieds nus, l'or aux JO de Rome.

Hola! Seguro que muchos ya estáis viendo todos los días los Juegos Olímpicos que han comenzado en Tokio. A nosotros nos encantan, pero hay un montón de curiosidades que hemos descubierto sobre los juegos y que no sabíamos... Así que nos hemos decidido a grabar un podcast para contaros cosas curiosas de los Juegos. Sabéis cuales fueron los primeros de la era moderna? Os dejamos fotos en la web www.losviajesdecarmen.es Y cuales fueron los primeros en los que pudieron participar las mujeres? y los atletas africanos? Por cierto, en la web podéis ver a Abebe Bikila, que ganó el maratón en 1960 y que se convirtió en leyenda, porque corrió y ganó DESCALZO. Sabéis que al principio los podiums tenían forma diferente a la de ahora? Sabéis que significan los aros olímpicos? Cuál es la diferencia entre Juegos Olímpicos y Olimpiadas? Y una curiosidad que os va a sorprender, por qué hay más medallas de bronce que de oro y plata? Por cierto, os amenizamos todo con música superchula, de pelis y de juegos como Barcelona, Londres o Tokio. Una canción que sonará pertenece a esta pelí, sabes cual es? Y qué sabéis de la llama Olímpica? La antorcha se ha apagado alguna vez. 3 acontecimientos mundiales han hecho que se apague...sabéis cuando fue? Más curiosidades sobre los juegos. Sabéis de que deporte miden la altura de los calcetines de los participantes? Te lo contamos... Seguro que también te has preguntado quién es el que gana? El que mete la cabeza, el que mete primero el pie, o el que mete primero el tronco? Os dejamos fotos para que veáis ejemplos de como entran algunos "volando" en meta... Y por supuesto hablamos de la primera medalla de Tokio 2020. La española Adriana Cerezo que ha ganado la plata!!! Bravo por Adriana!!! Bueno, como ya sabéis más cosas de los juegos seguro que os apetece más verlos. Esperamos que os guste! No os olvidéis de ser felices!!!!

OLÁ! Esse é o 3º ARO, o podcast do Ponta de Lança que conta histórias que marcaram a trajetória de personagens e atletas de África nos Jogos Olímpicos e Paralímpicos. No episódio de estreia, falamos de um dos maiores fundistas e um dos maiores atletas olímpicos da história: o etíope ABEBE BIKILA, maratonista bicampeão olímpico em Roma 1960 e Tóquio 1964. Dê play no seu tocador de podcasts favorito e venha entrar no clima dos maiores eventos esportivos do planeta! Roteiro: Lyz Ramos e Rubens Guilherme Santos Apresentação e edição do podcast: Rubens Guilherme Santos Capa do episódio: Giulia Santos Referências para a construção deste episódio: https://bit.ly/3AOIIMR Trilhas: Terminus by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/3w2Y90h Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/ZQ942z-1e3g Unconditionally by Broken Elegance https://soundcloud.com/brokenelegance Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/a1N_1y4YcGo Clarion by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/-clarion Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/zWz0_Krqmzc APOIE o Ponta de Lança assinando um de nossos planos no PICPAY: https://app.picpay.com/user/pontalancapdl SE PREFERIR, assine nossos planos no APOIA.SE (cartão ou boleto): https://apoia.se/pontalancapdl Se preferir, apoie o PDL financeiramente fazendo um PIX pra chave: contatopontadelanca@gmail.com Acompanhe o Ponta de Lança nas redes sociais: Twitter: twitter.com/pontalancapdl Facebook: facebook.com/pontalancapdl Instagram: instagram.com/pontalancapdl Inscreva-se no canal de notícias do PDL no Telegram: https://t.me/joinchat/yteErb4MIRRiZDZh Quer conferir os textos nossos textos? Acesse: https://bit.ly/2QN4luH #3Aro #Africa #Olimpíadas #PaixãoPorOusar #Podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ponta-de-lanca/message

Avere un sogno e volerlo realizzare con tutte le forze, spesso è quell'asso nella manica che permette di sbaragliare tutti gli avversari e stupire il mondo intero, anche quando sembra impossibile. Questo è proprio quello che è accaduto alle Olimpiadi di Roma del 1960, quando un atleta di 28 anni, etiope , assolutamente sconosciuto, si presenta alla linea di partenza della maratona, 42 km e 195 metri, scalzo. Il protagonista di questo episodio di Tutto è Possibile- Storie di Sognatori è Abebe Bikila, il primo atleta africano a vincere una medaglia d'oro alle Olimpiadi.

Mike Crawley is a 220 marathoner, who has competed internationally for Scotland and Great Britain. Mike is currently an Assistant Professor in Social Anthropology at Durham University, in compiling Out Of Thin Air, he spent 15 months in Addis Ababa in the surrounding regions of Ethiopia integrating into the running lifestyle and ways of the Ethiopian running culture. Dr Mike Crawley will share what he determined to be the heart and soul of Ethiopians running culture, he shares the rich history and institutional support that was forged off the back of Abebe Bikila's heroic and historic 1960 barefoot victory on the streets of Rome at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games. At the time, that was the first gold medal won by a sub-Saharan African and off the back of that the running culture in Ethiopia has really ensued and flourished. Mike shares around how dreaming is still very much alive in Ethiopia, beliefs around running surfaces, running locations, rest and recovery, fueling, and the curious yet compelling habits of zigzagging when running, avoiding the road and so much more. Show Sponsor: earSHOTS earSHOTS is a disruptive action sport headphone company dedicated to unlocking human potential through sound.  earSHOTS bluetooth headphones utilise an innovative, first of its kind proprietary magnetic ear clip design. This unique design ensures it can withstand the sharp shocks, speed and functional movements of action sports, unlocking new freedom of movement without compromising on sound. For 10% off earSHOTS use the code TPPS at checkout or use direct link here earSHOTS are giving away one set of their earSHOTS Bluetooth headphones designed for peak performance per month for the next 3 months, Enter Here  Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts | Patreon If you enjoyed this episode of The Physical Performance Show please hit SUBSCRIBE for to ensure you are one of the first to future episodes. Jump over to POGO Physio - www.pogophysio.com.au for more details Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

Have you ever heard of Abebe Bikila? If you’re just a casual runner or fan of running, then probably not. However, Bikila changed running forever by demolishing his opponents, setting new world records, and opening the door for many other Africans to compete in distance running. There are many things from his story that we should learn, but before we do so, we must ask ourselves: do our running shoes actually help us run? WARNING: Please listen to the entire episode before doing something rash that could injure yourself!Support the Better Run channel and share any suggestions or stories through our LinkTree, which links to PayPal, Patreon, Instagram, and email. A portion of all profits goes to Back on My Feet, a non-profit that empowers the homeless community through essential employment and running. https://linktr.ee/betterrunpodcast#betterrun #brothersrun #runbetter # runatl #runningpodcast #runningcityusa #runningtips #crosscountry #trackandfield #bikila #barefootrunning #barefoot #borntorun

Marco Ciriello"I leggeri di Nairobi"Rubbettino Editorehttps://www.store.rubbettinoeditore.it/I leggeri di Nairobi è la storia di un maratoneta ragazzino, Muhammad Ali, che – rischiando di scendere sotto le due ore alle Olimpiadi – viene inseguito dalla multinazionale NK per farne il testimonial delle sue nuove fantastiche scarpe, e dal governo cinese che lo vuole naturalizzare per vincere a Tokyo2020. Un romanzo costruito come una sinfonia in tre movimenti. Intorno al ragazzino, a Nairobi, convivono molte altre storie, di un'Africa che ha recepito i sogni di Binyavanga Wainaina, scritte dal carcere da un prigioniero che ricorda Ngugi wa Thiong'o. Con Ali c'è un medico italiano – fuggito da Bollywood – figlio dell'uomo che curò Abebe Bikila, un tennista americano che dopo l'undici settembre è andato in missione in Afghanistan, un giornalista erede di Hunter Thompson, un lottatore di sumo che fonda la prima squadra ciclistica keniana, un sosia nero di Hemingway, i registi Zemeckis e Scorsese, il presidente cinese Xi Jinping, e sopra di loro c'è il primo viaggiatore abusivo dello spazio e tantissimi altri, per un romanzo che incrocia Stefano Benni con Kurt Vonnegut e Paco Ignacio Taibo II: mescolando sport, thriller e comicità.Marco Ciriello (1975), scrittore e giornalista lavora per «Il Mattino» e «Il Messaggero» e scrive per il teatro e la televisione. Ha pubblicato: In corsa; Qualcuno era venuto a turbare il nostro cuore; Tutti i nomi dell'estate; Grande Atlantico. Cargo Ship Stories; Pace alle acque; SanGennaroBomb; Il vangelo a benzina; Per favore non dite niente; Il più maldestro dei tiri; Assassinio sulla Palmiro Togliatti; Le sorelle misericordia; Il catenaccio mi sta antipaticoIL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Il corridore etiope Abebe Bikila nel 1960 ha vinto la maratona delle Olimpiadi di Roma segnando anche il nuovo record con un tempo di 2ore 15minuti e 16 secondi...correndo a piedi nudi!In un momento storico in cui nel mondo della corsa si sente sempre più parlare di scarpe da corsa e della differenza che una calzatura tecnologicamente avanzata può fare per le prestazioni del runner, noi vogliamo con questo video riportare l'attenzione sul runner stesso e sulla corsa, prendendo proprio Abebe Bikila come esempio.Lo scopo non è quindi aprire una discussioni sui recenti record, sulle scelte dei professionisti né tantomeno giudicarli per questo, ma piuttosto ridare importanza all'idea, forse a volte un po' dimenticata, che non è ciò che indossa che definisce un corridore e che ciò che conta è, ancora una volta e sempre di più, saper correre.

A história de um maratonista que começou tarde demais para um atleta olímpico, ganhou uma medalha de ouro e correu descalço.

A história de um maratonista que começou tarde demais para um atleta olímpico, ganhou uma medalha de ouro e correu descalço. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For a 26.2 mile race over thousand-year-old cobblestones, Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila opted to run barefoot… then set a world record.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Em nosso penúltimo programa antes de uma breve pausa, Rodolfo Egito e Victor recebem Matheus Hoffmann para seguirem na sombra, discutindo sobre o debut de Abebe Bikila, o BK'. Castelos & Ruínas é o primeiro disco solo do rapper carioca e que aponta para uma nova etapa do rap nacional. Repleto de inovações e personalidade, o disco é considerado um dos mais importantes da década para o gênero e para toda a música nacional. Ouve aí! • LINKS • Arquivo Confidencial: http://bit.ly/arquivodias Ouça Castelos & Ruínas, de Bk: https://spoti.fi/3o8PoPy Leia o que diz a Noisey: https://bit.ly/3khbrBw Ouça SonoTWS: https://spoti.fi/2IN3wxV • TRILHA SONORA • Hidden Past by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3873-hidden-past License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Acid Trumpet by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3340-acid-trumpet License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Local Forecast - Slower by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3988-local-forecast---slower License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Celebration by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5051-celebration License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ALTERAÇÕES As faixas "Hidden Past", "Acid Trumpet" e "Local Forecast" contam com a inserção de elementos sonoros que remetem a uma interferência de rádio, interrompendo abruptamente a trilha e locução de Rodolfo Egito na trilha de abertura. Estes elementos não estão contidos na versão original das faixas, creditadas acima.

