Bulletin Outline A Healthy Church has a Global Perspective and Engagement (Mt 28:19, Acts 1:8) God always intended his people to be globally minded – we are sojourners Eden (Gen 1:28) Babel (Gen 11) Abraham (Gen 12:3, 22:18, Dt 7:13-15) Christ commanded (Mt 28:19-20, Acts 1:8) History of the NT Church Acts 1-14 Pentecost a…
Healthy Churches Transform Communities through Compassion, Mercy & Justice Compassion, Mercy & Justice in the Bible Revealed in his laws Various Laws on compassion, mercy and justice (Ex 22:25, Lev 14:21, 19:9, 23:22, Prov 28:27, Ex 22:22-24) Law of the Tithe (Dt 26:12) A command (Dt 15:11) Reiterated by his prophets (Is 3:14-15, Jer 5:26-29,…
Sermon Outline Evangelism Fears Evangelism is a normal part of Christian life (1Pet 2:9) Philip’s life, an example of intentional evangelism Wherever they went (Acts 8:4) they preached Preach the word (Acts 8:4) Tell the good news, announce, proclaim, declare The Word unites Jews, Samaritans, Gentiles, male/female, rich/poor, slave/free, Can it unite 1 Eunuch specifically…
“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.” ― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, 1923 book of Prose poetry by Lebanese American Sacrifice is a response to the Gospel (Rom 12:1) Earnest appeal with affirmative response expected Sacrifice ought to be willing Holiness is…
Life Transforming means impacting, changing. Bears Fruit I am the true vine and my father is the vinedresser (Jn 15:1) Image of the vine was applied to the nation of Israel (Jer 2:21, Ps 80:9-16, Is 5:1-7, Ezek 15:1-8, 17:1-21, 19:10-14, Hos 10:1-2) Jesus is the real covenant nation/people. True branches bear fruit (Jn…
Heartfelt Worship (Ps 138) Worship is not about Form but Heart (Dt 6:7, Jn 4:24) Worship is our response to God’s self-revealing Worship includes Confession (Ps 51), lament (Ps 44), praise (Exo 15), thanksgiving (Ps 138), and adoration (Ps 8). Dancing (2Sam 6:14), Fasting and silence (Mt 6:16-18, Ps 46:10) Heartfelt – as an adjective…
A Healthy Church is Centered on God’s Word Intro Great Bible Memorizers What would drive people to read the word like this? What is Scripture It is Sacred (2Tim 3:15) It is God-breathed – (2Tim 3:16) It is Given to people (2Pt 1:20-21) Why do we have it? (2Tim 3:15-16) Make us wise for salvation…
What is a healthy Church? An Overview Sum of the parts Either whole is greater than sum of the parts Or the Whole is Less than the sum of the parts What is a Healthy Church A healthy church is a gathering of healthy Christians working with God in His world! Healthy means “pursuing Christ”…
Philippians 1:3-11New International Version (NIV) Thanksgiving and Prayer 3 I thank my God every time I remember you. 4 In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy 5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, 6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in…