Rural Thinktank Podcast Episode 47: Does it look like the Neighborhood?
This message was given 2/21/2021 at Morey Chapel Church of Christ in Westville, IL.
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Rural Thinktank Podcast Episode 46: Foundational Issues for a Healthy Church
This message was given 1/24/21 at Morey Chapel Church of Christ, near Westville, Illinois.
Rural Thinktank Episode 25: The Corvette in the Barn
This is a message given at Bainbridge Christian Church in Bainbridge, Indiana on 12/29/2019. Focal Passage: I John 1:1-10 The Word of Life 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of …
It’s Friday
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This is not DiY – #6 Making the King proud!
Isaiah 60:1-7 The Future Glory of Israel 1 [b] Arise, shine, for your light has come,and [c] the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.2 For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,and thick darkness the peoples;but the Lord will arise upon you,and his glory will be seen upon you.3 [d] And nations shall come to your light,and kings to the brightness of your rising.4 [e] Lift up your eyes all around, and see;they all gather together, they come …
This is NOT DiY – #5 Rebuilding, Restarting, or Starting Fresh?
When the Foundation Needs Repair Hebrews 12:1-4 — “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our …
This is NOT DiY- #4 Time For Repair
2 Corinthians 5:17, ESV Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. Galatians 5:14 ESV 14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Colossians 3:13 (ESV) 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each …
This is NOT DiY – 3# You Need Professional Help
The Myth of the Self-Sufficient Church Ephesians 4:11-16 — “And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ.” There is a myth in rural ministry that says the church should be self-sufficient. We should be …
This is NOT DiY – #2 Does it look like the Neighborhood
Does Your Church Look Like Your Neighborhood? 1 Peter 2:4-10 — “As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house.” Peter’s metaphor is beautiful. The church is a spiritual house, built from …
This is NOT DiY – #1 Check the Foundation..
What Does the Foundation Look Like? Acts 1:8 — “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Matthew 28:16-20 — “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing …