Podcasts about T. Boone Pickens

Try this fun exercise in today's show with your bezzie. It's a real relationship-affirmer. Kristi answers twenty questions from Alissa. We discover she wants to sing like Whitney Houston, her lips are real, she is happiest in Kwandwe, South Africa, and she considers her non-profit K9s4COPS her greatest achievement. K9s4COPS deploys canines and their handlers across the U.S., providing protection for thousands of schoolchildren every day, hunting down narcotics and dealers, and combating crime.STORIES00:00 Start00:55 Why she's the "Media Queen"01:53 What is her "perfect happiness"?02:23 Her greatest fear02:50 The living person she most admires03:34 The personal trait she most deplores04:22 Her greatest extravagance04:56 What she dislikes most about her appearance05:33 What living person does she most despise? 06:31 When and where was she most happy?07:08 What talent would she like to have 07:25 Her greatest achievement07:56 If she could change one thing, what would it be?08:55 What if she could change one thing about her family?09:51 If not what she's currently doing, What would she be doing for a living?11:32 Her favorite writers12:41 What's her motto?13:18 If she could have dinner with anyone dead or alive, who would it be?14:52 What question does she wish people would ask her?16:18 Something she loves about herself 18:51 The hardest decision she's ever made 19:37 A talent she has that nobody knows about https://www.k9s4cops.org

Man, they're hoppin' mad this morning. Everyone texting in has bronze skin. Chairman is put on the stand regarding Iggy's late arrival yesterday. They went WILD in the Mound City last night. Cardinals talk is put on hold and we're back on Iggy's break. Origin of The Colonel's nickname. There's a gape in Alton right now. Boy Howdy. Doug is folks personified. Iggy has no interest in going to a baseball game. These new TMA lightweight hoodies are the bee's knees. It's always dox szn for Iggy. Bad breath. When was the last time Doug had bottle service? This segment is dedicated to T Boone Pickens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Man, they're hoppin' mad this morning. Everyone texting in has bronze skin. Chairman is put on the stand regarding Iggy's late arrival yesterday. They went WILD in the Mound City last night. Cardinals talk is put on hold and we're back on Iggy's break. Origin of The Colonel's nickname. There's a gape in Alton right now. Boy Howdy. Doug is folks personified. Iggy has no interest in going to a baseball game. These new TMA lightweight hoodies are the bee's knees. It's always dox szn for Iggy. Bad breath. When was the last time Doug had bottle service? This segment is dedicated to T Boone Pickens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Stansberry is an accomplished entrepreneur, oil and gas executive, award-winning film and music producer, author and talk show host. He is an international negotiator, a corporate advisor to several boards and c-suites, and has served as an adjunct professor and and advisory board member for several academic institutions. In this week's of the Liberty and Leadership Podcast episode, Roger and Mark discuss how TFAS kickstarted his career, the volatility of the oil and gas industry, the power of mentorship, and how he became an Emmy award-winning producer. The Liberty and Leadership Podcast is hosted by TFAS President Roger Ream (https://tfas.org/podcast) and produced by kglobal (https://kglobal.com/podcast-studio). If you have a comment or question for the show, please drop us an email at podcast@TFAS.org.Support the show

When Geoff Bailey was 8, during a routine check up, doctors discovered an unexpected, life-threatening heart defect. They immediately rushed Geoff into the operating room. His life was saved. From the White House to running for State House, and becoming a protégé to Texas legend T. Boone Pickens, Geoff has found himself in the arena over and over. Yet, he keeps his focus on his faith and family while driving change as an energy executive. During this special episode of Texas Rising, Ben facilitated an extended interview his co-host, diving into what makes Geoff a being a dedicated people-focused leader.

Chuck opens hour two by talking about huge money donors for schools. Connor O'Gara of Saturday Down South joins to talk SEC and the rest of college football. Drew DeArmond of 97.7 The Zone in Huntsville hops on to talk some Alabama Crimson Tide. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chuck opens hour two by talking about huge money donors for schools. Connor O'Gara of Saturday Down South joins to talk SEC and the rest of college football. Drew DeArmond of 97.7 The Zone in Huntsville hops on to talk some Alabama Crimson Tide. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