Sylvain Coher, Vaincre à Rome, Éditions Actes Sud, le 7 octobre 2019 à la Libreria Stendhal. Rome, samedi 10 septembre 1960, 17h30. Dans 2 heures, 15 minutes et 16 centièmes, Abebe Bikila va remporter le marathon olympique. Vingt-quatre ans après la prise d'Addis Abeba par Mussolini, cet Éthiopien inconnu s'impose dans la capitale italienne face aux champions de la discipline. Ultime humiliation : il court pieds nus. Ce roman se glisse dans la tête d'Abebe Bikila, au rythme de sa foulée infatigable, telle une petite voix racontant comment grandissent les héros, comment se relèvent les peuples, comment se gagnent les revanches et comment naissent les légendes.Né en 1971, Sylvain Coher vit à Paris et à Nantes. Après des études de lettres modernes, il a successivement été moniteur de voile, surveillant d'internat, libraire, éditeur, maçon et chômeur. Il est l'auteur chez Actes Sud de Hors saison, Carénage, Nord-nord-ouest et Trois cantates policières (2015).

Cirroc Lofton, otherwise known as "Jake Sisko" on the cult sci-fi classic T.V. Universe of Star Trek, joins me on the Season 2 opener of The Last Tenth. Cirroc talks about his love of running as a tool for personal change. He also talks about his Ethiopian heritage, and the great connection and inspiration he finds through his heritage. He discusses running legends like Kenenisa Bekele and Abebe Bikila and the 1960 Rome Olympics with great pride. Cirroc is a father, former restauranteur, actor, screen writer and podcast co-host of “The Seventh Rule”, Star Trek themed podcast and You Tube Channel.****You can find The Seventh Rule on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/c/The7thRule/featured) and on PodTail (https://podtail.com/en/podcast/the-7th-rule/)**** *** If you like what you've heard on the show, please consider contributing to the show. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Achilles International. So consider a monthly donation of $1.00, $5.00 or even $10.00. Your generous support of the show will benefit Achilles International (To Donate: https://tinyurl.com/y7ggx2ym) or click "Donate" on Anchor.fm . More about Achilles International at www.achillesinternational.org ****** ****Do you have a product or service you'd like to promote? We're growing! Our listenership is all over the world and we're on seven platforms including Apple Podcasts, Google, and Spotify. There are running enthusiasts waiting to hear about what you have to offer. Consider sponsoring the show! Contact the host Pilar Arthur-Snead (https://anchor.fm/pilar-arthur-snead/message ) for more information! A portion of your SPONSORSHIP will benefit Achilles International (To Donate: https://tinyurl.com/y7ggx2ym) or click "Donate" on Anchor.fm . More about Achilles International at www.achillesinternational.org**** **** Host, Coach Pilar Arthur-Snead, www.themindfulrun.com, @vphotoblogger_themindfulrunner (https://www.instagram.com/vphotoblogger_themindfulrunner/)***THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT!! Your generous support of the show will benefit Achilles International (To Donate: https://tinyurl.com/y7ggx2ym) or click "Donate" on Anchor.fm . More about Achilles International at www.achillesinternational.org ****** --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pilar-arthur-snead/support

"Capovolgete il mondo, e tutto ciò che non è ancorato scivolerà verso Los Angeles" - diceva Frank Lloyd Wright. La California è stata per decenni un polo di attrazione, uno stato straordinariamente dinamico, liberale, centro della creatività e della ricerca, dell'innovazione tecnologica e sociale, ma anche pieno di contraddizioni - scrive Michele Masneri nel libro "Steve Jobs non abita più qui" (Adelphi, 254 p., € 19,00), che raccoglie i reportage pubblicati negli ultimi anni sul Foglio. Oggi però lo stato più ricco e popoloso dell'America sta iniziando a spopolarsi. Al problema dei costi delle case resi inaccessibili dalla gentrificazione, si aggiungono i danni provocati dagli incendi e dal Covid, e anche molti italiani che si erano trasferiti in California stanno ormai facendo ritorno al loro paese - commenta Masneri. RECENSIONI "Dubai, l'ultima utopia" di Emanuele Felice (il Mulino, 224 p., € 15,00) "San Gennaro non dice mai no" di Giuseppe Marotta (Alessandro Polidoro editore, 244 p., € 16,00) "Il cielo e la terra" di Carlo Coccioli (Lindau, 400 p., € 24,00) "L'erede di Montezuma" di Carlo Coccioli (Lindau, 520 p., € 24,00) "Uomini in fuga" di Carlo Coccioli (Lindau, 392 p., € 23,00) "Le corde dell'arpa" di Carlo Coccioli (Lindau, 184 p., € 16,00) "Budda e il suo piccolo mondo" di Carlo Coccioli (Lindau, 232 p., € 18,00) "Piccolo Karma" di Carlo Coccioli (Lindau, 248 p., € 19,00) "Non invano" di Giovanni Lindo Ferretti (Mondadori, 120 p., € 17,00) "E finsero felici e contenti. Dizionario delle nostre ipocrisie" di Giuseppe Culicchia (Feltrinelli, 240 p., € 16,50) "Il copista. Un venerdì di Francesco Petrarca" di Marco Santagata (Guanda, 144 p., € 16,00) "Vincere a Roma. L'indimenticabile impresa di Abebe Bikila" di Sylvain Coher (66thand2nd, 144 p., € 16,00) IL CONFETTINO "California" di Guido Fariello (Isea books, 106 p., € 18,00)

"Capovolgete il mondo, e tutto ciò che non è ancorato scivolerà verso Los Angeles" - diceva Frank Lloyd Wright. La California è stata per decenni un polo di attrazione, uno stato straordinariamente dinamico, liberale, centro della creatività e della ricerca, dell'innovazione tecnologica e sociale, ma anche pieno di contraddizioni - scrive Michele Masneri nel libro "Steve Jobs non abita più qui" (Adelphi, 254 p., € 19,00), che raccoglie i reportage pubblicati negli ultimi anni sul Foglio. Oggi però lo stato più ricco e popoloso dell'America sta iniziando a spopolarsi. Al problema dei costi delle case resi inaccessibili dalla gentrificazione, si aggiungono i danni provocati dagli incendi e dal Covid, e anche molti italiani che si erano trasferiti in California stanno ormai facendo ritorno al loro paese - commenta Masneri. RECENSIONI "Dubai, l'ultima utopia" di Emanuele Felice (il Mulino, 224 p., € 15,00) "San Gennaro non dice mai no" di Giuseppe Marotta (Alessandro Polidoro editore, 244 p., € 16,00) "Il cielo e la terra" di Carlo Coccioli (Lindau, 400 p., € 24,00) "L'erede di Montezuma" di Carlo Coccioli (Lindau, 520 p., € 24,00) "Uomini in fuga" di Carlo Coccioli (Lindau, 392 p., € 23,00) "Le corde dell'arpa" di Carlo Coccioli (Lindau, 184 p., € 16,00) "Budda e il suo piccolo mondo" di Carlo Coccioli (Lindau, 232 p., € 18,00) "Piccolo Karma" di Carlo Coccioli (Lindau, 248 p., € 19,00) "Non invano" di Giovanni Lindo Ferretti (Mondadori, 120 p., € 17,00) "E finsero felici e contenti. Dizionario delle nostre ipocrisie" di Giuseppe Culicchia (Feltrinelli, 240 p., € 16,50) "Il copista. Un venerdì di Francesco Petrarca" di Marco Santagata (Guanda, 144 p., € 16,00) "Vincere a Roma. L'indimenticabile impresa di Abebe Bikila" di Sylvain Coher (66thand2nd, 144 p., € 16,00) IL CONFETTINO "California" di Guido Fariello (Isea books, 106 p., € 18,00)

"Capovolgete il mondo, e tutto ciò che non è ancorato scivolerà verso Los Angeles" - diceva Frank Lloyd Wright. La California è stata per decenni un polo di attrazione, uno stato straordinariamente dinamico, liberale, centro della creatività e della ricerca, dell'innovazione tecnologica e sociale, ma anche pieno di contraddizioni - scrive Michele Masneri nel libro "Steve Jobs non abita più qui" (Adelphi, 254 p., € 19,00), che raccoglie i reportage pubblicati negli ultimi anni sul Foglio. Oggi però lo stato più ricco e popoloso dell'America sta iniziando a spopolarsi. Al problema dei costi delle case resi inaccessibili dalla gentrificazione, si aggiungono i danni provocati dagli incendi e dal Covid, e anche molti italiani che si erano trasferiti in California stanno ormai facendo ritorno al loro paese - commenta Masneri. RECENSIONI "Dubai, l'ultima utopia" di Emanuele Felice (il Mulino, 224 p., € 15,00) "San Gennaro non dice mai no" di Giuseppe Marotta (Alessandro Polidoro editore, 244 p., € 16,00) "Il cielo e la terra" di Carlo Coccioli (Lindau, 400 p., € 24,00) "L'erede di Montezuma" di Carlo Coccioli (Lindau, 520 p., € 24,00) "Uomini in fuga" di Carlo Coccioli (Lindau, 392 p., € 23,00) "Le corde dell'arpa" di Carlo Coccioli (Lindau, 184 p., € 16,00) "Budda e il suo piccolo mondo" di Carlo Coccioli (Lindau, 232 p., € 18,00) "Piccolo Karma" di Carlo Coccioli (Lindau, 248 p., € 19,00) "Non invano" di Giovanni Lindo Ferretti (Mondadori, 120 p., € 17,00) "E finsero felici e contenti. Dizionario delle nostre ipocrisie" di Giuseppe Culicchia (Feltrinelli, 240 p., € 16,50) "Il copista. Un venerdì di Francesco Petrarca" di Marco Santagata (Guanda, 144 p., € 16,00) "Vincere a Roma. L'indimenticabile impresa di Abebe Bikila" di Sylvain Coher (66thand2nd, 144 p., € 16,00) IL CONFETTINO "California" di Guido Fariello (Isea books, 106 p., € 18,00)

