1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,040 This is the Real Faith Podcast where we talk about a movie clip, a scripture, and make 2 00:00:11,040 --> 00:00:12,640 an application. 3 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:15,600 We hope these provide encouragement to you. 4 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:16,920 I'm your host Chuck Bower. 5 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:21,520 I hold my undergraduate degree from Johnson University and my master's in historical 6 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:25,480 theology Christian literature from Wake Forest University. 7 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:30,760 After a successful church ministry of 28 years I became a public school teacher currently 8 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:33,160 teaching high school English. 9 00:00:33,160 --> 00:00:35,240 We hope you are blessed by these episodes. 10 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,240 Have you guys ever been to Sunday School? 11 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:39,240 Puny God. 12 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:40,240 I love you. 13 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:41,240 I know. 28 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:56,240 As you wish. 32 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:00,240 Welcome back to Real Faith. 33 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:01,640 Thank you so much for tuning in and thank you for those who have shared the podcast on 34 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:05,680 social media as we tried to build our audience. 35 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:09,100 Thank you to Daniel Allen for being the producer of this podcast. 36 00:01:09,100 --> 00:01:11,320 I really appreciate his time. 37 00:01:11,320 --> 00:01:16,700 Our movie for this week comes from one of Robin Williams's classic films, is what 38 00:01:16,700 --> 00:01:17,840 I consider. 39 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:24,000 I think he had a string of great movies from Hook to Mrs. Doubtfire and today's clip 40 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:30,240 comes from the Dead Poets Society. It was released in 1989 and if you've seen it then 41 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:37,680 maybe you remember that Robin Williams' character is a high school English teacher at a private 42 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:44,080 boarding school for all boys. His character's name is John Keating and he has unorthodox 43 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:50,600 methods for trying to teach the boys. He wants them to try to really understand the text 44 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:56,280 that they're reading, whether it be a poem or a literature piece. Instead of just memorizing 45 00:01:56,280 --> 00:02:02,080 some formula, he wants them to really get it. So in this clip he takes them down to 46 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:07,800 the lobby to the hallway area and has them look at the trophy case for the school. The 47 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:13,840 trophies are all there along with the photos of the groups and teams that won those trophies. 48 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:20,840 And here we get our clip of the week. 49 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:48,400 Gather ye rose buds while ye may, old time is still a-flying, and this same flower that 50 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:55,480 smiles today tomorrow will be dying. Thank you Mr. Pitts. Gather ye rose buds while ye 51 00:02:55,480 --> 00:03:04,640 may. The Latin term for that sentiment is carpe diem. Now who knows what that means? 52 00:03:04,640 --> 00:03:12,160 Carpe diem, that's seize the day. Very good Mr. Meeks. Meeks, another unusual name. Seize 53 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:20,120 the day. Gather ye rose buds while ye may. Why does the writer use these lines? Because 54 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:30,560 he's in a hurry. No. Ding. Thank you for playing anyway. Because we are food for worms lads. 55 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:34,240 Because believe it or not, each and every one of us in this room is one day going to 56 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:43,320 stop breathing, turn cold and die. I'd like you to step forward over here and peruse some 57 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:46,960 of the faces from the past. You've walked past them many times. I don't think you've 58 00:03:46,960 --> 00:04:00,240 really looked at them. They're not that different from you are they? Same haircuts, full of 59 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:08,360 hormones just like you. Invincible just like you feel. The world is their oyster. They 60 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,800 believe they're destined for great things just like many of you. Their eyes are full 61 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:17,240 of hope just like you. Did they wait until it was too late to make from their lives even 62 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:22,920 one iota of what they were capable? Because you see gentlemen, these boys are now fertilizing 63 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:31,840 daffodils. But if you listen real close, you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. 