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"We need to become more focused on who we are trying to reach than who
we are trying to keep."
August 13 2009
"What's theTURN?
I used the five dumbest things I've heard said about the church to preach
my message on Thursday night, and then I sought to show how they were
ignorant statements based upon what the church did not do in the book of
Acts.
What is the vision for theTURN? It is simple - the vision for the Church at
large. My whole message came out of Acts 2:36-46.
August 20 2009
Thursday Nights: What Should I Expect?
• Nehemiah 8
• Preached til noon - 5 hours and the people listened attentively! Wow
- preaching is a big deal. Well we say that each week...
• Movie Theater - "Here we are now, entertain us!" - this is not a show
- people show up with an exit strategy in one hand to get out on the
last song to beat the crowd - more to this than that!
• Diet Coke - I will live like hell all week and wash down all my guilt in
one hour each Thursday night! Worship is meant to be an overflow
not a meal replacement plan!
• And I taught for a while on the two creations - old man and new man
and the divide of the Cross, but I could not possibly put all of those
points on here.....if you want more of that, sign up for the School of
Discipleship - it starts Monday, September 14 at 7:00 pm and will go
until 9:00 pm. The session is 12 weeks long - it will flat out change
your life!
August 27 2009
A UNIFIED COMMUNITY
1 Cor. 12:12-24
A unified community = authentic relationships committed to a common
vision. The church has the most potential for beautiful community and
meaningful relationships than any other organization can offer in the
world. You can't escape the presence of the value of community in the
Scriptures.
Make the choice to connect your life. Don't believe the lie: "All I need is
God and me."
Know that we are all different but can complement one another. The very
thing that rubs you the wrong way about the people you are closest to is
the very thing pointing you the right way so you can be on mission with
God.
Over and over we see the Scriptures pushing us back toward each other.
The reason the choice to connect your life is the first choice is that God
wants people in your life to bring about the benefits of the other choices.
The other choices do no good for the hermit. You need others, and the
alienation you experience in your pain blocks them off from you. So you
must take a step away from your comfortable surroundings and allow
others to minister to you and nurture you - no matter how difficult it is.
How can God make the ONLY begotten the FIRST begotten??
John 12:24 says "unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground
and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it
produces many seeds."
Jesus was the ONLY seed, but He DIED and rose again so He
could produce MANY SEEDS!!!
The Prodigal Son isn't about the son's suffering, but the
father's loss.
Glory only follows order. Our bodies are our temples, and in
the Old Testament, God specifies the order that He wants
His temples to be built so that the Glory may follow. Give the
temple (our bodies) order, so that Glory can enter.
"I THE SON OF GOD BECAME THE SON OF MAN, SO THAT YOU, THE
SON OF ADAM, MIGHT BECOME THE SON OF GOD!!"