#LetsTalkAboutItAll-Pro 49ers linebacker Fred Warner now the highest paid inside linebacker in the league with a $95 million extension with $40 million guaranteed Can Akers tears Achilles' tendon Las Vegas President Mark Badain retires after 30 years. https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/G cg .Lgfffu.7&0°.html Tampa Bay Buccaneers White House VisitAaron Rodgers turned downl gmg ca fat contract extension #CollegeFootballNewsDeionGate at SWAC media dayNew Vanderbilt football coach is fucking up the churches money, by literally fudging the numbers of his players. https://deadspin.com/vanderbilt-football-players-could-miss-out-on-nil-money-1847328124 Washington State Nick Rolovich says he won't be vaccinated for “personal reasons.” Texas & Oklahoma expected to not return to the Big 12 and they want to join the SECLegendary Florida State head football coach Bobby Bowden has a terminal illness and has made peace with it. He's 91.Sophomore QB Bryce Young has almost if not over $1 million in NIL money according to Nick SabanBarry Sanders getting put in the Oklahoma State ring of honor. He's also getting a statue outside the stadium, second to only T Boone Pickens, whose named after the stadium. #TakeOrTangentMadden release ratings going down July 26-30thFree agent linebacker Mychal Kendricks beats the 2018 insider trading case with one day in jail, 3 years probation and 300 hours of community service. https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1418258837652615170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1418258837652615170%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fd-34494335274165913924.ampproject.net%2F2107092322000%2Fframe.htmlMark Emmert: “It's time to decentralize college football.” Aaron Rodgers has more NBA championships than Chris Paul as a minority of the NBA Champion Milwaukee Bucks#TouchdownOrTurnoverTeams who have unvaccinated players that cause a COVID-19 outbreak don't get to reschedule games & will take an L or lower playoff seeding. https://twitter.com/tompelissero/status/1418256770305335299?s=21 Colts new uniformsSteelers linebacker Vince Williams, former Florida State standout retires after 6 years with team. Kanye's custom Falcons jersey for his “Donda” album release party#UnnecessaryToughnessRants

This week, The Pack visits with the great sage Joe Nocera, (@opinion_joe on Twitter). Joe is an award-winning and bestselling author, columnist, investigative journalist, and now podcaster. His latest work, “The Shrink Next Door”, has been turned into a series on Apple TV starring Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, and Kathryn Hahn.   This Pulitzer Prize nominee pulls no punches in anything he says and does.   Joe takes us though some of his best and most amusing works and articles. These range from a car-bomb in Paris to his groundbreaking interview with the most famous man in Oklahoma, T-Boone Pickens. Joe has made friends and enemies in our small world of shorts and in the wider world of national politics. From MiMedx to Theranos: Joe does not care about feelings; he just gives the facts.     We visit everything with Joe, including his work, his sometimes-controversial politics, and some current events. Sit back, have a drink, and enjoy.     https://twitter.com/opinion_joe https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-shrink-next-door/id1459899275 https://www.nytimes.com/by/joe-nocera https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/authors/AB5jPpvf5C4/joe-nocera  

Chuck opens the show by sharing great news for Geoff Collins and the Georgia Tech program. Chuck also talks about a topic that Lane Kiffin brought up in regards to the new one-time transfer rule. We talk Oklahoma Sooners with Tyler McComas of SportsTalk 1400 in Norman, Oklahoma.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chuck opens the show by sharing great news for Geoff Collins and the Georgia Tech program. Chuck also talks about a topic that Lane Kiffin brought up in regards to the new one-time transfer rule. We talk Oklahoma Sooners with Tyler McComas of SportsTalk 1400 in Norman, Oklahoma.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How much risk should you have in your portfolio? How do you know how much risk you actually have? Today we’ll talk about managing the risk in your investments.   Read more and get additional financial resources here: http://petersonfg.com/managing-your-risk-aversion/    What we discuss on this show:  0:47 - What does it mean when someone says they are risk-adverse? 2:31 - Why do people claim they are risk-adverse but have their money in risky places? 5:27 - How does Eric work through the risk assessment analysis with clients? 6:51 - Who was T Boone Pickens and what can we learn from his story? 8:20 - What should your risk mindset and strategy be?

What I learned from reading The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes by Bryan Burrough. Subscribe to continue listening and gain access to all full episodes.  

Hour 2 Andy and James welcome Mark Ennis to the show. Ennis doesn't want to battle Streble over recruiting, Francesca sound, a thought on wearing a mask in public, T Boone Pickens is dead, Mitch on his dad's girlfriend, do you remember Justin Coleman, a Louisville basketball list, and Fat Wayne.