64 00:04:31,840 --> 00:05:01,200 Go on, lean in. Listen. You hear it? Carpe. Carpe. Carpe diem. 65 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:17,280 Man, what a great clip. I remember the first time I saw this. Johnson University actually 66 00:05:17,280 --> 00:05:22,400 took all the English classes, freshman English classes, to the theater to see this movie 67 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:30,680 when it came out in the fall of 89. So in our clip, Mr. Keating, Robin Williams' character, 68 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:36,160 he gets Mr. Pitts to read the opening stanza of To the Virgins to Make Much of Time by 69 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:41,040 Robert Herrick. And they snicker just like my students snicker when I announce that we're 70 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:46,840 going to read this poem in my English classes. And Keating connects this opening line of 71 00:05:46,840 --> 00:05:53,440 gathering your rose buds while you still can with the Latin phrase carpe diem. Now, of 72 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:58,640 course, I don't believe we're just going to be worms food after we die. Obviously, I believe 73 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:05,960 that this is not our home, but we're on our way there. I still like the carpe diem mindset 74 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:13,080 though. Are we seizing the day? First Peter 1, 3 and 4 from the New Living Translation 75 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:19,520 says, All praise to God, the father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy 76 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:26,320 that we have been born again because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Get this. Now 77 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:33,040 we live with great expectation and we have a priceless inheritance that is kept in heaven 78 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:40,720 for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay. So Peter reminds Christians 79 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:46,460 that we live with great expectations because we've been born again because of the mercy 80 00:06:46,460 --> 00:06:52,720 of God and we have an inheritance in heaven. Now that's the attitude that we should have. 81 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:59,680 It's not dependent on circumstances, but it's based on what Christ has done, is doing and 82 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:06,480 will do. We've been born again and we have an inheritance in heaven. So we live with 83 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:13,520 great expectations. We should seize the day every day. Are we taking advantage of those 84 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:19,360 opportunities that the Lord puts in our path during the day? To speak an encouraging word, 85 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:25,400 to offer a prayer, to share the news about that great mercy. John 10 10 says that Jesus 86 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:32,880 came to give us abundant life and it is now. Yes, we look forward to heaven one day, but 87 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:40,160 are we living in that abundant life through Christ? Are we seizing the day? There's a 88 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:46,080 short story by Leo Tolstoy that I read with my sophomores called The Three Questions. 89 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:50,240 I'll link it to the show notes and you can read it when you have a chance. It's maybe 90 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:56,000 a five to 10 minute read, but it's a parable about a king who wants to know the answers 91 00:07:56,000 --> 00:08:01,760 to the three most important questions according to the king. They are what is the best time 92 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:09,000 to begin something? Who are the most important people? And thirdly, what is the most important 93 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:16,060 thing to do? Now through this parable, the king learns the answers to these three questions. 94 00:08:16,060 --> 00:08:22,160 The most important time is now. Just start. Don't worry about what has already happened. 95 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:27,960 Start now. There's no time like the present. Secondly, the most important person is whoever 96 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:34,620 you are with at that time. Give that person your attention. And third, the most important 97 00:08:34,620 --> 00:08:41,360 thing help the person that you are with. I like these questions because they help us 98 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:49,240 frame how we can carpe diem. Will you seize the day? Will you live with great expectations 99 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:55,160 because of what the Lord has done and is doing in your life? And what does that look like 100 00:08:55,160 --> 00:09:01,220 with those that you spend time with? Are you giving them your attention? Are you listening 101 00:09:01,220 --> 00:09:07,240 to them? Are you treating them like they are the most important person right now in your 102 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:14,040 life? I challenge you this week to live with great expectation, but to every day have in 103 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:21,380 your mindset carpe diem. Seize the day. Live with that great expectation and know that 104 00:09:21,380 --> 00:09:29,760 there is a purpose when God puts people in your life. Thanks and I'll see you next week. 105 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:34,440 If you enjoyed this episode of Real Faith, please hit that subscribe button so you don't 106 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:40,160 miss out on future episodes. Remember you can find us at wherever podcasts are found 107 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:51,560 and on SCBauer.com. There's also contact and bio information on that website. If you have 108 00:09:51,560 --> 00:10:05,080 a question or if I can help you out, please let me know.