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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I thank God whom I serve, as did
my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my
prayers night and day. As I remember your tears, I long to see you, that I may
be filled with joy. I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt
first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure,
dwells in you as well. For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift
of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, for God gave us a
spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.</i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Therefore do not be ashamed of
the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering
for the gospel by the power of God, who saved us and called us to a holy
calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace,
which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, and which now has been
manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished
death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel…</i></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2 Timothy 1:3-10</span></i></div>
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Paul is writing to his apprentice, Timothy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Paul is reminding Timothy of the calling that
God had given him as a pastor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A calling
to serve, to love, to lead, to be courageous in pointing to God’s purpose…and
His grace in Christ Jesus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a
powerful text.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is also one that I
have been thinking about for a while now…</div>
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You see, I have been doing some serious reflection over the
summer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This summer we marked our one
year anniversary together as pastor and people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And it has been an interesting year to say the least.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have studied the scriptures together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have been challenged together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have also cried together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have prayed together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have shared times of life…and death
together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have shared the Lord’s
Supper together and have witnessed God at work through the waters of
baptism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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We have shared life together
and have sought to impact our community for the sake of the Gospel together. </div>
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It has been a crazy year together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not to mention…</div>
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We have hired Jared Tanz and Heidi Koehler to join our
staff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will soon be joined by Kristin
Schweain as Eric Coomer leaves his position here at St. Andrew to return to
Michigan to be with his family before heading out on the next adventure with
Jesus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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We began discussions about how to expand our worship
capacity here at 804 N. Cape Rock.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
began discussions about the possibility of launching a multi-site worship
location near the Southeast campus and will, soon, sign a lease (with a
spectacular rate) on a strip mall location on Sprigg.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We continue to experience the joys and the
struggles of change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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But here is what I find encouraging…even in the midst of the
change and the uncertainty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has all
been…and will continue to be…all about Jesus!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It has all been about faithfully celebrating our baptismal
identity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has all been about living
out that identity by growing in what it means to love God, what it means to
love others in His name, and what it means to make disciples of Jesus as we
walk through life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has all been about
the Kingdom of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, it
has all been…and will continue to be…all about Jesus!</div>
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One of our long-time members recently said, “Pastor John,
this is what St. Andrew has always been about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You are just helping us go out and do it in a new way.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>St. Andrew <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">has</i></b> always been about
serving with Jesus as He is at work in and around us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I appreciate that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find it comforting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find it refreshing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is what makes St. Andrew different from so
many other churches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We get it!</div>
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And so…</div>
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As we continue to move forward together, I have no doubt
that we will stumble and fall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will
fail at communicating effectively.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
will fail at planning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will fail at
executing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will fail at appropriately
responding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will fail at loving each
other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will fail at receiving
love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will fail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>BUT…we will fail trying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trying to love God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trying to love others in His name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And trying to extend His kingdom in Cape
County by making disciples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will fail
trying together to be faithful…and then we will delight in the reality that
Christ and His Church will not fail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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As I reflect back on the past year of ministry together…and
as I look ahead to the coming year(s), I am reminded of Paul’s words to
Timothy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“God did not give us a spirit
of fear…”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I reflect back on the past
year…and as I look forward to the year(s) to come, I am thankful for the honor
of pastoring such an incredible group of Christ followers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks…and let’s continue to fail trying
together.</div>
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"Change" is a powerful word. It excites some...and terrifies others. And yet...<br />
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The world has changed.<br />
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Is that too powerful of a statement? I don't think so. In fact, I think we (followers of Jesus) need to come to terms with the change that has already happened. We no longer live in Mayberry (if we ever actually did). We live in a postmodern, diverse, experiential, and mysterious world. We live in a post-Constantinian world. (If you want to read more about this change, you can read my previous blog post<a href="http://johndehne.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-world-has-changed.html" target="_blank"><b> here</b></a>).<br />
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So how are we, as followers of Jesus, to respond to the changes that have happened? I'd like to propose 6 shifts that need to take place in how we think:<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The mission of the Church is to go
and make disciples by teaching and baptizing in the name of the triune
God. That is what Jesus set forth in Matthew 28...</span></div>
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And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven
and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make
disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all
that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the
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This mission has not changed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, how we think about fulfilling that
mission must change. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We must move from
thinking about our mission institutionally (for example, “St. Andrew’s mission
is…”) to understanding it personally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The mission of the Church in this new normal is realized when a group of
Jesus followers seek to honor their heavenly Father and fulfill God’s
redemptive mission in all they do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Wherever they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whatever they
do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whomever they are with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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This is a biggie! Fundamentally, the shift in how we make disciples presses against our previous experience of “Church” and how we think about “Church life”. We have been convinced that discipleship and education are one and the same. To make disciples, we erroneously believe, means that we should teach intellectual truths. If people believe the right ideas they will be “in” the discipleship club. Here is the problem: Right belief isn’t the same as following Jesus. Education is not the same as discipleship. The Pharisees knew more doctrinal statements and could quote more scripture than you or I can. And yet…they didn’t believe in Jesus. At the temptation of Jesus in the desert, Satan quotes scripture to Jesus…but he isn’t a Jesus follower. You see my point? Education isn’t discipleship. </div>