Imagine it’s 2008 and you are graduating from college and have no job prospects.  The logical thing to do is to beg, plead, hustle, grind your way into a Dedication ceremony to the Y in Dallas for T Boone Pickens and have him hire you as an intern.  Join me for a wide ranging discussion […]

Dennis talks to Townhall.com Senior Columnist Kurt Schlichter about a piece he wrote called "Climate Change is A Hoax", the recent Ted Cruz-Alyssa Milano debate, Brexit, Chrissy Tiegen and the fact that we used to have an elite that was at least sort of elite.   He also talks discusses the passing of T Boone Pickens, the latest headlines regarding Antonio Brown, banning vaping, Trump firing John Bolton as National Security Advisor and more! This episode is brought to you by or sponsor: Daniel's NYC - By cutting out the middlemen, and selling directly to YOU, Daniel's is able to offer a high-quality, luxury leather briefcase at the incredibly reasonable price of $195.  This week my listeners can get $25 off their Daniel's briefcase at DanielsNYC.com by using promo code MILLER at checkout!

On the second hour of The Nick Handley Show, Nick dives into new sexual allegations against Patriots WR Antonio Brown. Next, T Boone Pickens passes away as he was a big time booster for Oklahoma State. Then Jon Nyatawa of the Omaha World Herald joins the show to talk Creighton athletics. We close out the hour reflection on September 11, 2001.

SEC Network host Peter Burns discusses his five-year tenure at the Charlotte-based outlet and his thoughts on this weekend's Southeastern Conference gridiron action. Mount Airy, N.C., is the hometown of one of television's most familiar faces; and later this month the city hosts its 30th Mayberry Days. The Andy Griffith Museum's Abigail S. Linville drops by to preview the fun. Plus, Holdenville, Okla., native and Oklahoma State University megadonor T. Boone Pickens dies at 91.

Good morning listeners, Today is a very special episode. I have Toby Loftin, managing principal and founder of BP Capital Fund Advisors. We discuss the various parts of the energy sector like the value chain and end users. We also discuss his time with T. Boone Pickens. Below is an excerpt on his time with T. Boone Pickens. ‘I tell you what, the first day I got there, April 1st 2010, I was sitting at my desk and I was nervous and he came walking down the hallway to start the first investment committee meeting. As I heard him coming I popped up out of my seat, he stopped and looked me in the eye and said “are you making any money yet?” I said sir I am getting to it. That is what we are doing, we are preparing. He is constantly thinking about ways to profit and he is extremely committed to winning. In business he is committed to studying the energy markets and knowing it better than anyone else. He calls it being an inch wide and a mile deep. That is sort of what we are. You know his view is to outwork the competition, not necessarily by the amount of hours you work but by deep familiarity by your domain of expertise. Always do your homework. Be a good teammate and partner. Do what you say you are going to do. Trust your teammate and work together. It all comes together. Its like the fruit of the labor when it is genuine and that is how I describe Boone and the firm. He is also a great storyteller. You have probably seen him in different venues and man he can tell a story. He can deliver it with the best of them. He is also a great joke teller which he tells on air sometimes. In the office he is hilarious. He is better than anyone I know in terms of telling a joke. Some of the quotes he said that I love he said over the years. You can be “dead right and dead”. So timing and your level of exposure is crucial. The other one I love is “the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago but if you didn’t the second best time to plant a tree is now.” So in other words start early and build carefully. That is what we have been doing for the last couple of years at Twinline and the new RIA, called BP Capital Fund Advisors.’ 1:36 – How did you get started in the industry and what caught your interest? 3:38 – So you worked alongside T Boone Pickens, how was that experience and what are some key lessons you learned from him? 5:53 – How would you define and characterize your investment philosophy? 8:07 – How would you define and manage risk? 11:35 – What is BOON and how are you guys building a better energy ETF for investors? 15:45 – What is the problem with the other energy ETFs and how does BOON address those issues? 17:47 – Can you describe to me the energy value chain and the misconceptions? 21:40 – Can you talk more about the demand side and the companies you look for in the demand side? 24:40 – What are your favorite books? 25:57 – Closing thoughts Enjoy and thanks for the listen!

In this episode, Preston and Stig discuss T Boone Pickens' book, "The First Billion is the hardest". Pickens is a oil Tycoon from Texas and his book outlines his life of business decisions and capital management. At the end of the show, The Investors answer three questions from the members of their audience. Click here to get full access to our show notes.

T. Boone Pickens and Arthur Herman discuss the impact of shale natural gas on the American economy

T. Boone Pickens and Arthur Herman discuss the impact of shale natural gas on the American economy

T Boone Pickens talks about the amount of oil we have here at home. How will that affect the prices at the pump in the coming year?

