Sermon Series September 7th to October 5th
Patience
Our Fall is all about how we share the Good News of Jesus. One of the words we often use is Evangelism. This is the work of actively sharing the story of Jesus with others. This may feel like a nervous move for some as we imagine ourselves preaching in the street corner or cornering a co-worker with an awkward conversation. But I want to begin to both ease those fears (we won’t be handing out loud-speakers), and also challenge us to see our work in Jesus’s world as so much more beautiful and life giving. Our work is to share the Good News, but HOW we do this is also Good News, Jesus has a way. He offers a posture that transforms us and the world around us, and in Jesus-style, it’s a grand paradox. The Way to help people grow in Jesus is: Patience.
The Slowness of God: The Bible reveals the character of God as one who is patient with creation. God, it seems, moves so slowly that all things are made, and sustained, with this kind of grand patience. Let’s first just take a look at some of the things God made, things that are so slow that they might as well be part of something eternal and other-worldly.
Go Deeper: Resources
Our intention is to create or share resources to help people explore these topics in further depth. Here are a few resources you might find meaningful during this sermon series.
Sermon Audio Files
Fall Kick Off
Sometimes we think that God isn’t coming through for us. God, why isn’t the healing coming, or the money there, or the thoughts in my head gone, or the relationship fixed, or the call coming. We are often crying out to God for the speedy result. And here, Jesus’ friend Peter says that God’s slowness is a gift to you. He’s not slow in his promises, he’s holding up the story so that you can be close to him. He’s holding the door open so that you can get in. The world he made has been long in making so that you can thrive here and be with him now and forever.
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Guest Speaker David Guretzki
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Guest Speaker Joel Thiessen
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