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What does that mean, practically? It means we must move off of our classroom-based approach to discipleship. One-size-fits-all programs that are designed for efficiency and uniformity do not produce disciples. They may produce knowledge, but not wisdom. They may produce the right answer, but they don’t produce Gospel transformation. We must move from a program model of ministry to a relational/rabbinical model of discipleship coaching. We must learn to walk together in real life situations, seeking to follow Jesus (and therefore to honor our heavenly Father) in all that we say and do. This cannot be done in a classroom.</div>
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<b>3) Growth:</b><br />
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This one is tied to the previous one. Simply stated, we must stop looking at the weekend attendance numbers as the indicator of our growth/”success”. Churches around our country (and certainly in our community) are full of people who show up for an hour or so, do the passive “Church thing” and then go on with their lives – never thinking about how their new identity in Christ shapes their daily life. Instead of looking only to weekend numbers, we must begin to evaluate the growth that happens when disciples multiply disciples. Success is not just more people…but more baptisms, more transformation, more followers of Jesus who in turn share the hope they have in Jesus.<br />
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Have you figured out yet that all of these 6 shifts are tied together? Just checking…<br />
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Our previous thought was that we existed to rescue people from the world and bring them into the Church. We took this pretty literally. The goal was to clean people up. It was to teach them “Christianese”. It was to get them to “Church”. Instead of talking people out of the world and into the Church, however, we must push faith out of the pews, out of the private realm, and intentionally take it into the world. Evangelism is not a program or a tactic. Evangelism is what happens when God’s people live out their identity in Jesus and intentionally talk about Jesus with those around them in daily life.<br />
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Martin Luther said, “It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor.” I think those are good words to live by…<br />
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<b>5) Finances:</b><br />
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I find it interesting how many of us fall into one of these two categories. We either don’t give much because we see finances as private resources, or we give out of some perceived social obligation. We must transition beyond this point. We need to begin seeing everything as an extension of God’s grace.<br />
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He provides for us. That is simply true. He is radically generous with us. We must begin to see finances as an extension of His generosity…and for His purposes. We must begin to function with “whole-life trust”. When we trust God with everything (including finances), we can begin to practice radical generosity. With our time, with our finances, with our life. We don’t give financially to an institution. We trust God with our life and give generously to Him.<br />
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<b>6) Families:</b><br />
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This is another biggie. For the past 20-30 years, we were led to believe that the way to grow the Church was to specialize the ministry. We developed specialized “pull out” ministries for our kids, our youth, our older adults, etc. We believed that as we developed these specialized ministries we could more faithfully make disciples of people from different generations. However, two problems exist with this type of thinking. First, this model of ministry has a tendency to be evaluated based on activities rather than discipleship. As long as there is a lot going on/being offered to our youth (for example), we are convinced that we are doing appropriate youth ministry. Busyness=faithfulness.<br />
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However, this is simply not true. The second problem is that the body of Christ isn’t segmented. It isn’t homogenous. When we pull children or youth out for specialized ministry, they get a faulty image of the Church…and…it is more difficult to transition them back into the “adult Church”. <br />
Instead of segregated/specialized ministry, we must develop an integrated family model of ministry. We must seek to develop ministry that functions as a unified Church family that shares life and works together for the Kingdom of God. Children. Youth. Adults. Older adults. Each sharing life with one another and helping one another more faithfully follow Jesus. <br />
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In the late 90’s, I was part of starting a new worship community. It was targeted at people in their teens and twenties. It was a good…but flawed…vision. When we began, some of the older adults from our “mother congregation” wanted to come and check out what we were doing. They could, but only if they stayed in the balcony. We didn’t want them “invading” the space or the experience of those we were trying to reach. Like I said, it was an honest mistake. Shortly after, however, one of our high school students came up to me and asked what the deal was with all of the adults in the balcony. I explained the “why” to him. It was then that he said something that forever changed my idea of ministry. He said, “John, I get why they are being asked to stay up there. But here is the deal. We need them. We learn how to worship, serve, and live with Jesus by watching people like you and Jill. We need more of you here to model following Jesus for us.” <br />
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Ministry can no longer be segmented based on age. There is no such thing, really, as children’s ministry or youth ministry. There is only ministry. God’s people. Sharing life together. Seeking to follow Jesus together and impact their world together. We have to transition our thinking about the value of family. <br />
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So there you go. 6 things that I believe need to shift as we seek to faithfully live out our new identities in Jesus…and our mission to make disciples of all nations. I am sure I could come up with others, but these should be enough to get you thinking. I certainly am…<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>*NOTE: </b> Though the specific comments and explanations are mine, the rough outline for this post was taken from Neil Cole's book, <i>Church 3.0.</i></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899216299780463743.post-62282438399933713152015-04-28T09:12:00.001-07:002015-04-28T09:12:21.403-07:00The World Has Changed...We are at a pivotal moment in the history of the Church. It is a
moment that has not happened in the last 1700 years. Let me explain...
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In 325 AD, something remarkable happened. Constantine legalized
Christianity. Actually, this first "Christian emperor" went further and
established <span class="inline_link omniture-click-processed">Christianity</span>
as Rome’s official religion and intermingled church and state. In one
move, the followers of Jesus went from being a marginalized,
counter-cultural group whose identity was determined by Jesus to a
collection of citizen/saints. Their new identity was defined by the
state and religion. But something else happened as well. The Church
became married to the culture. Who would disciple children? Who would
teach care for the poor? Who would instill a worldview that was shaped
by Jesus? These questions became increasingly cloudy as the Church and
the culture both shared in the responsibility. To be a citizen was to
be a Christian (at least nominally). The Church had lost its
distinctive tie to the teachings and methods of Jesus.<br />
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This is the reality that most of us grew up in. The highway of
culture led straight through the Church. Church and culture overlapped
in such a way that one was inexorably tied to the other. And the Church
grew lazy. We grew comfortable. We competed with the congregation
down the street to see who could offer better services to attract the
most people. Plan a good program and people would come (until the other
congregation offered a better one, at least). The key in this day and
age was to offer good programs that people could invite their friends
and co-workers to. The best congregation was the one with the busiest
and most attractive calendar of events.<br />
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This is no longer the case. We no longer live in a "product
economy". It is no longer enough to offer good programs. People don't
come to them. The Church is no longer seen as reliable partner in
defining culture. We can complain about this (which some do). We can
try to go back in time (which some would like us to do). We can even
try to hold on to our influence in culture (which many pursue
passionately). However...none of these are realistic options. The
marriage of Church and culture has already ended. The divorce has been
finalized. It is over. Church and culture have been torn apart.<br />
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And it is scary. We don't know how to operate any more as Church.
Thus, we try to demand that prayer is kept in our schools. If we do
that, we subconsciously reason, then the divorce can be stopped. If we
keep plaques of the 10 Commandments in our courtrooms, them maybe we can
save the marriage. But we can't. We are, for the first time in 1700
years, in a culture that is antagonistic to who we are as followers of
Jesus. Our "product" is no longer important to people. "Christianity"
is not viewed positively anymore.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Y0Cohci_UtjRG3Bw7EfQ4J3okLzAqfGteBRPLkfS2_x1Zr2mrvENtqk-ovJQI_VzqLsLSaNP1jahMLvPlYATpRDz9F0K2uD7XzW04tK_OplJtcveaRGDi6BJ5UfyEO6Ldgqu6-2zRQ4/s1600/Go.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Y0Cohci_UtjRG3Bw7EfQ4J3okLzAqfGteBRPLkfS2_x1Zr2mrvENtqk-ovJQI_VzqLsLSaNP1jahMLvPlYATpRDz9F0K2uD7XzW04tK_OplJtcveaRGDi6BJ5UfyEO6Ldgqu6-2zRQ4/s1600/Go.jpg" height="310" width="320" /></a>But there is still hope. While "Christianity" is no longer seen as
offering value...Jesus still does offer value. Jesus still matters.