"Capovolgete il mondo, e tutto ciò che non è ancorato scivolerà verso Los Angeles" - diceva Frank Lloyd Wright. La California è stata per decenni un polo di attrazione, uno stato straordinariamente dinamico, liberale, centro della creatività e della ricerca, dell'innovazione tecnologica e sociale, ma anche pieno di contraddizioni - scrive Michele Masneri nel libro "Steve Jobs non abita più qui" (Adelphi, 254 p., € 19,00), che raccoglie i reportage pubblicati negli ultimi anni sul Foglio. Oggi però lo stato più ricco e popoloso dell'America sta iniziando a spopolarsi. Al problema dei costi delle case resi inaccessibili dalla gentrificazione, si aggiungono i danni provocati dagli incendi e dal Covid, e anche molti italiani che si erano trasferiti in California stanno ormai facendo ritorno al loro paese - commenta Masneri. RECENSIONI "Dubai, l'ultima utopia" di Emanuele Felice (il Mulino, 224 p., € 15,00) "San Gennaro non dice mai no" di Giuseppe Marotta (Alessandro Polidoro editore, 244 p., € 16,00) "Il cielo e la terra" di Carlo Coccioli (Lindau, 400 p., € 24,00) "L'erede di Montezuma" di Carlo Coccioli (Lindau, 520 p., € 24,00) "Uomini in fuga" di Carlo Coccioli (Lindau, 392 p., € 23,00) "Le corde dell'arpa" di Carlo Coccioli (Lindau, 184 p., € 16,00) "Budda e il suo piccolo mondo" di Carlo Coccioli (Lindau, 232 p., € 18,00) "Piccolo Karma" di Carlo Coccioli (Lindau, 248 p., € 19,00) "Non invano" di Giovanni Lindo Ferretti (Mondadori, 120 p., € 17,00) "E finsero felici e contenti. Dizionario delle nostre ipocrisie" di Giuseppe Culicchia (Feltrinelli, 240 p., € 16,50) "Il copista. Un venerdì di Francesco Petrarca" di Marco Santagata (Guanda, 144 p., € 16,00) "Vincere a Roma. L'indimenticabile impresa di Abebe Bikila" di Sylvain Coher (66thand2nd, 144 p., € 16,00) IL CONFETTINO "California" di Guido Fariello (Isea books, 106 p., € 18,00)

DNA fingerprinting was discovered on this day in 1984. / On this day in 1960, Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila set a world record for the marathon at the Olympics in Rome. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

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Vandaag vieren we de 60e verjaardag van één van de speciaalste Olympische Marathons ooit. Schrijver Kees Kooman vertelt aan Dolf en Wouter in B.V.S.C. waarom de overwinning van Abebe Bikila zo bijzonder was.

Roma, agosto 1960. Roma in tutta la sua bellezza e l'Italia del boom economico accolgono gli atleti di 83 Paesi per la 17esima edizione dei Giochi Olimpici.Furono le Olimpiadi di Cassius Clay e Abebe Bikila, di Livio Berruti e Nino Benvenuti, della prima copertura televisiva importante di un evento sportivo. Ma furono anche i Giochi di una Nazionale di calcio sperimentale, selezionata e allenata da Gipo Viani e Nereo Rocco, formata da ragazzi di talento, che lasciavano intravedere un rinascimento per il pallone nazionale. Su tutti brillava già la stella di Gianni Rivera, 17 anni appena compiuti. L'Italia arrivò a un passo dal podio ma si guadagnò gli applausi del pubblico e l'apprezzamento degli addetti ai lavori. Con Gigi Garanzini ricostruiamo quell'avventura poco conosciuta, collaterale rispetto ai grandi eventi di Roma 1960, eppure densa di suggestioni.

En este capítulo de Tiro al Arco hablamos de Abebe Bikila, el primer deportista africano en obtener una medalla; marcando el inicio de una dinastía de deportistas africanos dedicados al atletismo.

Perf' Historique est un podcast qui, en 5 minutes, parle du sport dans l'histoire et de l'histoire dans le sport. Dans ce huitième épisode, nous parlerons d’Abebe Bikila et de ses 2 heures et 15 minutes lors des Jeux Olympiques de Rome en 1960. Bonne écoute. Xoxo CRÉDIT :Perf' Historique est un podcast de l'Aristide Montage : l'Aristide Voix : Josée Générique de SLNO RÉFÉRENCES : « JO 1960 : à Rome, l’Éthiopien Abebe Bikila triomphe au marathon » par Tshitenge Lubabu M.K.https://www.jeuneafrique.com/174946/societe/jo-1960-rome-l-thiopien-abebe-bikila-triomphe-au-marathon/  « En 1960, l’Éthiopien Abebe Bikila remporte le marathon de Rome… pieds nus » par Nicolas Berrodhttps://www.leparisien.fr/sports/en-1960-l-ethiopien-abebe-bikila-remporte-le-marathon-de-rome-pieds-nus-14-04-2019-8052798.php  « Abebe Bikila, le coureur aux pieds nus » par Philippe Collinhttps://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/l-oeil-du-tigre/l-oeil-du-tigre-01-septembre-2019 

"Cinque Cerchi - Storie terrene dagli dei dell'Olimpo" vi racconta la storia del leggendario maratoneta etiope Abebe Bikila, l'eroe scalzo di Roma 1960.

Recently the LetsRun.com visitors voted US marathon record holder Deena Kastor as the greatest US women's distance runner in history. To mark the occasion, we invited Deena to be on our podcast. Before we could have her on, however, she told us she wanted to answer questions from the fans on our messageboard which she did last week. Her responses were amazing so check it out now if you haven't read it. https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=9994777 While you are reading things, read this piece we did on Kastor early in 2007 after she finished her amazing 2006 season during which she set US records in the half-marathon and marathon. https://www.letsrun.com/news/2020/04/lrc-visitors-vote-jim-ryun-denna-kastor-as-the-greatest-mens-and-womens-american-distance-runners-of-all-time/ The podcast is sponsored by TheFeed.com. They've got everything you need to perform at your best and try and stay healthy. LetsRun.com co-founder Weldon Johnson just got his goody back and is pumped. They have a new product - BLDG Active's Anti-microbial Face and Hand Spray which is a medical-grade solution you can take with you to spray on your hands and face. Go to TheFeed.com/Letsrun for more info and use code LETSRUN to save 15% off your entire order. Show notes: 0:01 Deena talks about her start in the sport and how she struggled with being labeled as "talented." 3:02 Deena talks about how she viewed herself as a failure in the sport but how that all changed once she got with coach Joe Vigil. 9:06 Deena talks bout her college career, how she was running just for gear when she got out, and how she was thrilled to eventually get $12,000 a year, but how that's all changed now for new college grads thanks to the "Alan Webb" effect. 13:40 Deena talks about her American records and how she's thrilled Molly Huddle broke her half marathon record as she knows Huddle is clean. 21:05 Deena talks about her amazing success in xc. 27:07 Deena talks about what it was like to have Ryan Hall and Meb Keflezighi as teammates and others like Morgan Uceny. 30:01 The talk turns to Deena's amazing 2005 Chicago Marathon victory where she as on 2:18 pace but totally blew up and only won by 5 seconds and her amazing 2016 season during which set American records in the half and full marathons, but a season during which she was sent home from her training camp for being a 'primadonna' and one which she called a disappointment at the time. 38:06 Deena talks about why the roads are her favorite surface 41:28 Deena talks about why she'd love to on a run with Abebe Bikila and why she thinks Joan Benoit Samuelson is the greatest women's American distance runner ever. 45:44 Deena talks about her favorite American runners of today. 50:38 The conversation turns to doping and how Deena responds when people ask if she was dirty. Deena reveals a story about how she was disgusted to see everyone puffing on an inhaler before her first big European track race. 61:31 We finally talk about Deena's Olympic bronze in the marathon 63:41 Deena tells us what she views as her greatest accomplishment and tell us how she wants to break 2:30 in Berlin next year. Got audio feedback for the show? Fake Galen Rupp where are you? Call 844-LETSRUN (844-538-7786) and hit option 7. More: https://www.letsrun.com/events/letsrun-coms-greatest-american-distance-runner-of-all-time/ Support LetsRun.com's Track Talk by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/letsrun Find out more at http://podcast.letsrun.com Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/ee034794-615e-452a-abd3-8e113007dda5

CDF #65 - Abebe Bikila

O nadador brasileiro Manoel dos Santos, que surpreendeu com uma medalha de bronze na prova mais disputada e polêmica; o etíope Abebe Bikila, campeão da maratona com os pés descalços; e a norte-americana Wilma Rudolph, que sobreviveu à poliomielite para levar três medalhas de ouro, são apenas algumas das histórias que contamos nesta edição do OlimpCast, que fala sobre como foi a passagem dos Jogos Olímpicos pela Itália. Apresentação e edição: Fernando Cesarotti Colaboração: Aletheia Vieira Áudios usados no episódio: Corpo em Ação: especial do Sportv sobre Manoel dos Santos Elvis Presley – “A Big Hunk O’Love” Elvis Presley – “It’s Now or Never” R.E.M. – “So Fast So Numb” ”Varre Varre, Vassourinha” - jingle de Jânio Quadros em 1960 Veja também: La Grande Olimpiade – Filme dos Jogos Olímpicos de Roma A vitória de Abebe Bikila na maratona A incrível carreira de Wilma Rudolph CBS contesta o resultado dos 100 m livre masculino Cenas da final masculina do basquete Cenas da final masculina do hóquei Acesse nossas redes sociais: Twitter Medium Facebook Instagram Youtube

On this day in 1960, Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila set a world record for the marathon at the Olympics in Rome.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

durée : 00:48:23 - L'Œil du tigre - par : Philippe Collin - L'athlète éthiopien fût le premier médaillé olympique de son pays en 1960. Un exploit réalisé à nouveau 4 ans plus tard. Bikila, c'est un coureur sans chaussures au style élancé dont nous faisons le portrait ce soir dans l’œil du Tigre... - invités : Sylvain Coher, Fabien Archambault - Sylvain COHER, Fabien ARCHAMBAULT

Dit keer te gast: Jos Hermens, autoriteit in de atletiek en spraakwaterval. In wat klinkt als een vlucht door vijftig jaar atletiek spreekt de bevlogen Hermens over anarchisme, de Sixties, trainingsweken van 350 kilometer, zwart-witbeelden van Abebe Bikila, de opkomst van de Afrikaanse langeafstandslopers, de evolutie van zijn sport, regels waar hij tegen strijdt, een concert van Pink, de wereldkampioenschappen in Doha en geraniums.  Support the show. Support the show.

