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In The Way | Politics | Week 2 | September 15, 2024Teacher: Adam Barnett
/> 1. Jesus demands our ultimate allegiance.
/> Anyone who loves a father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and anyone who loves a son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. - Matthew 10:37-38
/> My Christian identity is superior to my political affiliation.
/> 2. My peace and hope are in Jesus, not the Oval Office.
/> Christ and _____________ is not the gospel of Jesus Christ.
/> 6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospelâ7 which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under Godâs curse! 9 As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under Godâs curse! 10 Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. â Galatians 1:6-10
/> 3. No matter what, God is in control.
/> God reigns over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne. Psalms 47:8
/> Then Jesus came to them and said, âAll authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. â Matthew 28:18/> 4. This is not our home, but it still matters.
/> And work for the peace and prosperity of the city where I sent you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, for its welfare will determine your welfare. - Jeremiah 29:7/> 5. Allow the Bible to influence your vote.
/> ⊠But the word of the Lord endures forever.â 1 Peter 1:25/> 6. Choose your words wisely.
/> âDo not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.â - Ephesians 4:29
/> 7. Pray for our next President.
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In The Way | Same and Condemnation | Week 1 | September 8, 2024Teacher: Adam Barnett
/> The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. â John 10:10/> Satan wants to secretly, casually, quickly, and fully destroy the superabundant life Jesus wants for you.
/> Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. - Romans 8:1
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Redeemer People | Worship | Week 3 | September 1, 2024Teacher: Leanne Benton
/> 1. Worship forms our memory./> When we worship, we remember Godâs faithfulness.
/> 2. Worship awakens our expectation.
/> Boldness in action outside the church began with boldness of prayers inside the church.
/> When we worship together, we are actually experiencing Godâs presence.
/> 3. Worship grounds our hope.
/> When we worship, we foretaste the future.
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Redeemer People | Our Affirmations | Week 2 | August 25, 2024Teacher: Dave Brown
/> The centrality of the Word of God
/> All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.2 Timothy 3:16-17
/> The Evangelical Covenant Church affirms the Holy Scriptures, the Old and New Testament, as the Word of God and the only perfect rule for faith, doctrine, and conduct.
/> Where is it written?
/> The necessity of new birth
/> Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here!
â 2 Corinthians 5:17
/> A commitment to the whole mission of the church
/> He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.âMicah 6:8
/> The church as a fellowship of believers
/> They devoted themselves to the apostlesâ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
Acts 2:42
/> Compelling Christian Community
/> Mission Friends
/> A conscious dependence on the Holy Spirit
/> An unconscious independence
/> âŠyou will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
âActs 1:8
/> The reality of freedom in Christ
/> We major on the major and minor on the minors
/> Covenanters have understood that Godâs Word is sovereign over every human interpretation of it, including their own. And understanding this, they have been free to allow for differences of opinion where the biblical record itself can be differently read.
âCommittee on Covenant Doctrine
Covenant Affirmations
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Redeemer People | Mission and Vision | Week 1 | August 18, 2024Teacher: Adam Barnett
/> Vision is seeing where you are going and knowing how to get there./> Where there is no vision, the people perish. - Proverbs 29:18
/>Redeemer Church exists to see Christ exalted in our church, community, and world.
/> WORSHIP:Redeemer will be a community of corporate worship where people can express theirlove for God and observe the sacraments, and where God is worshipped and glorified.
/> COMMUNITY: Redeemer will be a community where followers of Jesus experience love, support, encouragement, and grace from one another.
/> DISCIPLESHIP: Redeemer will be a community where followers of Jesus mature into Christlikeness and exhibit character consistent with one who has a personal relationship with Him.
/> âSpiritual formation is the process of the transformation of the heart (that is, the will and spirit). The heart is being formed in such a way that its natural expression comes to be the deeds of Christ done in the power of Christ.ââ Dallas Willard
/> MISSION:Redeemer will be a community committed to the Great Commission, serving as Christâs witnesses in our church, community, and world.
/> Acts 1:8 - But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
/> STEWARDSHIP: Redeemer will be a community that honors God with our resources and time
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Walking The Way | Unity | Week 14 | August 11, 2024Teacher: Adam Barnett
/> We are not called to SAMENESS. We are called to ONENESS.