Jesus still offers hope, meaning, purpose, passion, forgiveness, and
life. <br />
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Jesus still matters...and His Church can adapt. We can adjust. We can continue to faithfully proclaim God's timeless truth. The message doesn't change, but the context has.<br />
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In my next post, I will discuss 6 shifts that the Church of Jesus must begin to wrestle through in order for the message of Jesus to continue being heard...<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899216299780463743.post-34613449405706597692015-04-13T13:44:00.004-07:002015-04-13T13:44:59.680-07:00Cost of Following...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We know that grace is free, right? Well, kind of...<br />
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First of all, grace was extremely costly. It cost Jesus everything. It was bought at a phenomenal price. It was extremely costly.<br />
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"Ok," you say. "Sure, John. But it is free to us. Right?" Right. God's grace if free. Through faith, we receive God's grace as a total gift. It is free to us. It costs us nothing...and yet it costs us everything. We are brought into God's family at no cost. We are given a new identity in our baptism. We are now God's kids. Freely He has given us His grace.<br />
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How do we live out our free identity? What do we do with God's free gift of grace? <br />
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Ironically, answering questions such as these costs us something. It costs us to follow Jesus. It may cost us relationships. It my cost us prestige. It may cost us the "luxury" of pursuing our own interests, our own agenda, or our own pleasures. It may cost us our life.<br />
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Our relationship with Jesus is defined by His free gift of grace. Through faith, we receive that gift freely. But living in light of it is a costly journey...and a truly rich and blessed journey.<br />
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So are you ready to consider the cost of following Jesus? Are you ready to take seriously your new identity in Christ and considering all of your life in light of that identity? Your time? Your finances? Your decisions? Your family?<br />
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This May, we are launching a new sermon series called "Cost". We will be wrestling these questions. We will dig into God's word to consider the cost (and reward) of following Jesus. We will delight in God's grace. We will marvel at the new identity that is ours. We will struggle with how we are living...and how He desires us to live as His people. <br />
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Are you ready to follow Jesus? To admit that your life is no longer about you...but rather is about Him? Then get ready...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899216299780463743.post-56407003162216089512015-03-11T07:18:00.002-07:002015-03-11T07:20:21.238-07:00Belief Questioned...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This week (this morning, in fact), I was hit a couple of times upside the head by things that made me think about my faith.</div>
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Even more fascinating is that he completely ignored the substantial amount of evidence that Jesus did actually exist (like Josephus, the Gospel writers, <span itemprop="articleBody">Thallus, </span><span itemprop="articleBody">Lucian of Samosata, </span>Paul, and others). Apparently making assertions and claiming that they are historical evidence is enough...even in the face of actual historical references.</div>
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But here is the deal: I believe in Jesus. By grace, through faith, I trust in the promises of God and the face of God that we see in Jesus. I drank the punch. I bought the line. I am in. In fact, I am all in! That is what bothers me the most. This article presents one of the worst arguments against Jesus that I have heard. It is piecemeal. It is academically irresponsible. It is biased. It is factually vacant. </div>
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And yet, the subtle message is that Christians are ignorant people who have never done their homework. We are simpletons who lack the intellectual capital to have informed opinions and so cling to faith and religious myths such as the existence of Jesus. Did you catch that? We, followers of Jesus, are the ones who are less intelligent. And this argument has caused many to question their very beliefs and to wonder if maybe they are on the wrong side of the faith fence. </div>
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This leads to the second time that I was challenged about ideas of faith and belief. </div>
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Just moments after reading the article about why Jesus never actually existed (and the responses on social media to the article), I chose to take a quick scroll through my Facebook feed. Here, I saw that Mumford & Sons had released their latest single called, "Believe". Based on what I was chewing on mentally at that moment, I decided to give it a quick listen. Here is the video:</div>
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The lyrics state, "I don't even know if I believe." So again, we have people question their beliefs. Now, to be fair, I have no idea what the band is actually singing about. They might be talking about a relationship with another person. They might be talking about their lack of belief in the American political system. They might be referencing their lack of belief in whether or not hot dogs are actually made from meat at all. I don't know....but that isn't really the point. Belief is being challenged. </div>
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Was Jesus actually real? Am I foolish for believing in Him? What would my academic friends think if they knew that I trusted a "myth"? Maybe... What if... Oh no...</div>
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I think questions are OK. It is good to think through the implications for faith. It is necessary to consider how our belief challenges and shapes our worldview. That isn't the problem. The problem is that we can far too easily get sucked into an intellectual debate where we allow some smug punk to set the terms for the discussion...and then we wonder why we can't get any traction. Worse yet, we then allow this same smug punk to challenge the God's very existence based on the calculations and fabrications of his own peanut-sized-brain. So what are we to do?</div>
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First, I believe that as followers of Jesus we must stand firm. We must understand that these articles and these arguments are fruitless. They are the meager attempts of a society in rebellion against its Creator to justify their own rebellion by claiming there is no one to actually rebel against. In other words, they are trying to disprove God so that their crazy, self-concocted ideas can stand without opposition or moral challenge. This is an extremely dangerous game...that the Church should refuse to play.</div>
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Secondly, we should remember that Jesus is not only real...He is hope. He is peace. He is loving.</div>
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In the bridge of Mumford & Sons new single, they cry out with these words: "Say something, say something like you love me." Are you ready for it? He has. He has declared His love for you. In Jesus, God has already declared His love for you. And in His word, He has said a lot about it. Trust God's proclamation to you that you are loved, that your faith is solid, and that Jesus was real. He was...and because He was, you can know what it means to be loved. Hang on to that promise.</div>
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This past weekend, I preached on Philippians 3 (you can check out the sermon <a href="http://www.lglomd.org/index.php/sermon-videos" target="_blank"><i><b>here</b></i></a>).<br />
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To try to effectively communicate the reality that resumes and pedigrees don't matter...Jesus does...I declared that I was a super Lutheran. I talked about how I was raised in the church, how I went to a Lutheran university, a Lutheran seminary, and secretly have Luther's seal on my rear end (ok...that part isn't true, but you get the point). I am a super Lutheran. And yet...<br />
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And yet...it doesn't matter. I consider it all rubbish compared to knowing Christ and the power of His resurrection. Resumes don't matter. Jesus does. We need to be careful not to overlay a moralistic, "Jesus + anything" standard to our identity. We belong to Jesus because He claimed us in the waters of baptism. That is it! Nothing else!<br />
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This message seemed to resonate with a LARGE number of people. I have heard about it all week. They appreciated the call back to God's grace (through faith). They appreciated the simplicity of Jesus and the stripping away of that which demands obedience and thus competes with the gift of God's grace. It (apparently) was a powerful word from the Lord.<br />
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But something about it has unsettled me all week...<br />
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This is not a blank check. This is not a case of "Now that I have God's grace I get to do whatever I want." Grace is a gift. Jesus is all that matters. However, I want to be clear, God <i>does</i> have something to say about how we should live as His people. He does. The key is understanding the order of things.<br />
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We do not apply a moral overlay to God's grace. His grace is enough. It is awesome, powerful, and sustaining. It is also, transformative. Our new identity in Christ allows us to realize that God's way is always better. His plans for us are better. Thus, we desire to follow His ways. We study His law. We reflect on how He desires for us to live. We strive to honor Him. We start with His grace and the identity as new creations that it bestows...then we seek to live out that new identity. This isn't a blank check. It isn't "cheap grace". It is, however, powerful. The key is in understanding the difference between our desires and our attempts to create an alternate morality...and God's will for our lives.<br />
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Here is a secret: God's ways and His will for our lives are always better...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899216299780463743.post-21102422198418125472015-02-12T13:53:00.003-08:002015-02-12T15:21:20.595-08:00Work<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><b>"Pastor John, I don't know if I heard this from you or from somewhere else, but I have been thinking about it a lot lately. 'It doesn't matter where you are...the work is the same. It is all about Jesus.'" </b></i></div>
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The particular lady who shared this with me last evening then went on to share how, with her husband in the hospital, she woke up the other day dreading the day ahead. She wasn't excited about going back to sit in a hospital room for another day. She wasn't excited about the life interruption. She wasn't excited to just sit.<br>
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And then it dawned on her. <i><b>"It doesn't matter where you are...the work is the same. It is all about Jesus." </b></i>Whether she would spend the day at the hospital or doing something else, the "what" didn't really matter. The work was the same. Her day would be about honoring Jesus.<br>
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As I sat in the hospital with this incredible couple, I witnessed them both living out their identities in Jesus. They warmly greeted visitors, doctors and nurses. They read scripture. They shared stories and talked of the hope they have...because of Jesus. They didn't do anything extravagant. They simply did what they would have otherwise done. The difference that they tried to keep in focus what their lives were really about: They work of honoring Jesus. And honestly...it was pretty amazing to see. <div><br></div><div>It just makes me wonder...</div><div><br></div><div>What would the world look like if all Jesus followers thought of their days and their activities with the understanding that it <span style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">doesn't matter where you are...the work is the same. It is all about Jesus. I wonder...</span><b style="font-style: italic; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><b><i><br></i></b></font>