1- Sanity in Syria US and Russia agree to let UN inspect and destroy weapons to avoid airstrikes and save face 2- This week I’m going with stupid and sports 3- Zimmerman at it again altercation with wife and father in law IPad smashed Zimmerman hitting head again he’s always hit in head and of course no charges filed. He’s neighborhood watch captain its time to move out of neighborhood 4- Iowa says its ok for blind people to carry guns in public, my question, why is it not ok for blind people to drive to range or on the hunting trip Oh I forgot, there’s an eye test for drivers license but not for gun ownership 5- Oklahoma state players I didn’t go to study I went to play football. Sports Illustrated reports that tutors did work for athletes (yawn) nothing new Dez Bryant cheated in college, really, the player that set a new NFL low for being arrested for domestic violence against his MOTHER didn’t go to class, I’ll be damned Les Miles the former coach and T Boone Pickens the billionaire of course deny allegations you can see where the players would be lying, not the coach that went to an even bigger job or the billionaire who built stadium 6- Johnny Manziel 3 touchdowns after his half game suspension 464 yards against Alabama, I guess his autograph is worth something. The ultimate hypocrisy CBS has Johnny cam to follow just him on field but, he shouldn’t get paid… 7- Von Miller suspended for driving without license while on suspension for substance abuse c’mon Von, hit somebody and score the triple 8- What did you do last night Floyd Mayweather made 41 million dollars? Stay in school kids 9- Coach K madly in love with Beyoncé Introduces self after giving speech Cool coach is a mess, how fine is she 10- Miss Kansas has ink, I love it HOT and from Kansas who’d of guessed

It is the best of the Mark Larson show with interviews from Author Chris Horner, political commentator Dick Morris, television broadcaster Deborah Norville, and billionaire T Boone Pickens. Listen now!

Get ready for the Mark Larson show Saint Patric's Day edition! The Aztecs are playing in the big dance today, and Mark wishes them luck! Congressman Brian Bilbray joins to discuss the National Debt problem and the potential radiation fallout on the West Coast. Billionaire energy tycoon T Boone Pickens also joins and looks at nuclear power and other energy alternatives. Listen now!

James Hirsen from Hirsen on Hollywood joins Mark to discuss the recent rush on iodide and the media induced nuke hysteria. And what is the latest on Donald Trumps presidential run? Billionaire energy investor T Boone Pickens joins to discuss nuclear power and possible alternatives. Listen now!