/> I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. â John 17:4/> Holy Father, protect them by the power of your nameâthe name you gave meâso that they may be one as we are one. â John 17:11
/> âMy prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me,that they may be one as we are oneâI in them and you in meâso that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent meand have loved themeven as you have loved me. â John 17:20-23
/> 1. Unity is from the Holy Spirit, not us.
/> The Holy Spirit is THE ONE who can MAKE US ONE./> 2. Unity is a witness of Godâs love to the world.
/> 3. Unity is not an avenue to agreement.
/> Unity is not an avenue to agreement. So, take a deep breath and relax.
/> I am sorry. I was wrong. Please forgive me. I love you.
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Walking The Way | Community | Week 13 | August 4, 2024Teacher: Alison Myers
/> âYou can make a strong case that of all the practices of Jesus, the two most important are SILENCE & SOLITUDE, and COMMUNITY. Because they are the two containers that hold all of the others. As a general rule, our best moments of healing and freedom and breakthrough and experience or encounter with Jesus, are either when we are alone with him in the quiet, or when we are together in community.â
â John Mark Comer/> Jesus was formed spiritually.
/> Jesus was formed in community.
/> Jesus formed others in community./> Community is something we must practice.
/> Weâre lonely but weâre afraid of intimacy.
/>âAnd so from social networks to social robots weâre designing technologies that will give us the illusion of companionship, without the demands of friendship. We turn to technology to help us feel connected in ways we can comfortably control.â
/> "This expression is very difficult to render in English, but we could translate it by saying, âA person is a person through other persons.â We need other human beings for us to learn how to be human, for none of us comes fully formed into the world. ⊠I can be me only if you are fully you. I am because we are, for we are made for togetherness, for family. âŠI have gifts that you donât have, and you have gifts that I donât have. We are different in order to know our need of each other. To be human is to be dependent.â
/> Soon the house where he was staying was so packed with visitors that there was no more room, even outside the door. While he was preaching Godâs word to them. -Mark 2:2
/> Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, âMy child, your sins are forgiven. -Mark 2:5
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Walking The Way | Evangelism | Week 12 | July 28, 2024Teacher: Adam Barnett
/> Evangelism â to bring (declare or show) the good news of Jesus Christ./> âThe harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.â â Luke 10:2
/> 1 Corinthians 9:19-23⊠Though I am freeand belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone,to win as many as possible.
/> Our personal rights and preferences must be put aside for the sake of evangelism./> 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews.To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law),so as to win those under the law.21 To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from Godâs law but am under Christâs law),so as to win those not having the law.22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak.I have become all things to all peopleso that by all possible means I might save some.
/> 23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.
/> 1. Pray.
/> 2. Build, not burn bridges.
/> 3. Start with love, not truth.
/> 4. Seek dialogue, not a monologue.
/> 5. Avoid Christianese.
/> 6. Slow down.
/> Sharing starts with seeing.
/> 7. Be patient, yet persistent.
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Walking The Way | Prayer | Week 11 | July 21, 2024Teacher: David Nunn
/> Luke 24:50-53 When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven. Then they worshipped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God./> Acts 1:24-25 Then they prayed, "Lord, you know everyone's heart. Show us which of these two you have chosen to take over this apostolic ministry, which Judas left to go where he belongs."
/> Acts 4:29-30 âNow, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.â
>/ Acts 1:14 They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.>/ Acts 2:46-47 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
>/ Acts 4:32-34 All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and Godâs grace was so powerfully at work in them all that there were no needy persons among them. NIV
>/ Ephesians 4:3 says, âMake every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, through the bond of peace.â>/ Acts 13:2-3 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."
>/ Acts 14:23 "Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust."
>/ Acts 21:5 All the disciples and their wives and children accompanied us out of the city, and there on the beach we knelt to pray.
>/ Attitude of Prayer
>/ 1. Desire of and acceptance of Godâs will.
>/ 2. Stillness
>/ 3. Expectancy
>/ Psalm 138:7-8 "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand delivers me. The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever."