<br></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899216299780463743.post-67303909639398585732015-01-27T13:52:00.002-08:002015-01-27T13:52:53.816-08:00Discipleship & Eating Alone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This past week, I was up in St. Louis and was waiting for a friend at one of my favorite restaurants. I was a bit early and...well...he is usually late. So I sat on a bench near the front of the restaurant and waited for him before getting seated. But as I waited, something interesting happened...<br />
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A man walked in. He was dressed in business attire and was one of those guys that exude an air of confident control. Well groomed. Perfect stature. Articulate. Powerful. As soon as he walked in, the hostess immediately came running. <br />
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"Just one for lunch?" she asked him. <br />
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"Yes...um...wait." And with that hesitant response, he spun around to look me in the eye.<br />
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"Are you waiting on someone or are you also eating alone?"<br />
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I responded that I was waiting on someone. He spun back around and had the hostess take him to his seat. The rest of the lunch was uneventful. My friend showed up, we ate together and talked about discipleship and how the Church was changing. It was a good lunch. But...<br />
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I couldn't get the initial lunch invite out of my head. To be fair, maybe he had just read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Never-Eat-Alone-Expanded-Updated/dp/0385346654/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422395090&sr=8-1&keywords=never+eat+alone" target="_blank"><i>Never Eat Alone </i></a>or some other book like it. Maybe he was just being polite after walking in front of me. Maybe he was lonely. I don't know, but his invite got me thinking about discipleship.<br />
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It seems that so many of us who work for the Church are trying to figure out how to help people walk with Jesus. Some are trying to launch new, bigger, and better programs. Some are building even larger and more blinged-out buildings. Some are trying to squeeze more into an already over crowded schedule. But maybe we are trying too hard.<br />
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What if discipleship wasn't about doing more. What if it was simply about doing what we already do...but with a new vision for those around us? What if it was about a new vision for how everyday things could be used to share life and advance the Kingdom of God? The guy at the restaurant had to eat anyway. He simply saw me and invited me to join him. No big deal. Just a shared meal. I like the idea. I like the thought that living for Jesus might be as simple as eating...and inviting others to join me. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899216299780463743.post-76192437183787177902015-01-20T13:33:00.004-08:002015-01-20T13:36:35.955-08:00Furniture & DiscipleshipMy family is preparing to buy new furniture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know that isn’t earth shattering news…but
it is kind of a big deal in our home right now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We are buying new furniture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>New
family room furniture, to be exact.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
haven’t bought any new home furniture that is substantial in quite some time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And now we are (finally) ready to buy some
new furniture for our family room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
room where Minecraft is often played.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Where "snickeling" happens. Where movies and funny videos are watched.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A room where kids enjoy sliced apples and
where mom and dad sit next to the fireplace to enjoy a few minutes
together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is an important room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the heart of our home, and purchasing
furniture for that room is kind of a big deal.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2SZtmt1aCOuw96Ipp4GYKtbb-0L7BiJLqroUDM5v_JQsccHRRJyWezd3-8CXRwxFtcyNlAF2zs8kommF_PqMsR-svG1hAJqqZBQpRNuEcJz-Td4_HGrvEq_ALacuZpqTuh53Y8s5k0rE/s1600/Sectional.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2SZtmt1aCOuw96Ipp4GYKtbb-0L7BiJLqroUDM5v_JQsccHRRJyWezd3-8CXRwxFtcyNlAF2zs8kommF_PqMsR-svG1hAJqqZBQpRNuEcJz-Td4_HGrvEq_ALacuZpqTuh53Y8s5k0rE/s1600/Sectional.jpg" height="320" width="320" /></a>The problem, however, is this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are afraid the furniture we have picked out
(and agreed upon) may actually be too big for the room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We would like a sectional with enough room
for our entire family, as well as guests, to sit together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But how will the room feel when we add in a
super-sized couch?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So last night, we
hatched a plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We used a few chairs
from the kitchen table, an end table, the love seat that is currently in the
room, a few blankets, a tape measure, and some tape and we simulated what the
room will look like if we choose to move forward with the purchase.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is awesome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It looks like a combination of a tent-playhouse
and a thrown together obstacle course/jungle gym.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our kids think it is fascinating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have talked about how it is an attempt to
model the space.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a parody of what
may be.</div>
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All of this has…as you can tell…got me thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Specifically, I am reflecting on Paul’s words
to the church in Ephesus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is what
he says:</div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e75b6; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. <b><sup>2 </sup></b>And walk
in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering
and sacrifice to God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e75b6; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2E75B6; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">(Ephesians 5:1-2)</span></i></span></div>
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Paul tells the Ephesian church to be imitators of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That we should walk in love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That we should follow Jesus in sacrificially give
ourselves up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a pretty tall
order.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This requires seeing Jesus as
more than a feel-good part of our Sunday morning (when we choose to actually
get up instead of sleeping in).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
requires honestly facing the reality of our own broken, worthlessness…apart
from Christ who gives us worth and who has claimed our lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It requires actually coming to grips with a
God who is holy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A God whose anger burns
and who hates disobedience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Rebellion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God hates sin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It separates us from who He is and what He
has planned for us (and for all of His creation).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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And that is why He came.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is why the Father sent His Son, Jesus, in the power of the Holy
Spirit to live perfectly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To care for
the poor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To walk humbly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To serve the needy and bring hope to the
brokenhearted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To die as the perfect sacrifice
for our rebellion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To live again as the
firstborn of the resurrection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So that
we need not fear death, but instead can hope for the resurrection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The day when we will live as fully
human.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To live as He intended at the
start of time, before our rebellion.</div>
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So what are we to do in response to this incredible
relationship?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are to be imitators of
God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are to walk in love, as
Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering
and sacrifice to God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are to be
imitators.</div>
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Before my family left the furniture store, before we headed
home to engage in serious discussion concerning the merits of different cushions,
fabrics, frames, and footstools, we did something else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We took measurements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, that’s right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We took measurements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You see, we couldn’t model what the sectional
would look like unless we first studied it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What were the dimensions?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What
was the shape?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which side had the
extended section?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We needed to study the
couch if we were to model it in the room.</div>
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And…</div>
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If you and I are to be imitators of God, we need to spend
some serious time at the feet of Jesus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We should read His teachings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
should reflect upon His words.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should
consider His life, His actions, His movements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We should reflect upon what He has given us…and learn to shape our lives
and our worldviews around it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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After all, this life is no longer about us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is all about Him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So go be imitators…</div>
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This past weekend, our congregation began a new sermon
series examining Paul’s letter to the church of Philippi (Philippians).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is an interesting letter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is unlike other letters of Paul in that it
does not seek to correct bad behavior nor does it seek to warn against or
correct false teaching.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead, it is a
friendship letter which seems focused on the topic of “joy”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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However, instead of restating the “Joy-Focused” message from
this weekend’s worship (which you can listen to or watch by <a href="http://www.lglomd.org/index.php/sermon-videos">clicking here</a>), I
instead want to talk about another aspect of Paul’s introductory comments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Specifically, I want to talk about “partnership”.</div>
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Here is what Paul writes in Philippians 1:3-11:</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #5b9bd5; mso-themecolor: accent1;">“I thank my God in all my
remembrance of you, <b><sup>4 </sup></b>always in every prayer of
mine for you all making my prayer with joy, <b><sup>5 </sup></b>because
of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. <b><sup>6 </sup></b>And
I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it
to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. <b><sup>7 </sup></b>It
is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my
heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace,<sup>[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians+1&version=ESV#fen-ESV-29352d" title="See footnote d"><span style="color: #5b9bd5; mso-themecolor: accent1;">d</span></a>]</sup> both in