Abebe Bikila‎ ran as an unknown in the 1960 Rome Olympics. Little did his competitors know, Bikila was about to win the marathon and also set a world record. Under the torch light of the Roman guards this was the first black African to win Olympic Gold. Bikila became an iconic barefooted runner paving the way for African dominance at marathon distance. An epic story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tracce d'Africa L'etiopia con il primo Presidente donna, le politiche di riconciliazione e il maratoneta scalzo; la morte di Ntozake Shange Oggi ci prendiamo l'Etiopia e ce la studiamo bene bene: Sahle-Work Zewde, la prima presidente donna; le politiche di riconciliazione del premier Abiy Ahmed e infine tutti i segreti di Abebe Bikila, il maratoneta scalzo di Roma '60. Chiudiamo ricordando Ntozake Shange, drammaturga e poetessa statunitense, femminista nera. nero_su_bianco_3X03_podcast.mp3

Edición número 135 de La gran Evasión. Un estudiante de historia se prepara para la maratón de Nueva York, con un chándal desvaído y sus zapatillas de deporte hace el mismo recorrido diario por Central Park, Manhattan al fondo. A cada zancada rememora a su padre, una víctima de la caza de brujas. Correr hacia adelante, hacia la superación, enfrentar y conocer lo nuevo, enamorarse de una chica que cronometre sus carreras. Babe no sabe que ese fondo adquirido día tras día le ayudará a escapar de unos diamantes de procedencia infame, de correos secretos, agentes dobles, y la tortura más sádica que pudo imaginar. El relax tras el deporte en la bañera del apartamento, una toalla sobre la cara, y una chavala preciosa en el pensamiento. Antes de conocerla Babe sólo vivía para su maratón y su doctorado, no sospecha que en Uruguay se esconde un criminal de guerra nazi que sabe perforar los dientes hasta llegar al nervio, y ofrece aceite de clavo para aliviar el dolor ensordecedor. Dolor y alivio, alivio y dolor, en eso consiste todo. Babe vive solo, admira a Abebe Bikila, la imagen del sacrificio. Siempre fue diferente a su hermano mayor, un tipo de acción, un hombre de negocios, pieza de la corrupta guerra fría. La tensión aumenta como la codicia de un viejo enfermo con pasado atroz, que quiere saber si la mercancía está a salvo. A través de una gafas y unos ojos vidriosos, el pavor reconocido, el dentista del campo siempre trató las bocas de sus pacientes con delicadeza y esmero. Vuelve a brotar la sangre como antes. Perforar un incisivo no resulta difícil, no tanto como tragarse un puñado de diamantes. En los setenta, Schlesinger, uno de los representantes del Free Cinema británico, impresionó al respetable con esta adaptación de la novela de William Goldman. Un consagrado Dustin Hoffman y el magistral Lawrence Olivier enfrentan sus talentos en un thriller redondo, Roy Scheider también aporta fuerza a la trama, así como la suiza Marthe Keller, que no sabía una palabra de inglés y se aprendió de memoria la fonética de los diálogos. Raúl Gallego Este mes no pensamos ir al dentista aunque nos salga gratis... José Miguel Moreno presenta, con Gervi Navío, Elio Cubiles, Raúl Gallego, y nuestro crítico desde Madrid, César Bardés.