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Walking The Way | Simplicity | Week 10 | July 14, 2024Teacher: Dave Brown
/> We must shift America from a needs to a desire cultureâŠPeople must be trained to desire, to want new things, even before the old have been entirely consumed. We must shape a new mentality. Manâs desires must overshadow his needs.âPaul Mazur
>/ The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of.âEdward Bernays
>/ âDo not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. âThe eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!>/ âNo one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
â Matthew 6:19-24
>/ Contemporary culture is plagued by the passion to possess. The unreasoned boast abounds that the good life is found in accumulation, that âmore is better.â Indeed, we often accept this notion without question, with the result that the lust for affluence in contemporary society has become psychotic: it has completely lost touch with realityâŠChristian simplicity frees us from this modern mania. It brings sanity to our compulsive extravagance, and peace to our frantic spiritâŠ.It allow us to see material things for what they areâgoods to enhance life, not to oppress life. People once again become more important than possessions.âRichard Foster
>/ The goal is to live with a high degree of intentionality around what matters most, which, for those of us who apprentice under Jesus, is Jesus himself and his kingdom.âJohn Mark Comer
>/ 1. Before you buy something, ask yourself, what is the true cost of this item?
>/ 2. Never impulse buy.
>/ 3. When you do buy, buy quality over quantity.
>/ 4. Start giving things away.
>/ 5. Live by a budget
>/ 6. Spend more time in nature
>/ 7. Learn to enjoy the simple things in life.
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Walking The Way | Sabbath | Week 9 | July 7, 2024Teacher: Dave Brown
/> Ultimately, nothing in this life, apart from God, can satisfy our desires. Tragically, we continue to chase after our desires ad infinitum. The result? A chronic state of restlessness or, worse, angst, anger, anxiety, disillusionment, depressionâall of which lead to a life of hurry, a life of business, overload, shopping, materialism, careerism, a life of moreâŠwhich in turn makes us even more restless. And the cycle spirals our of control.âJohn Mark Comer
/> âObserve the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the Lord your God has commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns, so that your male and female servants may rest, as you do. Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.âDeuteronomy 5:12-15
/> The Deuteronomy reason for Sabbath-keeping is that our ancestors in Egypt went four hundred years without a vacation. Never a day off. The consequence: they were no longer considered persons but slavesâŠNot persons created in the image of God but equipment for making bricks and building pyramids. Humanity was defaced. Lest any of us do that to our neighbor or husband or wife or child or employee, we are commanded to keep a sabbath. The moment we begin to see others in terms of what they can do rather than who they are, we mutilate humanity and violate communityâŠSabbath keeping is commanded to preserve the image of God in our neighbors so that we see them as they are, not as we need them or want them.
â Eugene Peterson
/> By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
â Genesis 2:2-3
/> Divine rest on the seventh day of creation has made clear that YHWH is not a workaholic, that YHWH is not anxious about the full functioning of creation, and that the well-being of creation does not depend on endless work.
â Walter Bruggemann
/> There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord. Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.âAbraham Heschel
/> Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. But now that you know Godâor rather are known by Godâhow is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable forces? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?âŠIt is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.âGalatians 4:8-9; 5:1
/> R.I.G. (Rest In God)
/> 1. Exchange one weekly commitment for an hour of time with God2. Block Out 10-minutes everyday to sit with God
3. Give your phone, tv, and computer boundaries
4. Work towards establishing a Sabbath
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Walking The Way | Secrecy | Week 8 | June 30, 2024Teacher: Garland Tackett
/> Matthew 6:5-6 (ESV) "And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you."/> Jesus is always probing deeper. Into the Heart. Into the Soul.
/> W.A.I.T. = Why Am I Talking?
/> A.W. Tozer
"What comes into our mind when we think about God is the most important thing about us."
/> Jesus replies in the Gospel of John:
"Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, âShow us the Fatherâ?" John 14:9
/> 5 minutes of silence
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Walking The Way | Fasting | Week 7 | June 23, 2024Teacher: Adam Barnett
/> âIn many ways the stomach is like a spoiled child, and a spoiled child does not need indulgence, but needs discipline.â - Richard Foster/> Fasting â the deliberate abstinence from physical gratification for a greater spiritual goal.
/> 1. Should we fast?
/> âWhen you fastâŠâ â Matthew 6:16
/> 2. Why should we fast?
