Every time the season of Lent comes around, I ask myself what it is I want to get out of this season. Maybe it’s because of all I’ve been through in the past year, but I don’t want to waste another season, another day, or another moment, of this life frivolously. I want my life to count for something—for God. And so, I have to ask myself, what is this season going to be all about for me … and for you? So, as I was getting ready for this...
Last week, I talked about churches that reach out and are ‘other focused’ … and churches that, unfortunately, are ‘inward focused’ and truly live for themselves. The truth is, what we’re doing here was never to be about us. The Church is all about Christ and his vision and mission for us as his Body. If you remember, we were also encouraged in this direction by words from Bishop Jung (spoken at AC 2013): “We are not a church geared for survival, but a church that reaches out to a...
It’s one of those times when I feel like apologizing for the sermon title before I even begin … and I do! There are many wonderful churches out there who are filled with faithful disciples of Jesus Christ who are getting these things right (what we’re going to be talking about the next two weekends). But that doesn’t take away from the fact that there are still untold thousands of churches who still exist primarily for themselves. In other words, they have no vision outside their doors … and no...
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