Monday, November 05, 2007
Nov. 4 - Jesus Made me do it! - Marie B. teaching
Jesus Made Me Do It
Most of us fear lots of things rejection, not being safe, poverty, evil, other people. The only comment Christ had about fear was in Luke 12:4-5 "I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after the killing of the body, has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him." We don't have to fear the world because as Pastor Lentz reminded us on Sunday we serve a God of infinite power! He isn't safe, but He is Good!
We also looked at what the church fears and how there is a need to continue to build fewer walls (literally and figuratively) around the church. Here is a link that discuss the two models of church we looked at:
http://nextreformation.com/?p=1666#more-1666
The link at the bottom (A New Way of Thinking about Church) is another interesting read.
FYI: Tony Campolo is coming to Colonial Church of Edina this weekend. He will be talking about various challenging topics. More information found here: http://www.colonialchurch.org/Campolo/TC_Agenda.htm
Most of us fear lots of things rejection, not being safe, poverty, evil, other people. The only comment Christ had about fear was in Luke 12:4-5 "I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after the killing of the body, has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him." We don't have to fear the world because as Pastor Lentz reminded us on Sunday we serve a God of infinite power! He isn't safe, but He is Good!
We also looked at what the church fears and how there is a need to continue to build fewer walls (literally and figuratively) around the church. Here is a link that discuss the two models of church we looked at:
http://nextreformation.com/?p=1666#more-1666
The link at the bottom (A New Way of Thinking about Church) is another interesting read.
FYI: Tony Campolo is coming to Colonial Church of Edina this weekend. He will be talking about various challenging topics. More information found here: http://www.colonialchurch.org/Campolo/TC_Agenda.htm
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Would love to hear more about the discussion that happenened becuase I was home with a sick child.
-Todd
-Todd
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I love the song "Jesus is for losers" by Steve Taylor. That song would fit in with this topic. Has anyone here listened to Steve Taylor?
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