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The Discipline of Hope: Anna and Simeon
Terri used the characters of Anna and Simeon to discuss the spiritual discipline of maintaining hope when we’re tempted to slip into hopelessness.
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Costly Incarnation
The incarnation required Christ to pay an immense cost by leaving his heavenly position and emptying himself of limitless power in exchange for mortal flesh, earthly limitations, and the human experience of pain and loss. He came not as kings typically come with pomp and power, but instead, as a vulnerable baby, in the most humble of circumstances. Paul uses this image in the Christ Hymn found in Philippians 2 not just to praises this act, but also to encourage Christ followers to walk in the loving way of Jesus, emptying ourselves for the sake of others.
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Joseph
Joseph had many opportunities to take the easy road before and after he said yes to participating in Christ’s story. He risked his reputation, his career, and even his very life on his journey of humble obedience to God, but in the end, he knew it was worth it. When Christ invites us into his story, its not always easy; its actually quite costly, but its always worth it! Just like Joseph, we too are invited into Christ’s story, and when the journey gets tough, we know that no matter the cost, its always worth it.
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You are not disqualified -Terri Churchill
Mary was an unlikely candidate to be chosen as the God-bearer. She said yes despite the danger, her youth, the risk to her marriage, and the societal assumptions that would have disqualified her as “Theotokos”. What if God is inviting each of us to bear him into the world, despite all of the things we assume will disqualify us?
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Zachariah and Elizabeth
This week we started a new series for Advent, going through Epiphany Sunday, titled “Recounting the Cost”. Its about using the story of Christmas to think through how God invites all of us to participate in his Kingdom, but also to remember it is often a costly invitation to obedience. Bonnie began the series with a look at Zechariah and Elizabeth’s call to obedience in the midst of doubt and frustration with God.
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Servants and Missonaries
God has a mission in this world to reconcile, renew, and restore all things to himself, and he calls the Church to join him in his mission. Bryan explores how we are transformed in Christ to live as “sent ones,” who proclaim the kingdom of God to the world around us by the way we live.
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Students of Covenant
As we continue in our series on growing a kingdom culture, Terri shared some thoughts about how we can all grow in our covenant commitment to be learners. Are there ways for us to learn outside of our comfort zone? Lets have eyes to see and ears to hear what the Holy Spirit is teaching us.
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Family – Chris Senkler
Chris examines what the Bible and the historical Church had to say about what it means to be a part of the Family of God.
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Covenant Life – Josias Hansen
Faith, just like life, was never meant to be experienced alone. We need one another for encouragement and accountability. Yet, for many Christians today, personal encouragement and accountability is easily lost. Within the Kingdom, we are brought into a covenant family where we invite one another to lovingly challenge and encourage us to remain faithful to our covenant and to Jesus’ kingdom way of life.
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Sharing and Stewardship – Josias Hansen
As kingdom people, we are not to see our time and resources as our own to be spent on anything we please. Instead, we believe everything belongs to God, and we are called to be faithful stewards of everything at our disposal. Therefore, instead of using our time and resources to build our own individual kingdoms, God calls us to seek the benefit of God’s kingdom first, trusting that our own needs will also be met in the process.
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