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Introduction The Dark Heart of Humanity Well, we live in amazing times of development, of transformation, of rapid change, right before our eyes. I alluded to it a moment ago in my prayer. Thinking technologically, I'll never forget, and I've mentioned this to some of you before, the first calculator my family ever owned. My father bought it back in the 1970s for $150. And it had four rubber feet and it sat on the desk, and it had a thick power cord that you plugged in and an on-off switch that clicked. And when you clicked that switch, these glowing orange digits came up, and it could do all four of the functions. It could add, subtract, multiply and divide. We wouldn't have known that it didn't have memory, we would've had no idea whatever that was, but we were thrilled. And I was mystified by this thing. Now I have this smartphone which has a clock app on it that you'll be glad to know about, letting me know that it's 11:20 AM. But it also can do far more on its calculator app than that thing did and that just came along with the phone. Smartphone. When I was a kid phones were up on the wall, and you actually did hang them up. I mean, what? We have to come up with a new verb for ending a phone call because you don't hang this thing up. But we had things you'd hang up, and we had these rotary things that you'd put your fingers in, and some of you know exactly what I'm talking about, others of you have no idea. When you call home, you push “Home,” and it calls, and you don't even know your own home phone number. That's scary. We have to be able to keep saying these numbers, because we will lose all track of the things that the computer keeps record of. But that's happened before our very eyes, technological advances point to human brilliance, intellectual achievement, scientific advancement, but yet we see around us the truth of the text that Herbert just read, that people can be scientifically brilliant and technologically advanced, and still dark in their minds. And we see the evidence of spiritual darkness ever escalating and increasing in our time. We see it whether in terrorism or racism, or poverty, or just the evening news, as you watch basically, in effect the crime bladder, or the things, the tragedies that happen, both in our community and to the ends of the Earth. It's a tragic time for us to be alive, and we need to understand it from a spiritual point of view. We live here in a community of brilliant people. In a community of people that are being trained in some of the best institutions of higher learning in the world. And they come from around the world to be educated here. Some of them settle in here. Others just come here to do their research in pharmaceutical companies, electronic companies, in the RTP. This is an amazing place to live, similar to my home area of Boston. But yet we also see the darkness of our own community. We see the evidence of sin right in the streets of Durham, and in the community right around us. And we need the word of God to tell us the truth, we need to know what's really happening in the world, and we need to know ourselves properly too. And so, as you heard the words that Herbert read, as you heard Ephesians 4, it was directed to the church at Ephesus. Yes, it was about unbelievers, but it was directed to people who had been rescued out of that darkness, and exhorting them to live differently than their surrounding lost neighbors and friends. To live a life of holiness, a life of purity before the eyes of Almighty God, and that the Gospel has come to do precisely that. Every Christian is a miracle of transforming grace. We don't fully understand what's happened to us, we don't fully understand how much we have been rescued and saved by sovereign power, and that Satan's grip on us was broken by a far more powerful conqueror, Jesus, who “rescued us out of that dominion of darkness and brought us into this kingdom of light.” And we underestimate how much those old sin patterns are still rooted in our hearts. And how much we have to hear the truth from Ephesians 4. And so, that's what we're going to look at today as we begin to look at Ephesians 4, 17 through 24. Called on to no longer live the dark life. Context Now, the context there in Ephesus is quite remarkable. Ephesus was a city in Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey, and it had one of the seven wonders of the ancient world there, a magnificent temple to Artemis. Amazing architecture, amazing size, and people came from all over that part of the world to worship there, if we can call it that. It was a thoroughly pagan community, a thoroughly pagan place. Artemis was the goddess of the hunt, the goddess of fertility in some ways to look at it, protector of women, and Gentile worshipers would come from all over the Roman empire to indulge in sexual immorality in the worship services there at the temple. Some historians list Ephesus as one of the most licentious cities in Asia Minor. The temple of Artemis was a major center of this debauchery and wickedness. Like most pagan worship rituals, the worship of Artemis was an extension of human inner darkness described in Ephesians 4 that you just heard. And there were perversion there that I won't list, but just evils and perversions that were going on in connection with that religion, and that society. Fifth century Greek philosopher, Heraclitus, referred to Ephesus as the “darkness of vileness,” and said, "The morals there were lower than animals and the inhabitants of Ephesus were only fit to be drowned." Well, that was the community into which the Gospel came as a light shining in a dark place, and individuals rescued out of that darkness were being called on now by the Apostle Paul to shine in that dark community. Now, one of the things we need to know about the Bible, people say, "How do we know that this book is still relevant 20 centuries later?" Well, one of the doctrines of the Bible is the immutability, the unchangeableness of God. God never changes, ever. But one of the things you start to learn as you read the pages of the Bible is that human beings don't essentially change either. And the same issues that the Ephesian Christians were facing back then, we face in 21st century America too. And we need to hear this message, we need to hear it here in Durham, and we need to hear it in America, and in this world. Now, let's get some bigger picture context, again, in Ephesians, and trace out the flow of this magnificent book. In Ephesians 1-3, we have depicted, from 50,000 feet or 100,000 feet up, a satellite look down on the overarching work of Salvation in Christ. Looking down at the eternal purposes of Almighty God, in saving sinners like you and me. And so, we have in Ephesians 1 verse 4, that “God chose us in Christ before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless before Him.” And so, that's the ultimate end of our salvation, that we should be “holy and blameless.” What that means is we need to live a different life than the surrounding pagan world around us. We were chosen for that. We're destined for that. That's where we're going. And we're told there in Ephesians 1 that “in love He predestined us to be adopted as His sons through Jesus Christ.” And so we bear the family name, how we live is a reflection on the name of Christ, the name of Almighty God in our community. So it matters very much what kind of life that we live. We're told that all of our sins, all of our wickedness and our corruption, has been paid for by the shed blood of Christ. That He atoned for our sins, “in Him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.” So not only do we have forgiveness of sins, but we have the gift of wisdom and understanding to know what's happened to us, and what's going on in the surrounding world. We're told also that the Ephesian Christians, when they heard “the word of truth, the Gospel of their salvation, having believed they were marked in Christ with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit.” And so we, Christians, just by hearing a message, the message of the Gospel, and believing that message, we have received the gift of forgiveness of sins, and adoption in the family of God and the sealing with the Spirit. We are marked, with the Spirit, as His own possession. All of that had happened to the Ephesians Christians has happened to us. Now, in Chapter 4, in verse 1, the apostle Paul is calling on the Ephesian Christians to live a life worthy of the calling they have received. We are to live up to these lofty exalted eternal themes. We're to live up to holiness, we're to live up to being adopted and forgiven by the blood of Christ. All of these things are to be part of our lifestyle. So we talked about the unity of the Church, and how we should make every effort to keep that unity, but then he talks about the diversity in the Church, diversity of spiritual gifts. Looked at that for three weeks, and we've seen that the goal of the diverse spiritual gifts is to build the Body of Christ, the Church, up into full maturity in Jesus that we would be conformed to Him in every respect and we'll “no longer be infants tossed back and forth by false teaching.” And we're not going to be infants blown back and forth by temptations. But we're going to be rock solid and mature, and more and more conformed to Christ. That's the goal. And so that's the context of where we're at. From Now On, Live a Different Life! (vs. 17) And then it goes from that into this appeal for holiness. A different kind of life, there's a different kind of life that must flow from the Gospel. So look at it again, verses 17-24. "Therefore I tell you this and insist on it in the Lord that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding, and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality, so as to indulge in every kind of impurity with a continual lust for more. You, however, did not come to know Christ that way. Surely you heard him and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. You were taught with regard to your former way of life to put off your old self which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires to be made new in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.” Personal Holiness Confirms Salvation So we're going to look at this passage this week and next week, but we're going to begin by zeroing in on what Paul tells the Ephesian Christians is true of non-Christians around them there in Ephesus, it's still true in our day as well, and the call to live a different kind of life now from that. From now on we are to live a different life, verse 17. It links it to the word therefore so in light of the spiritual gifts, in light of maturity as each part does its work, in light of all of this, I'm telling you, we've got to live a different kind of life, we've got to walk, the verb here is, walk, and sometimes it's translated, live. But it's that idea of a daily walk with Christ, day after day, left foot, right foot, just the way you live your daily life, you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do. Daily life has to change, and your personal holiness must come and confirm your salvation. The saving work of God in your life. Some people are cynical, outsiders are cynical of the true Gospel. A full forgiveness of sins apart from works? Kind of like easy believe-ism they think it is. Somebody who's been a terrible criminal and they're in prison and they suddenly have some conversion, and we're supposed to believe that? There's a lot of cynicism. They understand a morality that comes through hard work and hard effort and achievement, where you earn moral status by your efforts. They understand that, but this? And yet this is exactly what the apostle Paul is teaching, "For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not of yourselves, it's a gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast." So full forgiveness of our sins, past, present, future. Forgiveness is always a gift of grace. It's never earned, it's never connected to your good deeds, ever, and never will be. We are forgiven, we're adopted, we're in the family of God by sheer grace through Christ. It's hard for people to understand, but they also don't understand the fullness of Salvation. The personal holiness confirms that justification has even happened. And if there's no works of holiness in your life then you've not been born again, your sins are not forgiven, you're still dead in your transgressions and sins. So the lifestyle validates the saving work of God in your life, it validates it. And so, there have to be works of grace, there have to be works of holiness. James says, "What good is faith without deeds? Can such faith,” that kind of faith, “save you?” It cannot. “As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead.” And I would think we would go first and foremost to works of holiness. Of putting sin to death by the Spirit, of saying no to temptations, of growing in grace and godliness. These works I think James would've said are primarily what he has in mind, even more than any other, giving to the poor and needy, caring for others, evangelism, these things. Is there a pattern of holiness in your life? So there has to be a radical change. We must no longer live as the Gentiles do, we have to think differently now. The Radical Change of Conversion He's going to say later in Ephesians 5:8, maybe there's a few paragraphs down on the page, "For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of the light." So we're called on to live as children of the light. Now, this is a command, this is a command from Almighty God through the Apostle Paul. This is not an option. There's not a higher level of Christian, this has to be in your life. This pattern of holiness. He says in the ESV, which you heard Herbert read, verse 17, "Now I say this and testify in the Lord," it's a sense of a strong word coming from the apostle Paul, this is something that must not happen, the days of visiting that filthy temple of Artemis are over forever. You must never go back, the days of lying and stealing, and slander, and gossip and blasphemy must end forever, the days of sexual immorality, there “must not be even a hint of that among you.” Those days are over, they must end. Peter puts it this way in 1 Peter 4:3, he says, "For you've spent enough time in the past, doing what pagans choose to do, living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.” He calls it a flood of dissipation. We're done with that. We're done, immediately done. No more, no longer. There's a sense of urgency here, in what Paul is writing. You must not live like that anymore. I think he really makes the urgency very sharp in Romans chapter 8, verse 13, and 14. There is contrasting the carnal mind, the mind of the flesh with the mind of the Spirit, and it all comes down to this, in Romans 8:13 and 14, "For if you live according to the flesh you will die." And in context that means go to Hell, die forever, eternally die. You'll be condemned. That's the life that leads to destruction, as Jesus said, and many travel through it. If you live according to the flesh, you will die, but “if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.” That means go to Heaven. Because those who are led by the Spirit of God, these are the children of God, you see, and only those. Led, but where? Led into battle, led into holiness, led to put sin to death, that's the life that leads to Heaven. If you're not living that life, you're on the road to destruction that Jesus described. So this is something that must happen. This holiness worked out by the Spirit. The Darkness of Life Apart from Christ (vs. 17-19) Powerfully Clear Depiction of the Darkness of Life Apart from Christ Now in verses 17 through 19 he describes the darkness of life apart from Christ. Look at it again, "So I tell you this and insist on it the Lord that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do in the futility of their thinking," he says. Verse 18, "They are darkened in their understanding, and separated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity with a continual lust for more." So he begins by looking at their hearts. Their darkened hearts, their hearts are filled with darkness. He zeros in on their thinking. He says in verse 17, "You must no longer live as the gentiles do in