Lets open our Bibles up to Luke 10. We are in a series on love. Were talking about what love looks like and the different attributes of love. The highest form of love is the word agape. Weve learned together that agape is not a feeling or an emotion. Its not what Hollywood would like us to believe. It is a decision, an act of the will. Its not self-serving; it is giving. It seeks the highest and best for another. It is given unconditionally. Therefore, agape love can be extended to strangers and even enemies, and thats what Christ has called us to-His highest form of love. This morning, were talking about the fact that love is sacrificial. There were a couple of news stories this weekend that were heroic. Both of the heroes in this story were women. One of them was in Florida. A man walked into a school board meeting. He was disgruntled that his wife had been fired. He painted a V on the wall, circled the V for vendetta, and he explained that he was going to take his revenge. Did you see that on the news? Yeah. One of the school board members did something very brave. He said, Listen, I signed the paper, so let these others go. Let them go. Dont keep them. Im the one you want. Im the guy. The gunman didnt listen to him. He waved that and said no. A woman came back in and snuck up behind him with only her purse. Maybe you saw that. She raised her purse to try to strike the gun out of his hand. He held on to the gun; she fell down and was a sitting duck. Fortunately, he didnt shoot her, but he told her to leave again; so she got another chance to leave. The point is even though she failed, that was heroic. She could have died. He could have easily shot her, but she thought, Those are my friends, and I cant stand the thought of them being killed; so Im going to do what I can with what I have to try to save their lives. Just to finish the story out in case you missed that, he then started firing at point blank range at every single one of the board members. He killed nobody. He pretty much missed all of them. By this time, because of the struggle with the woman, the security guard was able to get there. He (the security guard) shot him, and then the gunman turned his last bullet on himself and ended up killing himself; but no school board members were harmed. What a heroic thing that she did! The second story happened Ohio. This received a little bit less publicity. There was a patrolman who was on a routine stop. He had cause to frisk a man, and in the process of frisking him, the man turned violent. He attacked the officer. It wasnt an attack where he was trying to get away; the officer said the man was trying to kill him. You could see in the video where he was continually reaching for the officers gun. The officer was literally in a struggle for his life. A woman saw the chaos, pulled the car over, and thought to herself, What if that were my father? What if that were my brother? She got out of her car and went over to the man who was attacking the police officer. She began pounding him in the back of his head. She was hitting him with everything she had, and that caused enough of a distraction that by then another officer had arrived there, tackled him, and subdued him. She helped save that officers life. Friends, we dont think of those two heroic acts as love, but they were. Those were examples of agape love-seeking the highest and best for another, laying down your life if necessary. Jesus says, No one has greater agape than this that he would lay down his life for his friends. He said the highest example of agape is someone who is willing to lay down his or her life for a fellowman. Those two people literally were willing to lay down their lives for their fellowman-one for friends and colleagues and another for a total stranger. Were going to talk about that this morning, and were going to look at the example of the Good Samaritan in the Gospel of Luke. Were going to see three different groups of people, three philosophies of life, and were going to see where you are in this Parable. Jesus is asked a question by a lawyer in Verse 25 (page 1028 of pew Bibles). It says, On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. Teacher, he asked, what must I do to inherit eternal life? Thats a very important question, and its a very important answer [that follows]. Jesus says, What is written in the Law? He replied. How do you read it? The Law-meaning the first five books of the Bible. He answered: Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and Love your neighbor as yourself. This word, again, is the word agape, Agape the Lord with everything you have and your fellowman as yourself. You recall that Jesus gave this answer as to what was the greatest Command. A couple weeks ago we talked about love. You have answered correctly, Jesus replied. Do this and you will live. But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, And who is my neighbor? He was either trying to save face because he answered his own question and wanted to say, Well, this was where I was going to go. Heres my real question. Or, he could be trying to see if he is in fact keeping that Command, if he is showing love to his neighbor and asking Christ to define who a neighbor is. Now, Jesus response is the Parable of the Good Samaritan. Understand-this is very important-the story is a direct response to the question, Who is my neighbor? not, How do I inherit eternal life? Jesus is not saying, Go out and be a good neighbor, and youll have eternal life. He is answering the question in the story of who is my neighbor? He says, A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. Now this, even though its a Parable, really happened all the time in this stretch of road. For hundreds of years, this road from Jerusalem to Jericho had a stretch of it called the Way of Blood. It was named that because so many people were robbed there or lost their lives. There were all kinds of twists, turns, caves, cliffs, and places for robbers to hide. They would hide and then they would jump out and attack. They would take the money and sometimes beat and kill their victims. Thus, it was called the Way of Blood. To this day, you can ride down this road, and you can see all those twists and turns and all those places to hide; so the lawyer would know full well what Jesus was talking about in this story. It says in Verse 31, A priest happened to be going down the same road. Lucky day-a man of God is coming your way, a servant of God; so if you were dead by the side of the road, I guess maybe a doctor or nurse would be your first choice, but to have a priest coming down, at least he could pray for you, right? Thats not bad. …and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite… A Levite assisted the priest. Their