/> Then Johnâs disciples came and asked him, âHow is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?â Jesus answered, âHow can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast. - Matthew 9:14-15
/> âFasting helps us to express, to deepen, and to confirm the resolution that we are ready to sacrifice anything, even ourselves, to attain the Kingdom of God.ââ Andrew Murray
/> 3. Why should we not fast?/> âWhen you fast, do not look somberas the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. â Matthew 6:16-18
/> âThe world is not a stage. When you practice some appetite-denying discipline to better concentrate on God, donât make a production out of it. It might turn you into a small-time celebrity, but it wonât make you a saint.â - Eugene Peterson
/> 4. How to start a fast?
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Walking The Way | Solitude | Week 6 | June 16, 2024Teacher: Adam Barnett
/> Psalm 103:1-5, New International Version:/> 1 Praise theLord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
/> 2 Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefitsâ
/> 3 who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,
/> 4 who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion,
/> 5 who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagleâs./> Psalm 103:1-5, Amplified Bible:
/> 1 Bless and affectionately praise theLord, O my soul, And all that is [deep] within me,blessHis holy name.
/> 2 Bless and affectionately praise theLord, O my soul,And do not forget any of His benefits;
/> 3 Who forgives all your sins,Who heals all your diseases;
/> 4 Who redeems your life from the pit,Who crowns you [lavishly] with lovingkindness and tender mercy;
/> 5 Who satisfies your years with good things,So that your youth is renewed like the [soaring] eagle./> Psalm 103:1-5, Message Translation:
/> 1 O my soul, blessGod.From head to toe, Iâll bless his holy name!
/> 2 O my soul, blessGod,donât forget a single blessing!
/> 3 He forgives your sinsâevery one.He heals your diseasesâevery one.
/> 4He redeems you from hellâsaves your life!He crowns you with love and mercyâa paradise crown.
/> 5 He wraps you in goodnessâbeauty eternal.He renews your youthâyouâre always young in his presence./> 1. Comparison. âEvery good gift and every perfect gift is from aboveâŠâ - James 1:17
/> Comparing leads to coveting. Coveting is lethal to contentment.
/> Focus (daily) on appreciation, not accumulation.
/> 2. Complaint. âDo everything without grumbling or arguing.â - Philippians 2:14
/> âHow are we landing robots on Mars, but our Wi-Fi is so slow?â - Adam Barnett>/ 3. Calamity.âGive thanks in all circumstancesâŠâ 1 Thessalonians 5:18
>/ God did not do this to me. God allowed this for me. He is with me.
/> "For years, I subscribed to the notion of an 'attitude of gratitude.' I've since learned that an attitude is an orientation or a way of thinking and that 'having an attitude' doesn't always translate to a behavior.It seems that gratitude without practice may be a little like faith without works. It's not alive. So, we don't so much want to know if you have a grateful heart, but do you have grateful habits?â - BrenĂ© Brown
/> 1. Focus on where you see the gracious and active presence of God in the story of your life.
/> 2. Talk about where you see the gracious and active presence of God in the story of your life.
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Walking The Way | Solitude | Week 5 | June 9, 2024Teacher: Adam Barnett
/> May you be covered in the dust of your rabbi.
/> When the ten heard about this, they were indignant with the two brothers. Jesus called them together and said, âYou know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slaveâjust as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.â - Matthew 20:24-28>/ Greatness in the kingdom of God is the polar opposite of greatness in the world.
>/ ÎÎčÎŹÎșÎżÎœÎżÏ â a household servant (specifically, a waiter); a minister.
>/ Greatness is service. To be first, be a servant.
>/ âJesus turns this noble ideal on its head and in one of cultural historyâs dramatic reversals he asks, in effect, âHow can anyone be happy unless one is the slave of everyone else?ââ - Dale Bruner
>/ Philippians 2:3-4⊠Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.>/ 1. Slow down
>/ 2. Seek opportunities
>/ 3. Start new rhythms
>/ 4. Serve at Redeemer
>/ 5. Spiritual Gifts Assessment
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Walking The Way | Solitude | Week 4 | June 2, 2024Teacher: Dave Brown
/> Sacrament is from the Latin word sacramentum which originally referred to a soldierâs sacred oath of allegiance./> Two sacraments
BaptismCommunion/> 3 Names to Communion
The Lordâs SupperCommunionEucharist/> And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, âThis is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.â In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, âThis cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.â
âLuke 22:19-20
/> Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them. Then he gave them to the disciples to distribute to the people. They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
âLuke 9:16-17
/> 4 Verbs of the Lordâs Supper1. Take: Jesus takes what we bring him. This offering that Jesus take from us is the first movement of the Eucharist; it sets salvation in the ambience of sheer acceptance. God receives us and what we bring to him, just as we are.