the futility of their thinking." They have a futile way of thinking. Futile means empty, foolish, amounting to nothing. It doesn't go anywhere, ultimately vain and foolish. That's the way they think. They're looking for purpose from life, they're looking for meaning for life, and they're coming up empty. What do they come up with? They come up with effectively “let us drink and be merry for tomorrow we die.” They don't have an answer. You must not think like that, we can't have this futile empty thinking anymore the way that the Gentiles do. And the futility of their thinking leads to a worthless way of life. Darkened Hearts Now, perhaps these enlightened Greeks there, Greek speakers there in Asia Minor, would've been offended, say, "Hey, we have some of the greatest philosophers that have ever been in history. Socrates, and Plato, and Aristotle, are you telling us that's all emptiness and darkness? We have some amazing mathematicians, like Archimedes, we're able to put up the temple of Artemis. So are you telling me that those achievements are nothing?" You say ultimately they are nothing. They are nothing because they are empty. You're separated from the life of God, you have no connection with God, and so you may do all these great achievements, but God's not impressed by them. He's not surprised by them either. He knows what He made in you, he knows what's metaphorically "under the hood". He can lift up the hood, he knows what kind of engine his put. He knows how “fearfully and wonderfully made” your brains are. He knows that you're created in the image of God and that you can do astonishing things with your intellect. He made you. You remember back at the time of the Tower of Babel, and remember when the people discovered how to make bricks and bake them thoroughly, and cover them with pitch. And I look at that from a mechanical engineering point of view. Tt's like, “alright, greater compression strength and you start getting some higher and higher buildings. Hey, I have an idea. Let's build a tower that reaches up to the heavens so that we can make a name for ourselves.” And that passage is so enlightening on just what God thinks about human science and intellectual ability. He says this in Genesis 11:6, the Lord said, “If as one people speaking one language they've begun to do this, then nothing they propose to do will be restrained from them." That's high praise. Keep in mind he also had to say within the Trinity, "Let us go down and see that puny, little tower that they're building." It doesn't say “puny, little” look it up say, "Pastor, you said ‘puny, little.’" I said it and I know. But that's the image. It's like the gap between our highest achievement and God is infinite, so God's not impressed, and he's saying apart from Christ, you're darkened in your thinking and in your understanding, doesn't matter what you achieve intellectually. In the 1930s, Germany was a worldwide leader in technology. Some of the best physicists in the world were there, Einstein, and Schrodinger, and Heisenberg, and Max Plank, they were German. They were leading the world in the study of electromagnetic radiation which led to modern telecommunications, the greatest rocket scientists in the world were German. Nuclear physics. They were leading the world in aviation as Charles Lemberg made very plain when he visited and saw their Luftwaffe. Yet within 15 years, Germany lays as a big pile of smoldering rubble, and why? It's because of the darkness, the darkness of their heart and the wickedness of the leadership and the wickedness of the achievements and all that, etcetera. Technological achievements, undeniable, but that's still darkness apart from a life of God and a knowledge of God. So mere intelligence and academic achievement and inventiveness, and all that does not commend us to God. God is not impressed. Probing of the Unregenerate Heart Paul extends the probing of the unregenerate heart, he says, "They're darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts, having lost all sensitivity they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity with a continual lust for more." So this darkness extends to everything. Their understanding is corrupted, they understand things skewed. The affections of their hearts are corrupted, what they love and what they hate, it's messed up. The will is a slave to that messed up affection structure and so they're going to choose what they corruptedly love and reject what they corruptedly hate, and that's what their will is doing and their emotions are twisted. Every aspect of the heart. Number of years ago there was a flood in Bangladesh and the water mixed. Fresh water, salt water, and waste water in ways that were deadly dangerous to the populous so that you couldn't go to your well and drink because it might very well be polluted. The contagion had spread and connected all of the water supplies and it was a big health issue. I think that's a picture to me of the corruption of original sin going to actual volitional sin corrupting every part of the inner person. That's what Paul's talking about here. Cause for this Darkness: Separation from God And the reason for this is separation from God, they're separated from the life of God, separated. Earlier in 2:12 it said, "without hope and without God in the world." they're separated, it's a gap between them and God and therefore there's a gap between them and life, that's the nature of being dead in their transgressions and sins, they're separated from life. In John 17, Jesus praying said, "Righteous Father, the world has not known you." It's like a cry from his heart. The world has not known you but I know you. And He said earlier in that same prayer in John 17:3, "now this is eternal life, that they may know you the only true God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent." that is what life is, it's knowing God. But these folks, they're hardened, they're calloused. Do you see those words? There's a hardness to them an unresponsiveness. Their conscience is seared. There is a picture in another verse about a seared conscience. In 1960 I read about a Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia, he won the Olympic Marathon in the burning streets of Rome running barefoot. Think about that. If I have to go across the sidewalk in the summer, I have tender feet and they're going to burn but this man had been running for his whole life with no shoes and so his feet were completely calloused and he ran better that way. And so that's a picture that building up of callous, it's a picture of insensitivity, unresponsiveness to spiritual things. So, they're hardened and they're darkened through this depravity. It should hurt us to sin. There should be a hurt that happens. We're going to talk later about “grieving not the Holy Spirit of God.” It should hurt when we sin. There should be that responsiveness but these folks are hardened and calloused and they don't weep over sin, and not only that, but they're addicted to it. There's a continual lusting for more and more. It's never enough. Sin is addictive. You have to have more and more of the drink, more and more of the drug, more and more of the porn. The porn isn't enough, it's have to get weirder and weirder. There's a pushing and an edging all the time, why? Because there's a law of diminishing returns, and we become seared and hardened and need more and more, and that's the addictive nature. C.S. Lewis, in his book Screw Tape Letters where an older demon is training a younger demon on how to tempt humans, and he said, "The recipe is this, ever-increasing slavery to ever decreasing pleasure, that's the recipe for success." and that's what happens more and more enslavement less and less joy and pleasure out of it. I just want to stop right now and say, "Is there anyone here who knows exactly what I'm talking about because I'm describing you?" That you know that you're separated from the life of God, you're on the outside. You don't know forgiveness. You don't know joy and happiness, perhaps you're afraid to die, maybe you're not because your hardness is such that you don't think about where you're going in all of this. You're not afraid of Judgment Day or you're terrified of Judgment Day. Either way, you know you're on the outside. All I can say is I thank God you're here. I prayed specifically this morning that God would bring some folks here. I actually prayed that they would come, that people would come, who didn't know they were coming when I was praying that prayer. And that may be describing you, maybe God brought you here and you know you're on the outside looking in, I plead with you to flee the wrath to come and go to Christ the savior. Jesus came and died on the cross for sinners like you and me. We were all like this, there's no difference. Paul's saying, “that's how you used to be Ephesians but now you have come to faith in Christ, you know that God sent his son who lived a sinless life, perfectly obedient to the law of God, and who died an atoning death for sinners like you.” Call on Him, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." How You Learned Christ (vs. 20-21) Praise God for Salvation in Christ So he turns in verses 20-21 and says, "What about you? That's not how you learned Christ." He's talking to Christians now. Look at it, verses 20-21, "You however did not come to know Christ that way, surely you heard him and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus." All I can say is, Praise God for the Gospel, amen? Praise God for salvation for sinners like us. He just abruptly breaks his incisive probings of the unregenerate pagan heart and addresses the Ephesians Christians directly. “You didn't know Jesus that way. That's not how it happened. You're not included.” There's been a decisive break made between me and sin. Praise God, a decisive break through Christ. And he says, "You didn't learn Christ through wickedness and depravity and hardness, not at all. Rather light was spoken into your dark heart." God said, “let there be the light of Jesus in your heart,” and He opened up the eyes of faith to see the light of the glory of God in the face of Christ and you were saved. Now he's calling on you because “God is light and in him there's no darkness at all,” He's calling on you, 1st John, to walk in the light as He is in the light. That's what's going on here. And he refers to their hearing of the Gospel and it says literally, "Surely you heard Him." Now the ESV, NIV makes it more like Jesus is the topic of what you heard but that's grammatically not correct. It's not “Surely you heard of Him” or “heard about Him,” that's true, we did hear about Jesus. But the grammar actually says, "Surely you heard Him." and that's so much better, isn't it? I remember I was converted when I was in a lab and I heard a voice in my heart. I know you're going to think I'm weird but it's true. That's how I was converted. It was telling me I'm going to a retreat with Campus Crusade for Christ, a fall retreat. He told me. Didn't ask by the way, He doesn't ask, He tells, He's a king. And I said out loud, "No, I'm not." I'll never forget. If you had been in the room like, "Who are you talking to?" "I don't know, but I'm not doing what that voice is telling me to do." Later found out in John 10, this beautiful passage, He's the good shepherd. “My sheep hear my voice, I know them and they follow me.And I give them eternal life.” So surely you heard Him calling into your darkness like you're a spiritual Lazarus and He said, "Lazarus come forth." and you came forth, that's what you heard, you heard Jesus calling, and He did call you and He said, "Come unto me all you who are weary and burdened and I'll give you rest," speaking right in their hearts. Isn't this what you heard? And you heard Him, and you were taught in Him in accordance with the truth in Jesus. You've heard about these things. The Basic Rhythm of Daily Sanctification (vs. 22-24) Now, over the next few weeks, we're going to talk about the basic rhythm of sanctification that follows. I'll just read it and describe it quickly and we'll be done. It says, "You were taught with regard to your former way of life to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires, to be made new in the spirit of your minds," this is good translation spirit of your minds, "and to put on the new self-created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness." Now, that rhythm is going to bring you to ever higher levels of holiness the rest of your life. And it's applied to every topic you'll ever find in life. He gives you examples right in Ephesians 4, example number one. Falsehood and truth-telling. So stop lying and start only telling the truth, verse 25. He's going to do the same thing in verse 28, “Stop stealing and instead work and give to the needy.” So put off, put on. So it's not just stop doing, but there's something good you're going to do now. Third example in verse 29, “Stop using corrupted speech, corrupting unwholesome words, but only say those things that are going to give grace to those who listen.” Fill your mouth with grace, fill your mouth with the word of God. So put off, put on. That's what we're going to look at as we go forward. Application Alright, so by way of application I've already made my appeal to you. If you're an unbeliever, I plead with you, don't leave this place unconverted. Talk to me, talk to someone, say "I want to know forgiveness, I'm afraid to die. I know that what this text says is true of me. I've been darkened. I've been living a life of lust and corruption and I want to be free, I'm addicted but I want to be free." Come and talk to me or one of the elders or any member to say, "I want to know more about Christ." So do that. But Christians understand, this was for you. The text says he's appealing to you as Christians to not be like this. So be aware of the danger, be aware of the fact that the seeds of your own destruction are in your heart. You're going to be fighting the flesh the rest of your life. So go over these verses and say, "How am I living like pagans? How am I living like a darkened calloused person? Is there a principle of sin in my life that I am not addressing like I need to, need to put to death? Am I living a holy life, and am I being renewed in my mind?" We're going to talk more about this over the next few weeks, but is there a regular pattern of Bible intake in your life? Are you having your daily quiet time? Are you getting up and reading the word and feasting on the word of God, and being transformed in your mind? Different thinking leads to different living. If you want a different life, you have to think differently. That's what the word of God does. So just get your mind in the stream, the clean river of God's truth day after day, memorize the Scripture, just have it flowing through you. And also see the non-Christian world around you in light of these verses. There's a lot in Ephesians about what the non-Christians are like. They are dead in their transgressions and sins, they are without hope and without God in the world, they're darkened in their understanding, they need Christ. Does this insight motivate you to evangelism and missions? Does it motivate you to have courageous conversations with coworkers and fellow students and even professors, or bosses, or total strangers? A pattern of outreach built on compassion, because this is what they're going through, this ever increasing lust for sin. Now over the next few weeks, we're going to talk about sanctification. We're going to talk about the rhythm of all that, come to that, but already begin putting these things into practice. Look at areas of your life where you need to grow, put off the old be made new in the spirit of your mind and put on the new. Close with me if you would in prayer. Prayer Father, thank you for the things we're beginning to learn in Ephesians 4:17-24, thank you for the insight that the word of God gives. Thank you for the way it tells us the truth about our neighbors, coworkers. Thank you for the way it tells us the truth about ourselves, and we pray that you would continue to do a work of sovereign grace in our hearts transforming us, and make us an effective evangelistic church. Oh Lord, I pray that we see more and more baptisms here, more and more people who are being transformed by the Gospel. We pray in Jesus' name, Amen.

