DNA Of A Dangerous Church - Launch Week 03
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Welcome to Week One of the DNA of a Dangerous Church Reading Plan! This reading plan is designed to partner with Compassion Christian Church’s sermon series of the same name, which you can find information about right here.
Before We Start
A unique aspect of the Christian faith is Jesus' teaching that those who followed Him would become a completely new community, a new family, a new Kingdom of people unlike any other on earth. A people whose identity would be rooted in their love for God and others. People of every nation, regardless of race, nationality, language and socioeconomic background. None worthy, all loved, all united by Jesus. Pastor Marcus Johnson shared in his opening sermon for this series that, “There are those in our world who look at the church and stifle a yawn, but the heavenly beings, who have existed from the beginning, they look at this and gasp in wonder… and then they shudder in fear”. In this series we’re going to explore the characteristics of the church, and the practices of every devoted disciple of Jesus, that make us the beautiful, dangerous force that God is using to change the world.
Looking Ahead
For our third week of this series, we are focusing on reaching your One. We are not called to keep Christ’s gift of salvation to ourselves. In fact, Jesus tells us in Matthew 28:19-20 to “go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Therefore, to be His disciples, we must teach others what it means to be His disciples. That often means living life differently from those around us. Paul talks to the early churches about this in many of his letters, it is why we study them along with Jesus’ teaching.
As we finish the book of Ephesians and begin to study Paul’s letter to church in Philippi, take a few minutes to watch this video for a helpful overview of both books and its context:
Ephesians
Philippians
Here is a list of this week's verses:
Monday, August 26 - Ephesians 5
Tuesday, August 27 - Ephesians 6
Wednesday, August 28 - Philippians 1
Thursday, August 29 - Philippians 2
Friday, August 30 - Philippians 3
Welcome to Week One of the DNA of a Dangerous Church Reading Plan! This reading plan is designed to partner with Compassion Christian Church’s sermon series of the same name, which you can find information about right here.
Before We Start
A unique aspect of the Christian faith is Jesus' teaching that those who followed Him would become a completely new community, a new family, a new Kingdom of people unlike any other on earth. A people whose identity would be rooted in their love for God and others. People of every nation, regardless of race, nationality, language and socioeconomic background. None worthy, all loved, all united by Jesus. Pastor Marcus Johnson shared in his opening sermon for this series that, “There are those in our world who look at the church and stifle a yawn, but the heavenly beings, who have existed from the beginning, they look at this and gasp in wonder… and then they shudder in fear”. In this series we’re going to explore the characteristics of the church, and the practices of every devoted disciple of Jesus, that make us the beautiful, dangerous force that God is using to change the world.
Looking Ahead
For our third week of this series, we are focusing on reaching your One. We are not called to keep Christ’s gift of salvation to ourselves. In fact, Jesus tells us in Matthew 28:19-20 to “go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Therefore, to be His disciples, we must teach others what it means to be His disciples. That often means living life differently from those around us. Paul talks to the early churches about this in many of his letters, it is why we study them along with Jesus’ teaching.
As we finish the book of Ephesians and begin to study Paul’s letter to church in Philippi, take a few minutes to watch this video for a helpful overview of both books and its context:
Ephesians
Philippians
Here is a list of this week's verses:
Monday, August 26 - Ephesians 5
Tuesday, August 27 - Ephesians 6
Wednesday, August 28 - Philippians 1
Thursday, August 29 - Philippians 2
Friday, August 30 - Philippians 3
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