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Essential Church, Part 1: Paring Down
March 21, 2010 |
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| You cannot run a marathon while carrying a trash can full of garbage. Neither can you engage dynamic growth in Christ if you are carrying a load of junk. |
Essential Church, Part 2: All About the King
March 28, 2010 |
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| This is Jesus' church, and it is all about him. To the extent that we make it about us we forfeit his power and presence. |
Essential Church, Part 3: Spiritual Parenting
April 18, 2010 |
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| After all of the programs of the church grow old and inefficient, the work of personal discipling of others will carry the church forward. Christian families are a key part of this work. |
Essential Church, Part 4: Divine Activity
May 2, 2010 |
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| Aren't you bored with all the cool things people are doing in the church? The only thing that matters in the church are the cool things God is doing. |
Essential Church, Part 5: Surprised by Worship
May 30, 2010 |
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| Why would a transcendent God choose only to bless forms of worship which are familiar to us? His glory is so great that true worship will always contain an element of surprise. |
Essential Church, Part 6: Focus
June 6, 2010 |
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| How easy it is for any organization to lose track of why it exists. Learn how focus can be restored and maintained in the the church. |
Essential Church, Part 7: Calm, Assertive Leaders
June 13, 2010 |
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| The Lord is our Shepherd, but he uses fallible people to give hands on guidance to his church. But what kind of leaders does Christ seek? |
Essential Church, Part 8: Kingdom Profit
August 22, 2010 |
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| What is the role of individual Christians in building Christ's kingdom? Are we hired hands or contractors on a mission? |
Essential Church, Part 9: Traction
September 5, 2010 |
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| Success has many definitions. What are the elements of God's definition of traction in the church? |
Essential Church, Part 10: Conversion
December 12, 2010 |
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| Conversion is an old term meaning a complete change of direction in our lives. But which direction? We get the answer to that question from the Captain of Our Salvation. Will we follow what he says? |
Essential Church, Part 11: Gravitational Fellowship
June 05, 2011 |
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| The history of the church is one of either splitting into endless subgroups or crushing people into a false unity by authoritarian measures. Learn the marvelous way that Christ holds his church together. |
Essential Church, Part 12: Revelation
June 26, 2011 |
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| God has chosen to reveal himself in the Bible. Christians have often divided over their understanding of it. Read how the revelation of God can be an unbelievably powerful force to hold our churches together. |
Essential Church, Part 13: Moral Clarity
July 10, 2011 |
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| The world is descending into a morass of moral ambiguity, and it is affecting the church as well. This study of the story of Sodom and Gomorrah shows us ten ways to dispel it. |
Essential Church, Part 14: Prayer Ministry
November 13, 2011 |
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| Did you ever wonder if prayer really matters? Lessons from Abraham and Peter teach us that the possibilities are stupendous! |
Essential Church, Part 15: Losing God
November 20, 2011 |
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| When our view of God is obscured, everything in life loses meaning. Could this happen even to a believing Christian? |
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