job was to help in preparation for worship and to clean up after worship; so, again, this is good-another man of God, another servant of God, coming down the road. But he too… passed by on the other side. Hes 0/2. Time is of the essence; life is ebbing away. Were quick to judge these two and think, Well, I would have helped. I would have done something, but dont be so sure. I was coming to our staff meeting this week; and I was not late, but I was not early. I dont think its good when the boss shows up late for staff meetings, so I really try to be there on time. Im in a task mode, and I really want to get to the church to be there on time. I kinda want to get organized, review minutes from last weeks meeting, look at the agenda for this weeks meeting, and make sure my ducks are in a row. I see a van, and hes stuck in the snow. There is a woman behind the wheel giving it gas, and he is behind the van pushing. Its one of those things where it looks like theres a high probability hes going to get out. He wouldnt need a tow truck or anything, and I thought, Should I help him? Should I stop? I thought, You know, Im running late. If I stop to help him, Im going to be late for the staff meeting for sure. Besides that, I dont have my gloves. Its a really cold day. Ive had frostbite, and my hands get cold really easy. You dont want to run the risk of catching it again the second time. Its really easy after the first time. I dont have my gloves. I have on my dress shoes. I have no traction in my dress shoes. I really need boots to get some grip. I would just slip and slide in the snow in these shoes. Besides that, theres a lot of traffic in this intersection. Im sure somebody will stop. Somebodys going to stop, so I drove by. Now, I knew exactly what I was going to preach on this weekend too. Dont think that didnt run through my head. The Saturday night crowd literally gasped when I said I drove by. They were like, Well, were not sure we want to hear the rest of the sermon from you! You hypocrite! I said, Now, listen to me, you Saturday night crowd, some of you have done the same thing! Dont tell me you havent! There have been plenty of times when Ive stopped or assisted somebody who was in need of help, but there have been times when you-for whatever reason-were running late, not feeling good-whatever the reason is, youve not stopped. Sometimes youve stopped; sometimes youve helped when you seen a need. Other times, youve passed by, so dont point fingers. Three pointing back at you. Anyway, so they stayed, and I continued to have service that night in spite of my lack of being a Good Samaritan in that scenario. Thats an excuse. Im thinking, Well, Im late. What do I know about medical treatment? Im not a doctor. It looks like hes already gone. Hes beyond help. Im just busy. Whatever the excuse is, they pass by. Then one who is a Samaritan stops. The Samaritans and the Jews were enemies. They were enemies on the basis of religion and on race. The Samaritans were half Gentile, half Jew and were looked down upon by distain. Historically, we can read about the tension between the two. In light of that, Jesus picks on the Samaritan. He says, This is our hero in the story. He does that on purpose. He is saying, Listen, the neighbor isnt the person who looks like you, acts like you, thinks like you, and lives by you. The Samaritan is somebody who is very different from you. Your neighbor could be somebody of a different race, of a different religion, of a different country. Its very important we understand that. So the Samaritan, he stops. It says, …as he traveled, he came to where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. This word is the word compassion, and it means a gut feeling. It literally means the word bowels, gut. He had a feeling in his gut that he had to help this guy. What if this were my son? What if this were my father or my friend? Or what if it were me? Id want somebody to help me, so he had compassion and [made the decision to] stop. Then look at what he did. He bandaged his wounds. Hes going to take his time; hes going to take his resources. He probably ripped up clothing strips, warmed tourniquets, and stopped the bleeding. He bandaged the wounds. Then he poured in the oil and wine. The Greek used the word pouring in the lavish sense. He wasnt sparing this resource. Oil would have been for medicinal purposes of southing the wound. The wine would have been an antiseptic. Then he put the man on his donkey… In other words, Ill walk while he rides. He took him to an inn and took care of him. He continued to use his time and resources to care for the man. The next day he gave him two silver coins. Each coin was the equivalent of one days wage, so he gave him two days wages. He gave it to the innkeeper and said, Look after him, and when I return, Ill reimburse you for an extra expense that you might have. So this man certainly went above and beyond the call of duty. Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers? Jesus asked. The expert in the law replied… Not being able to bring himself to say the Samaritan, he simply says, The one who had mercy on him. Jesus told him, Go and do likewise. Go and do likewise-what does that mean? Does Jesus mean we go to the most dangerous part of town, wait until somebody is mugged and then help them afterwards? No. Hes saying, When you see a need, and its in your power to do so, help your neighbor-even if theyre a stranger, even if theyre of a different race, religion, or country, help your neighbor. Your fellow man is your neighbor. Go and do likewise. Now, I said wed see three groups in this Parable, and I want to talk about those three groups. You can identify where you are in these three. The first group is represented in the robbers. The robbers were the takers. Their motto is whats yours is mine. What is yours is mine, and Im going to take it. This could be something overt such as a criminal act where somebody outright steals or embezzles like a Bernie Madoff, a white-collar crime, that kind of thing, or a robbery. There is another kind of robbing people of their time, talents, and resources. Youve heard of co-dependent relationships where one is helping out another one too much, and that person becomes dependent on them. Theyre going beyond the normal to the point where its hurting the recipient. There are these dependent ones who think the world owes him or her something. He thinks their country owes him something. She thinks somebody else owes her something, and she becomes dependent. The key word here, with the yours is mine, is entitlement. I feel I am owed this. It could happen in a parent/child relationship where a parent goes beyond the role of being a parent and starts crippling that child. It could even go