Azzurri, cyclists, boxers, Berlusconi, Balotelli, strapping Fascist men preparing to bear arms, strapping Fascist women preparing to bear children, the shirtless Duce, Ferraris, Vespas, doping scandals, World Cup celebrations, Serie A officials on the take, Il Grande Torino, and the barefoot marathoner Abebe Bikila. You find all this and more in Simon Martin‘s history of Italian sports, Sport Italia: The Italian Love Affair with Sport (I.B.Tauris, 2011). Simon’s book is sports history at its best–that is, it’s history at its fullest. As you hear in the interview, Italian sport offers a window to understanding the country’s uneven economic development, its fractious politics, the ideology and aesthetics of Fascism, the unrelenting weight of corruption, the role of the Catholic Church, and the persistent divide between North and South. Above all, there is the unresolved question of what it means to be Italian. Metternich’s adage that “Italy is only a geographical expression”still holds a kernel of truth, some 150 years after the Risorgimento.One of Simon’s principal arguments is that sport is the one thing which most consistently binds the country together. Simon’s book was awarded the 2012 Lord Aberdare Literary Prize, presented each year by the British Society for Sports History. This was the second time he’s received the award, having won in 2004 for his history of Italian football under Fascism. You can also find interviews with other winners of the Aberdare Prize in the New Books in Sports archive: the 2011 winners, Chris Young and Kai Schiller, talking about their book on the 1972 Munich Olympics; and Tony Collins on his history of English rugby union, which won the award for 2010.         Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Azzurri, cyclists, boxers, Berlusconi, Balotelli, strapping Fascist men preparing to bear arms, strapping Fascist women preparing to bear children, the shirtless Duce, Ferraris, Vespas, doping scandals, World Cup celebrations, Serie A officials on the take, Il Grande Torino, and the barefoot marathoner Abebe Bikila. You find all this and more in Simon Martin‘s history of Italian sports, Sport Italia: The Italian Love Affair with Sport (I.B.Tauris, 2011). Simon’s book is sports history at its best–that is, it’s history at its fullest. As you hear in the interview, Italian sport offers a window to understanding the country’s uneven economic development, its fractious politics, the ideology and aesthetics of Fascism, the unrelenting weight of corruption, the role of the Catholic Church, and the persistent divide between North and South. Above all, there is the unresolved question of what it means to be Italian. Metternich’s adage that “Italy is only a geographical expression”still holds a kernel of truth, some 150 years after the Risorgimento.One of Simon’s principal arguments is that sport is the one thing which most consistently binds the country together. Simon’s book was awarded the 2012 Lord Aberdare Literary Prize, presented each year by the British Society for Sports History. This was the second time he’s received the award, having won in 2004 for his history of Italian football under Fascism. You can also find interviews with other winners of the Aberdare Prize in the New Books in Sports archive: the 2011 winners, Chris Young and Kai Schiller, talking about their book on the 1972 Munich Olympics; and Tony Collins on his history of English rugby union, which won the award for 2010.         Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Azzurri, cyclists, boxers, Berlusconi, Balotelli, strapping Fascist men preparing to bear arms, strapping Fascist women preparing to bear children, the shirtless Duce, Ferraris, Vespas, doping scandals, World Cup celebrations, Serie A officials on the take, Il Grande Torino, and the barefoot marathoner Abebe Bikila. You find all this and more...

Azzurri, cyclists, boxers, Berlusconi, Balotelli, strapping Fascist men preparing to bear arms, strapping Fascist women preparing to bear children, the shirtless Duce, Ferraris, Vespas, doping scandals, World Cup celebrations, Serie A officials on the take, Il Grande Torino, and the barefoot marathoner Abebe Bikila. You find all this and more... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At the 1960 Olympics in Rome an Ethiopian athlete stunned the world. He was the first black African to win an Olympic gold medal and he did it without wearing shoes. Photo: AFP

  Today I will tell you about an amazing person who lived his life to the top.  It’s an interesting life with high and low points, with obstacles which were overcome leading towards an eventual spiral into disaster…but in the end, redemption and glory. Abebe Bikila was the first black African to win a gold medal at the Olympics, winning the Mens Marathon in Rome which he completed barefoot! The headlines in the Newspapers and on the radio proclaimed the fact that it had taken an entire Italian army to conquer Ethiopia, but only one Ethiopian soldier to conquer Rome! Links: The song “Salala” was by Angelique Kidjo; with background vocals by Peter Gabriel.