my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel. <b><sup>8 </sup></b>For God
is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. <b><sup>9 </sup></b>And
it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with
knowledge and all discernment, <b><sup>10 </sup></b>so that you may
approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of
Christ, <b><sup>11 </sup></b>filled with the fruit of
righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of
God.”</span></i></div>
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Did you see it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
verses 3-4 Paul says, “I thank my God…with joy…because of your partnership in
the gospel…”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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So what is “partnership”?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Is it different than “membership”?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is how we traditionally try to differentiate, isn’t it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We talk about who are members or pride
ourselves and pound our chests about being a member.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, just a couple of weeks ago I had a
conversation with a person who lives several states away and hasn’t worshiped
with our faith community in at least a couple of years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her comment?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She thought I, as pastor, should have contacted her about a change we
made because she was “a member” and deserved to be contacted before we changed
anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is too often how we think
and talk about membership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is like
signing up for a gym membership, never using the membership, and then
complaining about the fact that the treadmill was moved and you are unhappy
about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Silly, isn’t it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But that is (far too often) how we think
about membership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But is “membership”
the same as the partnership that Paul writes about?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think not.</div>
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Membership is a dead concept.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Membership means having your name on a list
somewhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Membership means you think you are entitled
to something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Some privilege.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Membership is not
how the Church is to function.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Partnership is. </div>
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The word Paul uses here that the ESV translates as “partnership”
is actually the Greek word <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">koinōnɩ́a</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a powerful word that is pregnant with
meaning.</div>
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Paul uses the word <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">koinōnɩ́a</i>
a lot to describe the Church (large C). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Koinōnɩ́a</i> is the mutual relationship in
Christ that results from the call of God (1 Cor. 1:9), and is sustained by the
Holy Spirit (2 Cor. 13:14; Phil. 2:1). But <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">koinōnɩ́a</i>
is more than just “membership”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also corresponds
to action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It requires action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, when it is used in speaking of
relief for the Jerusalem poor (Rom. 15:26) or the money given to those who
teach (Gal. 6:6). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In essence, this Greek
word means that there is a sharing that occurs because of Jesus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Be it financial, or the sharing of life,
meals, and relationships, there is more than just belonging.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is giving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is faith that expresses itself through
actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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That is what Paul thanks the church in Philippi for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He thanks them for their partnership.</div>
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So what does any of this mean…practically?</div>
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It means that we need to reconsider our ideas about
Church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to stop thinking of
ourselves as “members”…and struggle through what it means to be a partner in
the Gospel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How does our whole life –
our relationships, tasks, families, jobs, web browsing, email, meals, homes,
etc. – proclaim Jesus?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How do we
partner, sacrifice, share in extending the reign of God to those around us…offering
them hope and joy in the face of the trials of life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Who moved the treadmill?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I don’t care.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The question is how
my life will proclaim who Jesus is and what He has done for me and for those
around me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think that is a better
question…</div>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Visible, experiential grace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is how I would describe this past
week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Visible, experiential grace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This morning as I drove to the office it was
raining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I drove, I reflected on the
beauty of God’s grace that though I deserve nothing but His judgment, wrath and
condemnation, God instead gives me His grace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I am allowed to live another day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I am allowed to enjoy food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am
allowed to breathe. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am allowed to sing
and dance and celebrate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am allowed to
be called His kid (and am allowed to know that I matter) because He has claimed
me through the waters of baptism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
is what I reflected on this morning as the water fell on my windshield. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am a child of God because of water…and
because of God’s powerful Word!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">But I am getting ahead of
myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So let me rewind the tape a week
or so…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The week before my ordination
weekend, I was struggling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, that
is an understatement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For whatever
reason, I was spent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Worn out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
was exhausted physically, mentally tired, and spiritually malnourished.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was not pretty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was terribly ironic since I would, just
a few days from then, be ordained and installed into a position of joy and
responsibility (one that involves carrying a lot of emotional weight and
requiring a reasonably healthy life).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
the fact still remained, I was tired and I didn’t know what to do about
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And worse yet, I knew that I had a
weekend of shaking hands and kissing babies ahead and I wasn’t particularly
looking forward to it (nor did I think I had the energy to get through it
all).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But God is good!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As people started arriving on
Thursday/Friday, something happened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
began to see our out of-town guests differently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These weren’t people who were demanding from
me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead, they were giving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They didn’t expect me to entertain them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were content to simply be here and to go
with the flow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, they were
content to hang out with each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They began to share life with people from around the country that they
had never even met before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
talked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They laughed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They told stories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They celebrated the Jesus who united them as
brothers and sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like I said, God
is good!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And then it happened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of those rare moments of clarity when God
allows you to see things differently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One of our members calls these moments “God winks”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just call them “thin moments”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On Saturday night I experienced one of these
thin moments.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I was standing on my deck grilling A
LOT of hamburgers for the 60 or so people who had come to our home to help
celebrate the weekend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was hot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was loud.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My timing was off (I was using a borrowed grill that I hadn’t yet bonded
with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fellas, you understand…right?).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People were waiting for food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were hungry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And yet, no one seemed upset.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They weren’t irritated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They seemed to understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe that isn’t stated strongly enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They actually seemed to enjoy just being
together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before I continue, you should
know that we had people from nine states.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>People from all five “primary” chapters of our life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some knew each other before the weekend…others
didn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And yet, they shared life on my
deck this past Saturday night as though they had known each other all of their
lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was pretty cool.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">One of the guys from the seminary who
was celebrating with us came out to the grill and offered to take over for me
so that I could eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And honestly, I
didn’t want to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was feasting on
something else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was God’s Spirit at
work in and through His people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a
glimpse of heaven right there on my deck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was satisfying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God is good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And then, shortly after, I was called
inside and given a few gifts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Plaques.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A few bottles of wine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A cross and communion kit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And…a book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In the book were letters from people who wanted to join us for the event
but couldn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Later that evening I sat
and read their letters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Later that