2. Bless: What we offer to Jesus, Jesus offers to God with thanksgiving. He doesnât examine it for flaws, doesnât evaluate and appraise it, criticize or reject our offerings. He prays these offerings and the lives that back them up, offering what we offer to the Father. This prayer of blessing gathers all of us and everything we are into everything that Christ is and does for us.
3. Break: Our gifts donât remain what we bring. At the Table we are not permitted to be self-sufficient. The breaking of our pride and self-approval is not a bad thing; it opens us to new life, to saving action. We soon discover that God is working deep within us, beneath our surface lies and poses, to bring new life.
4. Give: Jesus gives back what we bring to him, who we are; and we receive what he gives. But it is no longer what we brought. It has been changed into what God gives, what we sing of as âamazing grace.â Everything we bring to Jesus is given back, but lavishlyâŠEverything on the Table and everyone around the Table becomes gospel and is distributed to all who hunger and thirst after righteousness.
âEugene Peterson
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Walking The Way | Our Practice | Week 2 | May 26, 2024Teacher: Dave Brown
/> Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path. The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful. But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.âMatthew 13:18-23
/> Music and silenceâhow I detest them both! How thankful we should be that ever since Our Father entered Hellâthough longer ago than humans, reckoning in light years, could expressâno square inch of infernal space and no moment of infernal time has been surrendered to either of those abominable forces, but all has been occupied by NoiseâNoise, the grand dynamism, the audible expression of all that is exultant, ruthless, and virileâNoise which alone defends us from silly qualms, despairing scruples and impossible desires. We will make the whole universe a noise in the end. We have already made great strides in this direction as regards the Earth. The melodies and silences of Heaven will be shouted down in the end. But I admit we are not yet loud enough, or anything like it. Research is in progress.
âC.S. Lewis
/> Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. But Jesus often withdraw to lonely places and prayed.
âLuke 5:15-16
/> In the world there are many other voices speakingâloudly: âProve that you are beloved. Prove youâre worth something. Prove you have any contribution to make. Do something relevant. Be sure you make a name for yourself. At least have some powerâthen people will love you; then people will say youâre wonderful, youâre great.â These voices are so strong. They touch our hidden insecurities and drive us to become every busy trying to prove to the world that we are good people who deserve some attention.
âHenri Nouwen
/> Solitude confronts our escapism.
/> In solitude we not only encounter God but also our true self.
âClowning in Rome
/> The discipline of solitude allows us gradually to come in touch with the hopeful presence of God in our lives, and allows us also to taste even now the beginnings of the joy and peace which belong to the new heaven and the new earth.
âHenri Nouwen
/> We practice solitude to know and be known.
/> Why is it so important that we are with God and God alone on the mountain top? Itâs important because itâs the place in which we can listen to the voice of the One who calls us the beloved. Jesus says to you and to me that we are loved as he is lovedâŠTo pray is to let that voice speak to the center of our being and permeate our whole life. Who am I? I am the beloved. If we are not calming that voice as the deepest truth of our being, then we cannot walk freely in this world.
âHenri Nouwen
/> We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in checkâŠ.The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of oneâs life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
âJames 3:2-8
/> Why do we insist on talking as much as we do? We run off at the mouth because we are inwardly uneasy about what other think of us.
âDallas Willard
/> The practice of silence helps us to listen and to observe, to pay attention to people. How rarely are we ever truly listened to, and how deep is out need to be heard. I wonder how much wrath in human life is a result of not being heard.âDallas Willard
/> We practice silence to listen and to serve
/> Far too often we are busy trying to âdo something.â Perhaps it would be better if instead we learned to âbe something.â
/> We cannot be human if we are not existing in the present, for the present is where God meets us. If we avoid the details of the actual present, we abdicate a big chunk of our humanity.
