United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981957/1963Interdenominational Theological Center student J.W. Blackstone delivers two sermons. The sermons titled Measuring Ourselves for Greater Performance and A Formula for Personal Completeness are from the Epistle to the Romans and the Gospel according to Mark. In the sermons she discusses leadership and performance.00:00:02 J. W. Blackstone talks about how in the letter to the Roman church Paul is sharing his personal missionary experiences., 00:01:17 Introduces the words of the text from Pauls letter to the Romans 12:3-8., 00:03:21 Introduces sermon: Measuring Ourselves for Greater Performance., 00:07:09 Talks about lack of creative ways of getting certain things doing well., 00:9:22 Talks about how all kind of folks including preachers lack creative ways of getting things done well., 00:14:27 Talks about first rehabilitating method and assessing the talents one does possess. This will aid in originality., 00:16:57 Talks about how one might take an inventory of the God given the faculties all have., 00:26:41 Talks about moving off crowded step of mediocrity and climbing up ladder of achievement. Says we cannot lead folks if we have not prepared ourselves., 00:29:34 Sermon ends., 00:29:56 J. W. Blackstone introduces text (Mark 10:17-22). Also talks about how Mark presents the story of Jesus., 00:33:14 Introduces sermon: A Formula for Personal Completeness. Also talks about having money., 00:38:31 Talks about realizing things will pass away and only the love of God will endure but finding it hard to relinquish possessions., 00:42:24 Talks about not following own advice and evaluate yourself., 00:47:14 Sermon ends., 00:47:20 Dr. Isaac R. Clark speaks about challenges the rich young ruler faced., 00:51:41 Audio ends.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the National Endowment for Humanities - Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Implementation Project Grant in supporting the processing and digitization of a number of its major archival collections as part of the project: Spreading the Word: Expanding Access to African American Religious Archival Collections at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library.audio/mpeghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Isaac R. Clark Memorial CollectionAfrican Americans--ReligionEducation--ReligionTheology--Study and teachingTheological seminariesSermonsStudent Sermons by J. W. Blackstone, circa 1960Student sermon: BennettSound