Atlanta, Mall of Georgia, Transformers OUTTING!
The Entire Youth Gang! Transformers SHOWING!Thursday, June 25, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Matt Chandler - Preaching the Gospel to the De-Churched
You guys need to watch this. This is from the conference I went to back in early June. This is all about what we are talking about in our study of Ephesus. This guy is AWESOME!
Preaching the Gospel to the De-Churched by Matt Chandler from Vintage21 Church on Vimeo.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
New Sunday School Topic: Living our lives Centered on Christ! Paul's Lessons to the Ephesians
I don't think I have ever been able to say that I have enjoyed being sick before, but the past two days I have loved it! I have spent some AWESOME time with little B who is sick too and it has been incredibly encouraging to have her around to talk to and love on. I take her for granted too often and forget how incredibly blessed I am to have her by my side. There is not a woman on this planet I would rather be with. I say this because I want you to know that she has encouraged me so much the last two days as we have been reading our Bible together and having some GREAT discussions. I don't get time with her like this very often and I forget how much insight she has into the word of God.
We have both been reading a lot of Ephesians together lately and I am pumped! As we have been reading together we have learned how much the church of Ephesus was so similar to us in the Reformed church. They had SO many things right and God commended them for their morality, patience, doctrine and perseverance. They were a people centered on the truth of the gospel. They could pick out a heretic or a false teacher from a mile away. They had so much right it was unbelievable. However they had one thing missing and I think it is exactly what we are missing today in the Reformed church.
The last thing we hear from the cockpit before the plane disappears (church in Ephesus disappears) is from Revelations 2 where God speaks to them through his Revelation to John. He commends them for all of their doctrine, patience and perseverance but tells them that He has one thing against them; that they have forgotten their first love. namely the love of Jesus Christ.
I think all too often in the Reformed church we become so centered on our doctrine and love for the truth that we forget to put Christ in His rightful place, in the center of it all!! At the Advance 09 conference I just got back from Matt Chandler said, "If you preach a sermon that Christ is not at the center and point of, it's not worth preaching." I couldn't agree more.
I want to get us re-centered on our first love and make sure that Christ, our merciful loving savior is at the forefront of everything we learn and do.
For the rest of the summer we will be going through the book of Ephesians. We'll be learning about the Church in Ephesus and Paul's instructions to them. I want to show you a church that started off great with love for Christ and for the brethren but somehow lost it along the way. We are going to get centered back on Christ alone and the awesomeness of living in His grip!
We will also continue these lessons on Wednesday nights starting in August when we start our regular meetings.
Join us Sunday mornings for some awesome teaching from Paul and some great discussions. Let's learn together what it means to be a missional and Christ centered youth group!
We have both been reading a lot of Ephesians together lately and I am pumped! As we have been reading together we have learned how much the church of Ephesus was so similar to us in the Reformed church. They had SO many things right and God commended them for their morality, patience, doctrine and perseverance. They were a people centered on the truth of the gospel. They could pick out a heretic or a false teacher from a mile away. They had so much right it was unbelievable. However they had one thing missing and I think it is exactly what we are missing today in the Reformed church.
The last thing we hear from the cockpit before the plane disappears (church in Ephesus disappears) is from Revelations 2 where God speaks to them through his Revelation to John. He commends them for all of their doctrine, patience and perseverance but tells them that He has one thing against them; that they have forgotten their first love. namely the love of Jesus Christ.
I think all too often in the Reformed church we become so centered on our doctrine and love for the truth that we forget to put Christ in His rightful place, in the center of it all!! At the Advance 09 conference I just got back from Matt Chandler said, "If you preach a sermon that Christ is not at the center and point of, it's not worth preaching." I couldn't agree more.
I want to get us re-centered on our first love and make sure that Christ, our merciful loving savior is at the forefront of everything we learn and do.
For the rest of the summer we will be going through the book of Ephesians. We'll be learning about the Church in Ephesus and Paul's instructions to them. I want to show you a church that started off great with love for Christ and for the brethren but somehow lost it along the way. We are going to get centered back on Christ alone and the awesomeness of living in His grip!
We will also continue these lessons on Wednesday nights starting in August when we start our regular meetings.
Join us Sunday mornings for some awesome teaching from Paul and some great discussions. Let's learn together what it means to be a missional and Christ centered youth group!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
New Cov. Cornerstone Youth Video
Hey! This is a slide show/video of whats been up with the Jr. High recently! :) It turned out a little longer than I wanted it to but that's okay this time. It has more pictures and a video of Marktina as well as memories from our events. Hope you like it.
The quality isn't the best:
"And you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free" John 8:32
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