Sermons About Basics
Coaching the Basics...Boundaries
“It’s Sunday. We have to go to church.” How often have we heard ourselves say that? But is church just something we go to or is it something more? Isn’t church something we “belong to?” If Jesus said the church is like a flock, I don’t go to a flock, I belong to the Shepherd. If the church is like a bride, I don’t go to a wedding, I belong to Jesus and He belongs to me. If the church is like a body, I belong to every part of it and every part of it belongs to me. These are great metaphors, but what does it mean to belong? What are the basics of church? The Apostle Paul coached a young church starter, named Titus, with a hand full of basics that every church needed to practice. As Paul coaches us in these basics, let’s discover where we each belong in God’s church plan.
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Coaching the Basics...Leadership
It’s Sunday. We have to go to church.” How often have we heard ourselves say that? But is church just something we go to or is it something more? Isn’t church something we “belong to?” If Jesus said the church is like a flock, I don’t go to a flock, I belong to the Shepherd. If the church is like a bride, I don’t go to a wedding, I belong to Jesus and He belongs to me. If the church is like a body, I belong to every part of it and every part of it belongs to me. These are great metaphors, but what does it mean to belong? What are the basics of church? The Apostle Paul coached a young church starter, named Titus, with a hand full of basics that every church needed to practice. As Paul coaches us in these basics, let’s discover where we each belong in God’s church plan.
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Missiology 401: Sent Following Jesus
Matthew 28:18-20 John 20:21 Matthew 9:9-13 As Christians we have purpose that drives us in everything that we say do and think. That purpose was given to us by Jesus as he was about to ascend back to the Father for the most of the rest of eternity. We are given a mission. As we discussed in the first sermon in this series we are sent by Jesus. We are sent to our own cul-de-sac with a message. In our second and message we discussed over the course of two Sundays that we were sent for the purpose of serving our neighbors friends relatives and co-workers and enemies! Then in the third message we discussed the fact that we cannot effectively live out our mission if we are not all involved and vested in the work of the ministry in our own context. We are a body and cannot “go it alone†no super-Christians no commandos for Jesus we are weak and incapable apart from depending on Jesus and those around us! Today we are going to look at some specific instances from the life of Jesus. I hope that we will see that the point of Christianity isn’t gathering in a place on a day but that it is to GO and follow Jesus as He reaches out to those around us through us!
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Experience God's Word
Christian witness must always be rooted in a full-bodied experience of God's Word.
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Living a Life That's Always Growing
Cedric speaks about basic Christian practices that keep us healthy and growing in our relationship with God.
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