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Chandler on Missional Living…

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I was really encouraged and challenged by Matt Chandler’s sermon from Sunday, the 12th. The sermon is entitled, “The Call to Mission.” He was preaching on how the reality of the resurrection informs our missional living. He concluded with a rant:

Ladies, how many more Beth Moore studies are we going to do before we run a few plays?

Guys, how many more Bible studies are we going to have before we start living this?

I thought it was an excellent and needed rant. There are many who are passionate for this or that study but aren’t passionate to live it. That is what we need more of. Listen to this sermon and be encouraged yourself.

Remember Jesus Christ…

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Sunday’s sermon, Jesus: Risen One, from 2 Timothy 2:8-9 is now online. I thought we had a great morning. The fellowship around tables is always an encouragement. But being able to gather together and celebrate the Lord’s conquering of death was amazing. I was especially convicted by those two closing applications: 1) Will you remember Jesus when you are heading to work Monday AM and 2) Will you endure, confident that God will be by your side in the midst of whatever suffering you face?

I feel exhausted after the events of today, but greatly encouraged.

Good Friday / Easter Posts…

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Thought I would wrap together some of the excellent posts I’ve seen related to Good Friday and Easter…

John Piper posts A Conversation with Death on Good Friday

GirlTalk give some practical tips, including how to make resurrection cookies. They also link to these videos:

Rick Gamache’s Crucifixion Narrative was again useful in my life.

Justin Taylor had many excellent posts.

Visit these and other sites and let your meditation on this special week continue.

Weekend Preview – Easter

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It occurred to me this morning that I hadn’t posted since Monday. I had a pretty busy week pulling together our Good Friday Service (which went quite well and allowed us to focus on the death of our Lord) and our Easter Service.

Our Early Time starts at 8AM tomorrow, we will sing the Easter Song and In Christ Alone, and hear God’s Word announce the incredible news that “He Is Risen“.

After a breakfast/brunch and Sunday School, we will return for more corporate worship. Our text is 2 Timothy 2:8-9. There will be much boasting in the Gospel and, specifically, giving glory to God’s Son for all that He accomplished in it. Set your heart on Him this weekend and we will see Him glorified.

Beware of Pride…

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The sermons from yesterday are now online.

In the AM, we had a great time seeing spiritual weakness displayed by Jesus from Mark 14:26-31. I found the article by Steve Young in the latest Briefing to be helpful in exposing a particular weakness in my life. I hope God uses His Word to spark serious work in our lives towards humility.

In the PM, it was interesting to see how God continued to woo His people by overwhelming them with love in Hosea 3:1-5. We must be characterized by genuine, costly love is our message is to be one that is God-centered. Hosea learned this lesson and we would do well to do so.

Hope you have a great week. Be watching the church website for our Holy Week Devotional to aid in your worship of this Savior.

Sunday, 4/5 Preview

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Just finished up sermon manuscripts for the weekend, looks like we are going to be seeing some amazing things.

In the AM, after singing songs related to Palm Sunday, we will look at the theme of “Spiritual Weakness” from Mark 14:26-31.

In the PM, continuing our series on Hosea, we will explore Hosea 3:1-5 and how love works to overcome our sin. We are doing a song called “Broken Cisterns” in this service. Take a look at the lyrics before the weekend.