into adulthood. The parent is continuing to provide for the child, and the child thinks, Well, I deserve it. Im entitled to it because youre my mom or youre my dad. No, youre not entitled to it. You need to get off your butt and do something for yourself. But that entitlement mentality says, Well, Im owed this. Whats yours is mine. It could be in a co-worker relationship. Maybe you have a person in the office that is not carrying their weight. There are other workers who are doing the work [of this person], and this person is allowing them to. They are in a co-dependent relationship, I deserve this. Ive been here a long time, so he lets others do his work. It could be in a spousal relationship. Now, no elbows-I dont want to see any elbows. If you have to elbow, elbow outside. Take it outside, not in the church. One spouse is doing everything for the other spouse, and the other spouse does nothing in return. He or she doesnt reciprocate. He says, Well, you know, Im married to you. Im your responsibility. It could be in a friendship relationship where its just a one-way street. One in the relationship just takes, takes, takes, and the other is give, give, give; and its never reciprocated. It could be in all of these different relationships that we have in life where there are takers. How many of you know some takers today? Sure, we can identify with takers, right? Their mentality is whats yours is mine, and the key word is entitlement. There is a second group in this story. It is the keepers. Sadly, the majority of people fall into this category-the keepers. The keeper says, Whats mine is mine. Thats the Levite and the priest. Its my time and my resources, and I dont have time to deal with you. Youre not a priority in my life. I have things I have to do. I have places I have to be. Im sorry that happened to you, but everybody has to look out for him or herself. The key word in this mindset is survival. Its a survival mentality. It says, Look, I work hard for what I get. Whats mine is mine. The number one goal and objective is to hold on to what is yours. Ive worked for it. Its mine! Im going to keep it. Your number one objective in life is to keep what youve earned. My little nephews were two and three years old when one of them was dragging the other through the house. He was holding onto the ball while the other was trying to take it away and screaming, MINE!!! Thats one thing when youre two and three, but sometimes we do that into adulthood. We can take that into our senior years-that mentality that says, Mine!! The problem with the keeper mentality is we form blinders, and we only see ourselves. Its that scrooge mindset. They show up to get money for charities, and he says, I wish to be left alone. In other words, Ive made my money. Im taking care of myself. They can take care of themselves. We have a cold heart, an insensitive heart to the needs that are around us. Im listening to a recording of a woman on the radio who is kind of an extreme example of this. She was very upset, and she called into the television station to complain. She said (in Pastors best Southern female accent), Im watching television, and you interrupt my show for your stupid tornado warning! Youre telling me about a tornado thats touching down in a city where I dont even live! And do you know what was on my TV? Criminal Minds. You interrupted Criminal Minds. Ive been waiting all week to watch that show, and you interrupt my show to tell me about a stupid tornado thats not even where I live! I dont know those people! I dont care about those people! I care about Criminal Minds. Itd be different if it were a tornado where I live! Then Id pay attention to it, but it wasnt where I live. I dont care about your tornado! Dont interrupt Criminal Minds! She went on and on again, sometimes saying words in French. Somebodys house could blow away. Somebody could die in a tornado, and I dont care as long as I get to see the next episode of Criminal Minds! The problem with this keeper mindset is youre only concerned with yourself. Youre narrow-minded, and you turn a blind eye to the needs around you. You pass by those needs all the time. What did Jesus say about keepers? Remember, He addresses keepers directly. He said, Whoever wants to keep his life will… what? Lose it. Whoever loses his life for My sake will find it into eternal life. The irony is you want to keep life? You want to hoard everything like the man in the Parable who says, I have so much. What will I do? Give it away? No. Ill build bigger barns. There Ill store all my grain, and Ill say, Eat, drink and be merry. Take life easy. God says (Luke 12:20), You fool, this very night, your soul will be required of you. Then who will get what you have saved for yourself? That keeper mentality is where the majority of the world is-in this survivor mold. There is this pride that says, This is mine, and you cant take it. Ive earned this! This belongs to me! I have a pretty easy-going puppy at home. Shes pretty mild-mannered and most of the time is afraid of the cat; but if the cat comes around her bone, Rrrrrr. Shell give a growl, and that's what people do. Youre pretty nice and mild-mannered, but if you try to take whats mine, Rrrrrr. The claws come out and the teeth snarl and growl. Its the keeper mentality. Some of you today are keepers. Then, today, there is a third group were going to talk about. This is represented by the Samaritan. They are the givers. The giver mentality says, What is mine is yours. The key word for the giver is responsibility. The giver says, I have a responsibility to my fellow man. I am a steward of what Ive been entrusted of. My resources, my time, my talent, my treasures are not my own. I am a steward of them. Ive been given them by God, and God expects me to use them wisely. One of the things God expects me to do is not only have enough for my needs, but to be able to help the needs of people that are around me. Invest my time, invest my talents, invest my resources and treasures to help people who have needs-to be a good neighbor. So he says, Whats mine is yours. I will share. I will give what I have. I recognize my responsibility to my fellow man, and Im going to do something about that. Have you followed in the news this new development? Its an excellent development that was started by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates called The Giving Pledge. What theyre doing is theyre contacting billionaires around the world. I dont know if youve received a call yet; I have not yet been called. Im waiting. Maybe youve already been called (congregation laughing). Theyre contacting these billionaires, and they had this billionaire summit. Oprah was there, and T Boone Pickens, Mayor Bloomberg from New York, Ted Turner, Warren