evening I cried.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Later that evening I
remembered that God is good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are you
catching the theme of this post yet?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God
is good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God is good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God is good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Throughout this entire weekend, I
have seen evidence of the goodness of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The fact that He took a 25 year old loud-mouthed punk and helped extend
His kingdom in Tracy, CA, and touched people’s lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fact that He was at work in Indiana to
encourage struggling kingdom workers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The fact that He has scattered people who know what it means to love in
His name across the country who are now helping others grow in that capacity to
love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God is good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And I haven’t even touched on the
fact that this past Sunday was INCREDIBLE!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I got to hear my friend, Rev. Micah Miller, bring God’s Word to the
people of St. Andrew.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Very cool.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then I got to worship in a packed room as
we celebrated God work in my ordination and installation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got to hear my old friend, Rev. Jeff Dorth,
bring God’s Word and challenge us to run the race.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got to hear incredible music…including a
collection of dear friends who sang a special song.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got to be “vested” by my
father-in-law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got to celebrate with
our St. Andrew family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got to see
people who came in from all over the country just for the ordination service that
I haven’t seen (some of them, at least) in decades.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God is good!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">So. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is now Wednesday morning (it has taken me
longer to sit and write some of this down than I originally intended).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am still tired…but I am no longer dry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This weekend I was reminded that God is
good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was reminded that none of this
is about me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is about Him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is faithful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is at work through His Church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will not fail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is good!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As I look ahead, I am extremely
thankful for my friends who traveled great distances to be here this past
weekend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am thankful for the members
of St. Andrew who prepared and shared meals, who offered words of
encouragement, who shared stories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am
thankful to have shared this moment with them all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I am thankful for God’s grace in the
midst of it all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Thank you, Father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You have loved me and have called me your
son.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That you have again reminded me
that You lead, You speak, You use us for your purposes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t about me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t about any of us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not our capabilities (or lack thereof).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not our joy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Not our energy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not our
anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is about You, and you are…good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">June is finally here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is hard to believe, but June is finally
here!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For me, it has been a long road of
trying to live out my identity in Christ, trying to be responsive to His plans
for how my life is to be spent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has
been a long, four-year, intense period of selling our home, leaving good
neighbors and a good job, and trudging to the Seminary to begin formal studies
there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has been a long road of again
getting acclimated to academic life, trying to find a natural rhythm in a small
apartment, and spending a lot of time reading.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It has been a long road getting to this point…and now it is almost
over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>June is finally here!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My guess is that you have experienced
a long road as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Just as long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just as twisting
and turning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just as uncertain,
challenging, and simultaneously rewarding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Probably.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You may not have sold
everything to go crowd into a small St. Louis apartment to study theology, but
our goals have been the same:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To try to
live out our common identity in Christ (which, by His grace, we have been
freely given) by trying to live well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To
say it a bit differently, we have (I hope) all tried to live out our identity
in Christ by trying to grow in our love of God, our love of others (in His name),
and trying to make disciples (fellow followers) of Jesus along the way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is my hope…summed up in six simple
letters: LGLOMD.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I wish that I could tell you how
awesome I am at it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wish I could tell
you that I have a disciplined appreciation for who God is and fully comprehend
what He has done (and continues to do) for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I wish I could tell you that I have perfect vision for those around me
and that I sacrificially love them every time an opportunity presents
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wish I could tell you that I
am always focused on God’s Kingdom and not my own desires, plans, and
goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wish I could tell you these
things…but I can’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Life sometimes gets
compartmentalized.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I forget that
everything, every situation, every relationship is about Him and His kingdom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I forget that my life is not my own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That I died and my life is now hidden with
Christ (Colossians 3:3).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And my guess is
that I am just like you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">DO</i></b> have a new
identity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have been bought with the
precious blood of the Son of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did
die and my life is now hidden with Christ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Because of Him, I can life a focused, purposeful life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perfectly?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>No.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But one that is wrapped in,
bathed in, covered over by the grace of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Through faith, I can attack tomorrow knowing that God has plans for my
life…and for yours! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As we make the turn into summer, and
into a new chapter together as God’s people in Cape (as part of the St. Andrew
family), my prayer is that we will remember who we are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That we are His.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And that we will remember life in Christ,
life spent focused on His Kingdom, life spent LGLOMD-ing, is a good life
indeed!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">So, thanks for this past year as your
vicar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks for the encouragement,
trust, and willingness to be stretched.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Thanks for the year of learning, and making mistakes, and
forgiveness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks for sharing life
with the Dehne clan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And now…we turn to
the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We turn to a new role for me
and a new reality for you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We turn to
the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the future is
bright!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So let’s get after the pursuit
of His Kingdom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s get busy failing
forward together…</span></div>
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understatement!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On Tuesday my family and
I drove to St. Louis to participate in Call Day at the Seminary (in case you
missed it, I was called –officially - to serve St. Andrew as Lead
Pastor!).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, yesterday I spend the
day with our Executive Committee sharing in the vision dialogue about St.
Andrew and where we are headed together as God’s people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then there was today’s early, early
morning discussion about free will and God’s sovereignty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To put it bluntly, I am spent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am cooked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I am tired.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has been a good
week…but one that has left me drained
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And yet, I needed to
sit and write this article.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So imagine
the scene with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A tired vicar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Starbucks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And an article that needed to be written for a deadline later
today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had nothing in the tank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What would I write?</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEighwe3hAiQ3HwymTZLPljBKRX9j2FUcCB62zlgkyme1oX-1iPwkHE5_srSdVfJcA05Smzptw5QUAKtzf9818D6YJS2JY_cub0oo3f_Z-1d0K-dguBmpzVwBJMHUuK7awj5YaAjxRHDp6A/s1600/CrossPants.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEighwe3hAiQ3HwymTZLPljBKRX9j2FUcCB62zlgkyme1oX-1iPwkHE5_srSdVfJcA05Smzptw5QUAKtzf9818D6YJS2JY_cub0oo3f_Z-1d0K-dguBmpzVwBJMHUuK7awj5YaAjxRHDp6A/s1600/CrossPants.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a></div>
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And then, I looked up and saw this image:</div>
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It was a young man doctoring up his cup of morning Joe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(And yes, I secretly took a picture of his
backside as he poured cream and sweetener into his coffee!)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be honest, at first glance I didn’t know
what to make of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was it
disrespectful?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it inappropriate to
wear the cross as a fashion?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it
disrespectful to wear it on your rear end?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Is it appropriate?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you think
the guy reflects on what the cross means when he puts the pants on or reaches
for his wallet?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t know…but I did.</div>
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This morning, after I got over the respect question, I