âEugene Peterson
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Walking The Way | Our Practice | Week 2 | May 19th, 2024Teacher: Adam Barnett
/> www.redeemertulsa.org/walkingtheway
/> âThe way of Jesusâ
/> Being like Jesus is the result of being with Jesus./> âTherefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practiceis like a wise man who built his house on the rock.The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.ââ Matthew 7:24-27
/> âSalvation isnât just about getting you into heaven. It is about getting heaven into you. Salvation is not a transaction. It is a transformation.â - John Mark Comer
/> 1) Be with Jesus
/> 2) Do as Jesus did.
/> [Video: Be Like Mike - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0AGiq9j_Ak]
/> âMay you be covered in the dust of your rabbi.â
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Walking The Way | Silence and Solitude | Week 1 | May 12th, 2024Teacher: Adam Barnett
/> www.redeemertulsa.org/walkingtheway
/> âThe way of Jesus.â/> Before we learn and follow the practices of Jesus, we must seek and know the Person of Jesus.
âDo not let your hearts be troubled.You believein God;believe also in me.My Fatherâs house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going thereto prepare a place for you?And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come backand take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.You know the way to the place where I am going.â Thomassaid to him, âLord, we donât know where you are going, so how can we know the way?â Jesus answered,âI amthe wayand the truthand the life.No one comes to the Father except through me.â John 14:1-6âThe realm where Godâs way is done is the âkingdom of God.â It is from everlasting to everlasting. What changed with the birth of Jesus was Godâs gift of a way in. To those who receive Christ as king, he gives the power to become powerlessâto give up supreme rulership of our own little kingdoms and become like children. Children of the King, happy to follow in the Fatherâs footsteps and ready to trust him with our lives.â - Grace Pouch
/> Being like Jesus is the result of being with Jesus.
/> Pay attention to what you are paying attention to.
/> Focus on where you see the gracious and active presence of God in the story of your life.
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Because of Love | Partnership in Mission | Week 4 | May 5th, 2024Teacher: Dave Brown
/> On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: âDo not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with[a] water, but in a few days you will be baptized with[b] the Holy Spirit.â Then they gathered around him and asked him, âLord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?â He said to them: âIt is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.â After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
â Acts 1:4-9
/> Power because weâre going to need it.
/> What does it mean to be a witness?
/> We have over spiritualized our salvation as well as the mission of God.
Millions of Christians in many parts of the world still think the cross means âJesus died for my sins so that I can go to heaven.â The âmissionâ of the church, then, becomes a matter of explaining to more and more people that he dies for them too and urging them to believe this, so that they too can go to heavenâŠThat way of looking at the gospel and mission both shrinks and distorts what the Bible actually teaches.
âN.T. Wright
Can we seriously believe that God would establish a plan for us that essentially bypasses the awesome needs of present human life and leaves human character untouched? Would he leave us even temporarily marooned with no help in our kind of world, with our kind of problems: psychological, emotional, social, and global? Can we believe that the essence of Christian faith and salvation covers nothing but death and after? Can we believe that being saved really has nothing whatever to do with the kinds of persons we are?âDallas Willard
/> âThe Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lordâs favor.ââLuke 4:18-19
/> Our mission is to be with Jesus, to become like Jesus, and to do as Jesus did.
The people who are rescued by the cross and the love it reveals will then be shaped by the cross and the love it will reveal through them to the worldâŠThis is how we learn not only to tell the story of Jesus, but also to live the story of Jesus.
â N.T. Wright
/> Jesus did not simply die to save us from our sins. Jesus also lived to save us from our sins.
/> When the prophets Daniel and John envision the empires as vicious beasts, what theyâre saying is, Beneath all the wealth, power, and excess of these dazzling empires lie grotesque monsters, trampling everyone and everything in their path. And when they depict God as tolerating, then restraining, and finally destroying these monsters, what theyâre saying is, The story isnât over; even the greatest empires are no match for goodness, righteousness, and virtue.
âRachel Held Evans
/> The Bible is a collection of resistance stories because all of it anticipates or announces the Kingdom of God and the rule and reign of Jesus Christ.
- Se mer