Buffett, and Jimmy Buffett. I dont know if he was there or not, but he probably should have been. People we dont know were there too-David Rockefeller-and all these big wigs. Theyre saying, Look, we have more money than we can ever spend in a thousand lifetimes. In the past, the strategy for a billionaire has been to get all we can, can all we get, amass this fortune, die, and leave it to your heirs so they can squander it. That has pretty much been how things have worked. But, they said, Lets change that. Were asking you to make a pledge that says in your lifetime or upon your death, you are going to give at least 50 percent of your fortune away to needs around the world. Youre going to help with disease; youre going to help with poverty, things like that. Youre going to leave your inheritance to make the world a better place. They are signing the pledge. The latest one was Mark Zuckerberg from Facebook. He is a young man, so he still has a lot of years to earn money. He signed the pledge saying, Im going to give it away. They are taking response, and they are just projecting all the billions and billions of dollars these guys have. Theyre probably worth trillions if you add all their income together. Theyre saying, Weve projected it out over the course of a lifetime of how many hundreds of billions of dollars will be given away to charities, non-profits, and causes around the world. Theyre going to make our world a better place for generations to come. I personally think thats great. I think thats wonderful. Theyre getting it. Theyre saying, Look, we have a responsibility. We have been trusted with a lot. Were not billionaires here today. Im not aware of any billionaires in our congregation. If you are one, please let me know. I want to talk to you about phase four (congregation laughing), okay? Lets just end the misery for all of us right now. Help us out. This responsibility-theyre saying, Well sign this pledge. Friends, we may not be millionaires or billionaires, but we have something we can give. We have talents; we have resources; we have treasures we can share. So you have to ask yourself this question: Which one am I in this story? Am I a taker? Do I operate with a sense of Whats yours is mine? Do you have that entitlement mentality? Or are we keepers? Whats mine is mine, and Im going to hold on to it. Are we in that survival mentality? Or, are we where Christ wants us to be? Are we givers-even if we dont have a lot? We understand responsibility, and we say, Whats mine is yours. Ill share what I have. Ill give what I have. Only you can decide. Im not going to ask for a raise of hands. Only you can decide where you are. By the grace of God, we can all move towards that last quality of being givers. Now in this Passage, there is something I want to go back to before we close. There is a question he asks. He says, What must I do? Ive always taught you salvation is not something you do. Its something you receive by faith. It is by grace; it is not through works, so you might read this and say, Well, is Jesus contradicting that? Is He saying, You can earn… because He says, Love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, soul, mind and strength, your neighbor as yourself, and youll live. Youre correct. You will live. Well, that is what Jesus is saying. He is saying, Do this. You love the Lord, your God, all the time, with everything you have, every moment, every decision, and your neighbor as yourself. Guess what? You will live a sinless life, and you will merit eternal life; so thats eternal life. The good news is if you are perfect and you always seek God… The bad news is all of you have been disqualified a long, long time ago and continue to be disqualified all the time. None of us always seek God. None of us always love God. None of us always love our fellowman. There have been times you and I have passed by on the other side. There have been times our neglect has contributed to the pain and loss of another-sins not just of commission but of omission, things we dont do that we should. All of us in this room-when you start, you have a clean slate; but at some point in your life, usually pretty early on, youre going to sin. Youre going to break the Law of God. What he is saying to this guy, this is really one of the premises of the story, is this man knows truthfully that he does not measure up to the Samaritan Jesus talked about. He can truthfully say, Ive not been that kind of guy. Ive not been the person Jesus talks about; therefore, I dont measure up. So what do you do when you dont measure up? Thats why we need a Savior. Because Jesus did come and get it right. From the moment He was born until the time He died, He always sought the will of the Father. He always loved with agape love. He always served His fellowman. He took His perfect and sinless life and offered it on the cross in exchange for our sin. That's why Paul writes this Passage in the Book of Philippians 2:1-11 (page 1162 of pew Bibles). In this short Passage is the entirety of the Gospel. Paul takes us from the preincarnate Christ, the Jesus before He comes to earth and takes on flesh, to the manger and all the way to the cross and the resurrection-this panorama view. He says, If theres any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love… the same agape, …being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should not only look to his own interests but also to the interests of others. He addresses in those two verses both takers and keepers. He says, This is not what youre to be. Youre to be like Christ. Youre to be givers. Your attitudes should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped… or taken advantage of. …but made Himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man… Thats Christmas right there. Those two verses are Christmas verses. We dont associate that with Baby Jesus in the manger, but it is. Its talking about His incarnation. He went from Heaven, being equal with God, to the very nature of His servant, …being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death-even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in Heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. The ultimate in agape, the ultimate in sacrificial love as Jesus laid down His life for you and me who fell so short, who fall so far short, of the glory of God that we could know grace and forgiveness. Were going to conclude this message with a meditation. Its a little different than what wed normally watch. This is our way of responding to Gods invitation. After we watch this meditation, I will lead us in prayer. Then well take care of some other business before we go home today, but lets reflect on this right now.

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