thought about the reality that EVERYTHING in our lives now bears the image of
the cross.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least everything in the life of the
disciple of Christ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is who we
are!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything is His!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our families are His.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our jobs are His.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our land holdings are His.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our hobbies are His.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our clothes are His.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our cars are His. Our wallets, purses, bank
accounts, 401Ks are His.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our
relationships are His.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything is
His!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find it funny that people in
Christian congregations get tense when the subject of tithing and finances
comes up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it possible that we have fallen prey to
the errant belief that somehow I own or command my own stuff?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Today, because of a simple pair of jeans and their back
pocket stitching, I am again reminded that everything is God’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything is His.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I am challenged to remember that I died…and
now it is Christ who lives in me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
life (and everything I am, everything I have) is His.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, how the kingdom of God would explode if I
actually lived out that reality!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today,
I am challenged to see my life and my stuff differently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I encourage you to do likewise...</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.</i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Colossians 3:3</b></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899216299780463743.post-84615645683756773652014-03-26T07:46:00.001-07:002014-03-26T07:48:33.867-07:00Bono, Jesus, & Identity Implications<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKfVDSGaW7vMSrSJHxigdXL6HSOtyJAQ33Uz1slFXPm7wy5lnBcwfjCCdrS8oBE_EmBhjFqHgsu8GZ96iBKbMbLWbJTo_uDTnIkpwbEhYsj2xkyJ-DeIqAufrK-yPspeMwL9qSjYRtfQc/s3200/Bono.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKfVDSGaW7vMSrSJHxigdXL6HSOtyJAQ33Uz1slFXPm7wy5lnBcwfjCCdrS8oBE_EmBhjFqHgsu8GZ96iBKbMbLWbJTo_uDTnIkpwbEhYsj2xkyJ-DeIqAufrK-yPspeMwL9qSjYRtfQc/s3200/Bono.jpg" height="200" width="128" /></a>So this morning I read an interview with Bono (you know, the
Catholic-U2 lead singer-outspoken global advocate for the poor…) and his thoughts
on Christ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is an interesting interview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During an interaction between the interviewer
and Bone, the interviewer states that it is hard to believe Jesus’ claims that
He was actually the Son of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Prophet, OK.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wise man, sure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just not the actual messiah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not the Son of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is Bono’s response:<br />
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"...But actually Christ doesn’t allow you that. He
doesn’t let you off that hook. Christ says: No. I’m not saying I’m a teacher,
don’t call me teacher. I’m not saying I’m a prophet. I’m saying: “I’m the
Messiah.” I’m saying: “I am God incarnate.” And people say: No, no, please,
just be a prophet. A prophet, we can take. You’re a bit eccentric. We’ve had
John the Baptist eating locusts and wild honey, we can handle that. But don’t
mention the “M” word! Because, you know, we’re gonna have to crucify
you..." (<a href="http://www.patheos.com/blogs/frankviola/bono-on-jesus/">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/frankviola/bono-on-jesus/</a>)</div>
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I find this response fascinating!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, I have been thinking about it since
I read it (and my guess is that I will be thinking about it for some time).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You see, the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">real </i>question for all of us to consider is what we think of
Jesus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean, what we <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">really
</i></b>think of Jesus!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was Jesus just a
cool dude?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was Jesus one prophetic voice
among many?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or was Jesus…more?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was He, as He claimed, the Son of God?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The second person of the Trinity?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God incarnate?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How you respond to such questions matters.</div>
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In John’s gospel account, Jesus talks directly with His
disciples more about His identity than He does any other subject.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More than anything!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jesus wanted His disciples to understand that
He was…and is…God incarnate!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We may not
like the implications of His claimed identity, but it is who He was!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We may prefer to reduce Him to some
manageable role, but Jesus doesn’t allow us that!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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So, I continue to ponder and reflect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What does it mean for my life that I have
been united with the life of Christ?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What does it mean that, through baptism, I died and now Christ lives in
me?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What should my life look like as a
result of such death and rebirth?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What
should others see in my life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How does
my life reflect my new identity in Christ?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How am I growing in what it means to love God, to love others in His
name, and to make disciples…followers…of the Son of God?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like I said, I continue to reflect…but I also
continue to pursue a life that reflects my new identity!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I encourage you to join me…</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899216299780463743.post-52654606976241304842014-03-06T06:58:00.001-08:002014-03-06T08:45:26.378-08:00Honoring God's Name<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Now, can I suggest something to you?<br />
What if, as a baptized child of God, the real goal of your day was to glorify the name of your Father? What if this entire day was about living out your identity as a child of the Father? How would your day be different if that was how you approached today?<br />
In John 12 (my assigned devotional reading for today), Jesus is experiencing a moment of inner conflict. He is praying. Here is what He prays…<br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><i>“Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour. Father, glorify your name.”</i></span><br />
Interesting. Should Jesus pray to His Father to save Him? Is that the ultimate goal? Safety? Rescue? Security? No. Instead, Jesus prays that the Father would be glorified. That the divine name would receive the honor that it deserves. That is the purpose of Jesus’ coming. That is the purpose of the precise moment He faced, as well as His entire life. That God’s name would be glorified/honored/acknowledged.<br />
So what about us? This is the question I am reflecting on this morning as I sit in Starbucks. What is the goal of my life? What is the goal of my today? What is the goal of my right now? As we enter the season of Lent, am I focused on the right things in my life? What would my life look like (how would THIS day be different) if I tried to live with the primary goal of honoring the name of the Father?<br />
This is what I am thinking of today. Not in generalities, but trying to think of specific things that I might do today to honor God’s name. This is my goal today. I invite you to join me…Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899216299780463743.post-80284833898315217982014-02-26T07:37:00.002-08:002014-02-26T07:51:04.442-08:00Post Kenya Thoughts...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The following is an e-mail that I sent out to our the 14 people who traveled with us to Kenya a couple of weeks ago for a medical mission trip. As I have reflected on the message, I thought maybe it was worth sharing here. It is about living the "Thin Life". So here goes...<br />
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<i><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="color: #1f497d;">Good
morning team! </span></a><span style="color: #1f497d;"></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #1f497d;">This morning I am sitting in our
dining room, Pandora rocking on the headphones, and a fresh French press of
coffee by my side (though it doesn’t taste nearly as good as what Jeff usually
had waiting for me those Kenyan mornings). We have now been back in the
states for a full week. So I wanted to ask you: How is it
going? How has re-entry been for you? How have the story-sharing
sessions been? How have the reflection times gone? How has the
photo sorting/deleting/publishing worked out?</span></i></div>
<i>
</i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #1f497d;">OK…now that we have that out of
the way…let’s get to the real intent of this message. How is your “Thin
Life” different this week than it was before Kenya? Let me refresh you a
bit on what I am talking about here. When we were together in Kenya, I
shared the idea that Celtic Christians had about certain places on the planet
being “thin” – meaning, they thought they were closer to God (the distance
between themselves and God in these places was “thinner” than it was at other
places). This idea seemed to resonate with several of you. In fact,
several of you expressed a desire to join me in the journey of the thin
life. You wanted to join me in seeking after God’s will, in what He was
doing daily, in your life and in the world around you. </span></i></div>
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</i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #1f497d;">Let me assure you that I am no
expert in living the thin life. It is a journey. It is sometimes a
struggle. But it is a desire. It is something that I want to
experience more fully. It is something that, like the Olympic athletes
that I have watched intermittently this week on TV, requires training. It
seems to require me to intentionally challenge myself to stop and think about
what God may be teaching me in any given circumstance. It seems to be
tied up in my ability to see life through different eyes than my own
fast-paced, self-centered, lenses. It seems for me to realize that my
life is not my own…to remember than when I was baptized I died. I died
and now Christ lives in me. It is His life I now live. Imperfectly.
And yet, I live. </span></i></div>
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</i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #1f497d;">So let me ask you again:
how is your “Thin Life” different this week than it was before Kenya? I
want to encourage you to keep going. It is OK for the “Kenya Buzz” to
fade. It is OK for each of us to reengage the rhythms of daily life in
the states. But…I would encourage you not to go back to being the “you”
you were before Kenya. Allow what God showed you there to change your
focus here. </span></i></div>
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</i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #1f497d;">As I asked a couple of you while
we were abroad, “How would your life as a ________ (police chief, doctor,
pharmacist, student, pharmaceutical sales rep, vicar, pastor, mom, dad,
daughter, person) be different in the states if you lived with the same
mission/focus/passion that you are showing here in Kenya?” Take a minute
to think about that question this morning. How would it look different if
we saw the goal of life as trusting in God and sharing about our life in Him
(witnessing)? I want to challenge you to see all of life as God’s.
