Folks, last week we started off by talking about Jesus’ decision to go on to Jerusalem and face the end of his life—the one God had in mind for him. As the NRSV translates it, Jesus ‘set his face to go to Jerusalem’; he was determined to reach that destination because he knew that if he did he’d be fulfilling God’s will for his life … and saving the world from itself. So, on down the road he went, from that lonely mountain in Galilee … south to Jerusalem… But...
Folks, you have a review sheet in your bulletin, as an insert today. I’d like to take a look at that, so we can review just what we need to be about to be a church whom God will bless in the future. Would you look at that with me right now? If we want God’s blessing on all that we’re doing here, we need to be a church that is about… Praying for God’s Power (even though we usually want to do things ourselves)… Using everyone’s language (words matter...
Sometimes it may seem hard to share our faith. Yet, that’s exactly what we’re supposed to be doing—all who are a part of the Body of Christ! Folks, there’s one more thing that we need to get right, as we look to becoming an Essential Church here in Southwest Wisconsin: our actions. Here’s what we’ve covered so far: We talked about getting our structure right—simplifying, if you will… We talked about getting our content right—going deeper into God’s word and our walk with God, maybe more than ever before… We...
Folks, what is the purpose of the Church? Since God’s chosen matrix—the Jewish nation—didn’t really work out so good, God now uses the Church as his matrix to reveal himself to the world! That’s what we’re supposed to be about! So, evangelism—sharing our faith—is really what will help to grow the Kingdom, to make the Church healthy and essential once again. The Early Church knew the Good News … and they shared it. Just listen to what happened: “Peter made his appeal to them and with many other words he...
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