Introduction This morning we are looking at the Parable of the Seed and the Soils in Matthew 13:18-23. We come to this parable aware of the gifts of hearing, and also of listening in one sense; they're two different things, both of them, a gift from God. There's an old riddle from the 18th century which went like this. What comes with a carriage and goes with a carriage, is of no use to the carriage and yet the carriage cannot move without it. Do you know the answer? Its sound. Sound comes with a carriage, sound goes with a carriage, sound is of no use to the carriage and yet the carriage cannot move without it. Sounds are all around us, all the time. It's a gift from God to be able to hear it, to have it hit the ear drum, and come into our minds and have us understand what the sounds are, what they mean. Let me rearrange the riddle a little bit. What precedes the kingdom, advances the kingdom, is central to the kingdom and the kingdom cannot grow without it? It's the sound of the word of God. This kingdom that we've been talking about all these many months cannot grow without the proclamation of the Word. Romans 10:17, says faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of Christ. The very faith on which His kingdom is based, comes from hearing the word of God. Time magazine was talking about the sense of hearing, and I thought this paragraph was very insightful. Time asked people to select the most precious of the five senses. "Few people would name hearing, yet of all man's links to the outside world hearing seems to be the essential sense, the one that makes man peculiarly human. How precious hearing is becomes clear when it is lacking. A baby born blind, or insensitive to pain usually surmounts his handicap to lead a useful life, but a baby born deaf maybe lost to mankind. The first steps of his intellectual development are beyond his reach the sounds of life, his mother's lullaby, the clatter of a rattle, even his own yowl of hunger, remain unknown even worse, he cannot learn to imitate meaningful sounds because he cannot hear them. Unless heroic efforts rescue him, he will never truly master his own language. He will live cut off from the human race. It is hearing with its offspring, speech, that gives man his superlative ability to communicate, to pass along hard won knowledge to make use of that knowledge, and so, to rule an entire planet." That comment was very insightful, showing the importance of physical hearing, which is the foundation of our gift of speech. As Christians, we would add it is through hearing and understanding the Word of God that we enter the kingdom of heaven. It is through speech, through the spoken word, the proclaimed word, that faith springs up in the heart, and people enter the Kingdom. Therefore, the creator of speech, the one who invented it, is standing today and saying to each one of us, he who has ears to hear, let him hear. We come to listen to the Word of God, to try to understand it. In the last 50 years, extraordinary progress has been made concerning the physics of sound — how sound is made, and how it propagates through the air as pressure waves. In my home town of Framingham there is the Bose factory. There they study sound and how it expands and contracts and study the science of the physics of sound. Likewise, in the last 50 years, there's been a great advance in the understanding of the biology of sound, how sound is transferred from pressure waves to neural signals inside the brain through the amazing ear. But we're not going to talk about the physics of sound today, we're going to talk about the theology of sound. What happens when the ear hears and vibrates with the sound of the proclaimed Gospel? That's what we're going to look at today with the parable of the seed and the soils. I decided it best to divide the parable in half. We're only going to look at the first two soil types this week, and if God gives us the opportunity, the next two soil types next week. We're looking at the first two soils. This parable that Jesus tells, what we call the Parable of the Seed and the Soils, is perhaps his most important parable. Jesus himself said in Mark 4:13 when his disciples came to ask him what the parable meant he said, "Don't you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?” Jesus it seems is giving an importance to this one above the others. This is kind of an entryway parable; if you can understand this, you'll understand all the parables. I believe the vital issue of the eternity of your soul depends very much on the issues that are raised in this parable. Whether you will spend eternity in heaven, or hell, depends on how you hear the word of God, how you hear the gospel of the kingdom. Let's restate the parable, look at its details, and then try to understand it. Jesus begins in verse 3 and says, “The sower went out to sow.” The farmer went out to sow his seed. This is clearly the evangelist, the proclaimer of the Gospel of the Kingdom. In this case that is Christ Himself. In later generations, it will be anyone who is sent to preach the gospel. Any evangelist, any humble Christian who seeks to bring his neighbor or his co-worker, his boss or relative to Christ, this is the sower, the one who goes out with the message. What is the seed? The seed is clearly, Jesus interprets, the message about the kingdom, when anyone hears the message about the kingdom. The seed is the message of the kingdom. What does this mean? It's the very thing that the whole Gospel of Matthew has been proclaiming, this kingdom of God, the place where God rules, where He is sovereign, where he rules over his creation, things in heaven and earth, visible and invisible. This is the kingdom and more than that, where he is adored and glorified, and worshipped gladly. This is the kingdom of God, the kingdom of Christ. This is where Christ is the gentle, humble, leader of our souls, who bids us to take His yoke upon Him... and learn from him, because he is gentle and humble in heart and will find rest for our souls. This kingdom is the kingdom which must be entered through repentance and faith, because Jesus said, “The time has come, the Kingdom of God is at hand, repent and believe the good news.” You must repent and enter the kingdom. This kingdom, this is the message. It is the kingdom described in Matthew 13, with a series of seven parables. It is something so valuable that you would sell everything that you had to obtain it. This is the kingdom. We have no control over the seed which is sowed; we couldn't create it. It's something that comes to us right from God, Himself. Just like a physical seed does. John MacArthur put it this way, “The most faithful and dedicated Christian cannot create the word of the kingdom, any more than a farmer or scientist can create the simplest seed. Just as only God creates seeds that reproduce themselves, only God creates the word of the gospel that brings life, the life of his son to a believer.” The work of the Christian witness, therefore, is not to manufacture a message to create a synthetic seed or to modify the seed given them, but to take the revelation of God, the seed and proclaim it exactly as He has given it. The power of new spiritual life is in the word, just as the power of physical life is in the seed. We have no right to create a seed, nor could we. We merely take the seed that God has given us, and we sow it. We sow it widely. We take the message to the kingdom. The Hardened Soil The focus of this parable however, is not in the sower, is it? It's not really on the seed. The focus of this parable is on the soils, the four different kinds of soils, and each one represents a human being, a human heart and how he or she receives the sown message. How do we receive the proclaimed message of the Gospel? We have four different responses. The first is the walkway, the path, the highway, the hardened soil. Verse 4, “As he was scattering the seeds, some fell along the path and the birds came and ate it up.” The soil is hard, it's packed by constant traffic, it's like pavement. Therefore, when the seed hits that soil it bounces. There's no penetration whatsoever, you could cast a million seeds on that soil and none of them will bear fruit. None, it's a hardened soil. Secondly, you've got the rocky soil. In a lot of places in the near east, there's a rocky substratum of limestone. Like my garden, my yard, it grows white rocks. Have you noticed this? How they just come up out of nowhere? This is a rocky soil, and on top of it, a very thin layer of top soil. What happens when the seed goes down there is it doesn't penetrate deeply, at all, just enough soil covers it that it can make a start, but it can't go down. The roots can't go down, there’s nowhere to go but up. This seed will make really spectacular open progress at the beginning, but as soon as the sun comes up, all the moisture is dried up out of that thin layer of soil and the plant withers and dies, because it has no root. The third kind of soil is thorny soil. This is fertile soil for growth. There’s plenty of room for root development, but the problems is that the seed is competing with other plants, thorny plants that bear no fruit, and so there's a struggle going on for the nutrients, for sunlight, and for water in the soil. The seed is choked and cannot bear fruit in the end. Finally, we've got the good soil. It’s remarkable what Jesus says about the good soil, it's rich and fertile. It's plowed and loose and so the seed sinks... The seed sinks down into the soil and it bears what it says 100, 60 or 30 times what was sown. People have studied agriculture in the ancient Near East and said that a good yield is four to eight times what was sown. Modern American farmers with the most advanced techniques of fertilization and moisture control can yield a 30 to 50 times harvest. In this parable we’re talking double that at the high end, a hundred times what was sown, or also 60 or 30. After having given us this parable, Jesus then challenges us. He says, he who has ears to hear, let him hear. That's the parable of the seed and the soil. Now we need the explanation. Last time we talked about why Jesus uses parables: first to fulfill prophecy, secondly to conceal truth from those who will not ask him for it, thirdly, to reveal truth to those who will ask, and therefore, fourthly, to make us spiritual beggars, that we will be humble enough to come and say, “Lord, teach us what the parable means.” We want our Lord to instruct us, and he does. The first soil type is the hardened unbeliever. Look at verse 19: “When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart.” This is the seed sown along the path. Here we have the hardened heart, a darkened understanding as we've said; the four results, the four soils are four different types of people. Jesus says right away when anyone hears the message, we're not talking about agriculture, we're talking about people. This particular person, hears the message, his ear drums vibrate with the sound, but it doesn't get any further. Why? Because he doesn't understand the message. It makes no penetration because sin and Satan have worked together to harden his heart. The Old Testament version of this is what you would call being stiff-necked. Jesus speaks of stiff-necked people. In Exodus 32:9, the Lord said to Moses, “I have seen these people, and they are a stiff-necked people.” What does that mean? Does that mean I have a sore neck. What it means is, “I will not bow my neck to your yoke. I'm not going to yield to you, God. I'm going to go my own way. I'm going to live my own kind of life. I don't want a king of the kingdom of heaven coming and telling me what to do. I'm stiff-necked, I'm not going to yield to you.” In Jeremiah 17:23, it says that the people did not listen or pay attention, they were stiff-necked and would not listen or respond to discipline. Jeremiah also said in 5:3, “O Lord, do not your eyes look for truth? You struck them but they felt no pain, you crushed them, but they refused correction, they made their faces harder than stone and they refused to repent.” When the gentle king of the kingdom of heaven comes and says, “Come to me, all who are weary and burdened, take My yoke upon you and learn from me,” they say, “No, this is the very thing I don't want.” They're stiff-necked, they resist. Stephen summarized the whole generation of Jews before the Sanhedrin, in Acts 7:51, saying, “You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears. You're just like your fathers, you always resist the Holy Spirit.” Being stiff-necked, is the same as having an uncircumcised heart and uncircumcised ears, nothing penetrates. There's a hardness, an unyieldedness to God. Why so hard? What has brought this on? It’s the hardening power of sin under the skillful work of the devil. Sin tricks us. It deceives us, it entices us, and it hardens us to the word of the kingdom. Hebrews 3:12-13 says, “See to it brothers that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God, but encourage one another daily as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness.” Sin is tricky, and it has a hardening effect on the heart. Ephesians 4:18-19 says, “They are darkened in their understanding, and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to the hardening of their hearts. Having lost all sensitivity they have given themselves over to sensuality, so as to indulge in every kind of impurity with a continual lust for more.” They're being gradually hardened and become even harder and harder over time. This reminds me of an illustration from the 1960 Olympics. There was a man from Ethiopia named Abebe Bikila. He won the gold medal in the marathon that year. He set the world record for 26.2 miles over the burning streets of Rome, the Appian Way, barefoot. Barefoot. Let me ask you a question, if you ran one mile on the street barefoot what would your feet look like? This man had been running barefoot all his life, and so his feet were tough as shoe leather and he just preferred to run without shoes, and so I would liken the constant rubbing and impact on Abebe Bikila's feet to what sin does to a heart. It just makes it hard. There's no yielded-ness, no interest whatsoever, in the gospel. Recently I was on my way out to a pastor's conference in March, in California, and I had the opportunity to sit next to a woman on the flight and we had a lot of time together, more time than she would have liked I think. It's probably one of the saddest witnessing opportunities I've had in years. I talked to her, asked what she did, and she gave me some kind of a strange answer about herbal remedies or something like that, and I thought, "It's kind of hard to make a living doing that." Eventually she told me that she was in the adult entertainment business, going out to Los Angeles. She said it was the most wicked city on earth, and she was one of the hardest people I've ever talked to in all my life. She had a pleasant look on her face, but she said, "I hate people, I hate life, I hate food, I hate everything." Probably would've said, "I hate you." She didn't even know me, there was a hardness there, and it was tragic, and nothing that I tried would open her up, to the point where she kind of turned her body a little away and started reading and I realized that there was nothing more I could do. There was a hardness to her heart and so I prayed for her. The hardening that I'm describing, especially, takes root in the mind. It makes even simple biblical truth incomprehensible. 1 Corinthians 1:18, says, “The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God.” Also in 1 Corinthians 2:14, it says that the man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him and he cannot understand them because they're spiritually discerned. Sin hardens the heart, and the devil creates a world, a world system around us to accelerate that hardening, he wants that hardening. He's clever and devious and skillful at bringing it about. So the blessing of the word of God then becomes a curse. I believe that to hear the word of God, to hear the Gospel and reject it makes you just a little bit harder. It would've been better [2nd Peter 2:21] not to have heard the way of righteousness than to hear it and to turn your backs on the sacred command that was passed on to you. It's better not to have heard because the devil is so active. He's active in the hardening. 2 Corinthians 4:4 says, “The God of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ who is the image of God.” Satan does this hardening, but then he's very active at the moment of evangelism. He's mentioned in this text, do you see? When anyone hears the message about the Kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one, the devil, comes in, snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is very discouraging, isn't it? Because you think, well, at least I got a witness in there, at least I planted a seed. Well, if it's of this first category, you did nothing, you accomplished nothing for the Kingdom, because the devil has snatched away what was sown in the heart. It has no cumulative effect except hardening. The difference is we can't tell from the outside what type of soil somebody is. They may eventually come to Christ so we need to scatter the seed widely. I'm just saying from heaven's perspective, looking down, if it's a hardened soil here, you accomplish nothing today by the preaching of the word, except increase hardening. It says the birds of the air come and snatch up or eat up what was sown. This is the devil, the evil one who comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. Satan uses a lot of tricks to do it. He uses the lust of the present age, the desires that people have for earthly pleasures, and uses the sins of other Christians to do it. You know the woman I described to you a moment ago? I almost hesitate to mention this, but she had as a client a pastor two or three years before that, and she said it was one of the most horrible experiences of her life. It was all she could do to get away from him physically, just to survive the time. I knew when she told me that that I had zero chance to lead her to Christ. But, of course, humanly speaking I have zero chance to lead anyone to Christ but I still have hope that the gospel can penetrate. I wanted her to believe. You see how the devil uses this, how hard it's going to be for somebody to reach her with the gospel. Satan will use false teachers to do it. He'll use fear to do it. "What will my friends think if I become a Bible thumper, what will happen to me?" Satan uses procrastination too. "Oh, I can always do that later, some other time, another seasonable moment", and so it's snatched away. What are the eternal consequences of this? Well, hell. Eternal condemnation, eternal separation from God in torment. Revelation 21:8 says that the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters, and all liars, their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death. Unbelievers go to hell [ Revelation 21:8]. This is the tragedy of the hardened-packed soil heart that rejects immediately the word. These people are just simply closed to the Gospel. They may reject with violence and vigor, slam the door in your face, get rude, or they may just shrug and blow it off or make a joke, either way the word has had no effect on them. The Rocky Soil The second kind of soil that Jesus talks about is the rocky soil, what I would call the shallow. It is the temporary believer. Put believer in quotes, in one sense. Verses 20 - 21, “The one who received the seed that fell on rocky places is the man who hears the word and at once receives it with joy, but since he has no root, he lasts only a short time.” When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away. This is what I call the temporary believer. Now you say, "Is that possible? I thought you believed in the eternal security of the believer?" I just discern in the New Testament that there are different types of believers, there's different kinds of faith. It is possible to believe in one sense for a little while and then fall away. In the Luke version of this parable, Jesus said, in Luke 8:13, “Those on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root, they believe for a while, but in the time of testing, they fall away.” That settles it for me. It is possible therefore to believe for a while and then fall away? What I believe is that this faith is not the faith that justifies, this is not the kind of faith we heard about in Romans. That we are justified by faith, apart from works of the law, it's not that faith. It's the kind of faith that Jesus encountered when he did miracles in Jerusalem in John Chapter 2. “While he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the miraculous signs He was doing and believed in His name.” They believed in his name, but he would not entrust Himself to them, for he knew all men, he did not need man's testimony about what was in a man because he knew all men. He knew what was in their hearts. Believing in his name is not justifying faith, so Jesus did not entrust himself to them. They had a different kind of faith. James is the one who gives us the clearest understanding of this. James 2:19 speaks of a faith which does not justify, we could call it demon faith. “You believe that there is one God. Good. Even the demons believe that and they shudder.” So there's a demon faith that certainly does not save. Then there's a work-less faith, a faith that proves as no good works, it's a dead faith. James 2 also says it does not save. It is possible to believe of a sort and yet not be saved. Therefore, in this case, I find this soil perhaps one of the most troubling of all the soil type. Probably the most troubling, because this person has such a joyful reaction to the word. They're thrilled, they receive the word with joy, they're excited. That joy is genuine as far as it goes, it's a genuine surge of emotions that comes, and those emotions are usually intense. The plant springs up quickly, it looks like it's making good progress, it looks great from the outside. The person is so filled with exuberance, he tells all of his friends and neighbors and relatives about his new faith. He feels like all of his problems are solved. The very thing he's been looking for all of his life, he's founded at last, and he's telling everyone about it. He's doing all the kind of things you do in church, and he's just so excited he's what we would call "on fire for the Lord", filled with joy. Now, I want you to understand joy over the Gospel is a good thing, it's a very good thing. Look at Verse 44 in our same chapter, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, when a man found it, he hid it again, and then, in his joy, went and sold everything he had and bought that field.” Joy over the treasure is a good thing. As a matter of fact, if you don't have it, I don't think you're converted. There needs to be a joy over the Kingdom, a rejoicing, a delight that your sins are forgiven and that you're going to heaven. Ever increasingly so. But, apparently, there's a counterfeit joy that's going on here earlier in the chapter. He receives the word with joy, but he has no root. This brings us, I think, to some of the history even of us as Southern Baptists, as evangelicals, what we call revivalism. There's different ways of looking at them. In one sense, spiritually and supernaturally a revival is a pouring out of the Holy Spirit on a body of people with great evidence of conversion, all kinds of things going on. It's an exciting time, but understand what we're praying for. It's a supernatural moving of the Holy Spirit, where by a large numbers of people are genuinely converted. Then in verse 44 you're going to see the joy of selling everything so that you can have the Kingdom. Could there also be some of the false joy as well where people are all excited and they get motivated? Maybe put their hands up in the air, maybe they scream for joy, maybe there are tears coming down their face. How can we tell the difference? During the revival, the First Great Awakening, Jonathan Edwards was a careful student of these kind of displays. He was fighting a battle on two sides, on one side there was what he called the old lights, the kind of old staunch conservator. They said, this kind of enthusiasm in a religion is a bad thing, it's definitely of the devil. And he said, "No, it isn't." Then there are people on the other side who said it is definitely proof that the spirit has come when you see people jumping for joy and getting all excited or rolling on the ground or weeping or crying out. Edwards, with his careful thinking, said, it is no sure sign either way when you see this kind of joy. It's no proof either way, because we can show right in the text, it happens both with a genuine convert and with somebody who is going to fall away when tested. "I dare not trust the sweetest frame that's joyful state but wholly lean on Jesus's name." I think it's a good thing when people show outwardly, physically on their bodies, their joy, but I've learned to be careful when we preach the gospel, say, "Oh, definitely they were converted. I saw a tear in their eye." "Well, definitely they were converted, they were so happy after they prayed the sinner's prayer." Only one thing, perseverance over time through all kinds of tests that's fruit-bearing for years and years. That's what I get out of the seed and the soils here. There’s an immediate joyful outburst but what happens to the seed? It has no root system, and therefore it cannot survive. Since the faith has no root, it lasts only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, the person quickly falls away. Martin Lloyd-Jones told a story talking about the whole invitation system which we in our church have used, and others use, in calling people to an immediate outward visible response to the Word. He was preaching in a church once and there was this man that he had seen come regularly, but this one particular time the man seemed to be emotionally responding very powerfully to what was being preached. Lloyd-Jones was kind of torn in his mind what to do as a pastor. Should he go up and confront him and deal with him at a personal level? He had preached the Gospel, preached the word thoroughly, what should he do? In the end, he felt the Spirit leading him not to, but to just let the man go that evening. The next day he saw him, and the man interacted with him. Lloyd-Jones is on his way to the prayer meeting, and the man said, "You know, if you had asked me to come to prayer after that service, I would have come last night." He said, "Well, come with me now. Come with me now." He said, "No, not interested. But if you would've ask me last night I would have come. And he said, "You know, if whatever you got last night didn't last one full day, it isn't the real thing. Whatever it was." So there's an immediate reaction and joy, but it has no roots, and when trouble comes because of the Word then you'd say, "What is that?" I think it's of two sorts. Persecution, namely your friends, neighbors. They see you're excited, but they're not excited, and they start to make your life hard. They start to oppose you, they start to persecute you, and you fall away because it's too expensive. It's got no root system. Or there's a different kind of trouble that comes by the Word. It's the troubling of the soul over the sin that's still in you. You get convicted, then you realize that you need to change your life, that there's sins that you must put to death, there needs to be a whole different way of living, and that's trouble caused by the Word, isn't it? That person has no interest in that kind of life change. In his mind, he has no genuine understanding of the gospel. The part he understands makes him happy, but he doesn't understand the whole scope of the Kingdom. In his soul there's no genuine brokenness over sin, no deep work with the law. Some of this easy decision-ism, it's a light work of the law and the heart, and the person isn't genuinely convicted over sin. There's no genuine relationship with God, that's what it means when it says he has no root. Jesus says that you are a branch, and I'm the vine, you're grafted in. There's a life giving sap that flows through you, and that sap enables you to survive any trial.The very same trial that weeds out the false believer, makes the true believer even stronger. In Romans 5:3-5, it says, “but we rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance. Perseverance, character, and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit whom he has given us.” Te trial comes and it makes the genuine believer even stronger, even more hopeful, but it makes the false believer fall away. Fall away. What does it mean, "They quickly fall away?" This is the most troubling aspect of all. What's the time frame here? I have no idea. If he had told me that he would fall away within a year, and you could make it a year and a day then you're home free, right? If he had given a definite time frame and if you could just make it past that, it doesn't give it to... He just leaves it open. What it means is you need to continue to walk with Christ, day after day, seeking Him and loving Him, trusting in Him. But as soon as those trials come, for this soil, they quickly, quickly fall away. Application What application are we going to take from this? I want you to assess yourself. We haven't gotten a chance to preach yet on the thorny soil or the fruitful soil, but you understand this parable. Who are you? Are you the hard-packed soil? Maybe you've been invited to church this morning and you came, but you have very little interest in the word. Oh, I pray that God would soften your heart, I pray that you would be open to the Word, and not blow it off, but accept it as not the word of man, but the Word of God which can save you. If you are the shallow soil, pray that you would be brought into a living, deeply-rooted relationship with Christ.