Everything is His. We are His. I want to challenge you to strive
after the thin life by striving to see everyday events through the lenses of
faith. Consider how making pancakes for the kids can remind us of God as
the bread of life. Consider how that quick trip to the bank can challenge
where our trust is. Consider how a stroll through Wal-Mart can be an
opportunity to see into the lives of other people we are called to love in His
name. Consider how He made the beautiful sunset…and He made you!
For the same purpose! To glorify His name and to delight Him!</span></i></div>
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</i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #1f497d;">And, thanks for joining me in
the quest for the “Thin Life”. My life goal? To live out my
identity in Christ Jesus by growing in my love of God, my love of others, and
in the disciple-making process. After all…</span></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: #1f497d;">…he who is in you is
greater than he who is in the world </span></b><span style="color: #1f497d;">(1
John 4:4)</span></i></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899216299780463743.post-51979112024146628722014-02-11T08:05:00.001-08:002014-02-11T08:05:11.198-08:00Making Disciples...(from Kenya)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Of the three areas that I try to use to live out my new identity in Christ (love God, love others, and make disciples), none is more difficult to think through than making disciples. What does it mean? How do you even start? Well...the answer to the last question (if I read my Bible and the command of Jesus correctly) is to emphasize the role of baptism. After all, that is where discipleship begins. With God stamping the name of the Trinity on us and claiming us as His kids. But what do we do then? What does it look like to live out that identity by making disciples of others? How does discipleship work?<br />
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This past week, I got a small glimpse of what I think might be part of the answer. You see, I spent the day last Tuesday (with Pastors Short and Trump) meeting with Church leaders here in Kenya. It was a VERY cool day! In the midst of the day we met with the Archbishop of the evangelical Lutheran Church of Kenya, we met (in the Nairobi hospital) with a high ranking Church leader, we met with the incredible team from Nuru (Lutheran Hour Ministries), we met with a very cool volunteer teacher/administrator/missionary. Like I said, it was a very cool day.<br />
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But I also noticed something interesting. In most of the meetings, the person we were to meet with invited others to join us. No big deal, right? Well...it might be. You see, for the past week I have reflected on my day and I thought about something. It is something that I have thought about before, but last week it was fresh on my mind. What if making disciples is (partially at least) as simple as including others people in your day and allowing them to walk with you? What if making disciples was about sharing life...functionally, by trying to never do things alone? What if we fought our individualistic tendencies and invited others to share our daily experiences with us? How might such an approach to life help in our attempts to make disciples?<br />
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Just a thought...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899216299780463743.post-45290605508197804752014-01-21T08:11:00.001-08:002014-01-21T08:11:09.233-08:00SOAP Thoughts: John 5<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcnT2k6xvxbJG1JZLfhANj2566LriHxzohBu0nLEMbFjfmZDH0haieeRv7JEnBsOb2Q-KgDZHTx8Lbw0qzK2833eI11ji5cBa2mVvgRe4O24QDT1tFPgzxZUlcFWZpsAk2f3YYzFxCC9c/s1600/Soap.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcnT2k6xvxbJG1JZLfhANj2566LriHxzohBu0nLEMbFjfmZDH0haieeRv7JEnBsOb2Q-KgDZHTx8Lbw0qzK2833eI11ji5cBa2mVvgRe4O24QDT1tFPgzxZUlcFWZpsAk2f3YYzFxCC9c/s200/Soap.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719051801834412066" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 151px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 252px;" /></a>As part of a Bible class time a while back, I introduced the idea of the S.O.A.P. method of Bible/Devotional reflection. In short, the letters stand for: S (Scripture), O (Observation), A (Application), and P (Prayer). Here are some of the idea that we talked about in that class from our brief time together in John 5:1-17:<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Scripture:</span><br />
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<span class="text John-5-1"><span class="chapternum">5:1 </span>After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.</span></div>
<span class="text John-5-2" id="en-ESV-26202"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic<sup class="footnote" value="[<a href="#fen-ESV-26202a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]">[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%205&version=ESV#fen-ESV-26202a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]</sup> called Bethesda,<sup class="footnote" value="[<a href="#fen-ESV-26202b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]">[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%205&version=ESV#fen-ESV-26202b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]</sup> which has five roofed colonnades.</span> <span class="text John-5-3" id="en-ESV-26203"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed.<sup class="footnote" value="[<a href="#fen-ESV-26203c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]">[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%205&version=ESV#fen-ESV-26203c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]</sup></span> <span class="text John-5-5" id="en-ESV-26204"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.</span> <span class="text John-5-6" id="en-ESV-26205"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, <span class="woj">“Do you want to be healed?”</span></span> <span class="text John-5-7" id="en-ESV-26206"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me.”</span> <span class="text John-5-8" id="en-ESV-26207"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup>Jesus said to him, <span class="woj"> “Get up, take up your bed, and walk.”</span></span> <span class="text John-5-9" id="en-ESV-26208"><sup class="versenum">9 </sup> And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked.</span><br />
<span class="text John-5-9"> Now that day was the Sabbath.</span> <span class="text John-5-10" id="en-ESV-26209"><sup class="versenum">1<span id="dtx-highlighting-item">0 </span></sup>So the Jews<sup class="footnote" value="[<a href="#fen-ESV-26209d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]">[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%205&version=ESV#fen-ESV-26209d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]</sup> said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to take up your bed.”</span> <span class="text John-5-11" id="en-ESV-26210"><sup class="versenum">11 </sup>But he answered them, “The man who healed me, that man said to me, <span class="woj">‘Take up your bed, and walk.’</span>”</span> <span class="text John-5-12" id="en-ESV-26211"><sup class="versenum">12 </sup>They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?”</span> <span class="text John-5-13" id="en-ESV-26212"><sup class="versenum">13 </sup>Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place.</span> <span class="text John-5-14" id="en-ESV-26213"><sup class="versenum">14 </sup>Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, <span class="woj">“See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you.”</span></span> <span class="text John-5-15" id="en-ESV-26214"><sup class="versenum">15 </sup>The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him.</span> <span class="text John-5-16" id="en-ESV-26215"><sup class="versenum">16 </sup>And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.</span> <span class="text John-5-17" id="en-ESV-26216"><sup class="versenum">17 </sup>But Jesus answered them, <span class="woj">“My Father is working until now, and I am working.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Observation:</span><br />
We noticed that the man at the well blamed others in his interaction with the Jews (v. 10+). Then, we realized that the man's initial reaction to Jesus' question could also be seen as placing blame. He never actually answers Jesus, but rather offers excuses as to why he hasn't been healed already.<br />
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We also observed that Jesus doesn't just heal the man but also includes a command to walk and to sin no more. We talked about how Jesus often includes a command at the conclusion of His miracles (go home, walk, sin no more, go and tell the priests, etc).<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Application:</span><br />
Simply stated...to become increasingly aware of our desire to provide excuses for why we don't do something and to commit (through the power of the Holy Spirit) to get better at limiting our excuse-giving.<br />
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We also talked about being "doers of the Word" instead of simply being "hearers of the Word".<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Prayer:</span><br />
Heavenly Father,<br />
Just as you healed the man even in the midst of his excuses, so to you have healed us in the midst of our stubborn resistance to your will. Thanks you, Father.<br />
Empower us to live differently. To not offer excuses, but rather to become doers of your will.<br />
In Jesus name,<br />
Amen.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2