Ep 103: Even Legends Fade (w/ Rodney Sills)

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What can the death of a legend 
teach us about the enduring 

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nature of Christ? 
Well, our guest is going to tell

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us all about that in just a SEC.
Welcome to the show. 

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I'm Daniel Dalp and this is for 
your Sunday morning drive where 

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the short podcast with the goal 
of providing some motivation, 

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Dr. and encouragement on your 
way to worship and helping you 

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recenter your mind on those 
spiritual things on a hectic 

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Sunday morning. 
Our special guest today is our 

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first ever return guest, my good
friend Rodney Sills. 

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Rodney is a fellow preacher of 
the gospel and is a Deacon at 

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the Washington Ave. 
Church of Christ. 

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I'm so thankful for Rodney, and 
one of the things that I love 

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about him is his encouraging 
attitude, and I'm glad he's 

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joined us again to share some of
that with you today. 

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He has some great thoughts, and 
I'm so thankful that he's come 

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back and he's been willing to be
on the show a second time. 

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I've put a link in the show 
notes where you can learn more 

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about Rodney and you can find 
his other podcast episodes. 

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Rodney, thank you so much for 
joining us today. 

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Let's go ahead and get the show 
on the road. 

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This is episode 103. 
Even legends fade. 

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Let's go to church. 
Are we there yet? 

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This podcast is entitled Even 
Legends Fade. 

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And you know, I did a podcast 
not long ago for Daniel about 

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the Jake Paul and Mike Tyson 
fight. 

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And I'll be honest, Tyson was 
one of my heroes growing up 

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strong, feared larger than life.
But watching that, it was a very

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disappointing fight and it 
reminded me of something I 

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didn't really want to face that 
even heroes fade. 

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And that's where I made the 
turn. 

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Christ doesn't he doesn't slow 
down, age out. 

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He doesn't disappoint. 
He the only true hero that never

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lets us down. 
And that brings me to something 

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that has been on my mind with 
the passing of Chuck Norris. 

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I just want to, you know, pause 
and say that there's a level of 

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respect there and and yes, he 
was another one of those figures

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many of us looked up to tough, 
disciplined, iconic in his own 

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way. 
For me personally, he was 

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another hero of mine. 
And moments like that have a way

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of slowing us down and yes, 
making us think. 

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Then you add in all those Chuck 
Norris memes that we've that 

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over the years I heard the one 
Chuck Norris doesn't do push 

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ups, he pushes the earth down. 
Or time waits for Chuck Norris. 

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They're funny because they paint
him as almost untouchable, like 

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he's above limits, above time 
itself. 

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But here's the truth. 
We all know that even if we 

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don't always say it, even 
legends are still human. 

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And that brings us to a verse 
that just cuts through 

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everything. 
James 414 for what is your life?

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It is even a vapor that appears 
only for a little time and then 

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vanishes away. 
That word vapor, it's like 

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breath on a cold morning. 
You see it and then it's gone. 

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That's not just Chuck Norris. 
That's not just our heroes. 

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That's me and that's you, 
friends. 

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You start to feel this more, I 
guess, the older you get, 

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Wouldn't you agree? 
You watch your kids grow and 

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something hits you. 
You know, I'm not as young as I 

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used to be. 
It hits you that time is moving.

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Life is moving and for all of 
us, no matter how strong, 

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respected, or admired, we are 
not bulletproof from time, from 

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death, and certainly not from 
sin. 

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And that's why this next verse 
that we have heard hundreds of 

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times matters so much. 
John 316 For God so loved the 

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world that He gave us His only 
begotten Son. 

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And you know how that verse 
finishes. 

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But wow, the Godhead provided 
one of their own to be our 

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champion, our Savior. 
And that's the difference. 

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Our heroes fade, our strength 
fades, our time fades, but God's

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love does not fade. 
And that love was expressed 

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through his Son on the cross. 
We read about his life through 

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his inspired words, and when he 
rose on the third day, he 

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conquered death and was sealed 
forever as our champion and as 

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our Savior. 
Our Lord stepped into our 

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weakness, our mortality, so that
we wouldn't face eternity 

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without hope. 
So yeah, we can smile at the 

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Chuck Norris jokes, but maybe 
they remind us of something 

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deeper. 
Friends. 

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No one outruns time. 
No one escapes mortality. 

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And that's not meant to scare 
us. 

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It's meant to wake us up. 
It sure enough did me woke me 

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up. 
And I hope it wakes us up to 

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appreciate today, to love our 
families well, and most 

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importantly, to run to the one 
who does not fade. 

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Even the strongest men are 
temporary, but the love of 

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Christ is eternal. 
Trust in him. 

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Odney, thank you for those 
excellent thoughts. 

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Now it's time for you to share 
yours. 

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Our discussion questions for 
today are who are some of those 

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great legends that have impacted
your life? 

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How much more has Jesus done? 
So in what ways do our 

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priorities shift as we and those
around us age? 

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And with that in mind, are those
priorities where they need to 

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be? 
And lastly, who is a hero or a 

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legend of your faith that you 
can say thank you to today? 

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Hey, thank you for listening. 
Thanks again to Rodney for being

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on the show. 
Don't forget how much Jesus 

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loves you. 
I hope you have a great week and

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I'll see you Sunday.