Discipline Not Drift | 1 Corinthians 9:23-27
Church at the Cross : Sunday Messages
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:23-27 Key Takeaways: “It was in 1980, that the legendary boxing trainer Cus D’amato discovered the young juvenile delinquent, Mike Tyson. 6 years later as a 20 year old kid, Tyson would destroy Trevor Berbick in 6 minutes to take the crown to initiate the start of his heavyweight reign. For those 6 years, Mike Tyson's daily workout involved getting up at 4am for a 5-mile jog, sparring for 3 hours, doing 2000 sit-ups, 500 pushups, 500 dips, 500 shrugs and about 30 minutes of neck bridges. He repeated this regiment 6 days a week. In short, despite training for...
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Peace Not Panic | John 14:25-31
Church at the Cross : Sunday Messages
Scripture: John 14:25-31 Key Takeaways: John 16:33 [Got Milk Slides] + Not the Peace the World Gives Control Circumstances + His peace + The only way you can have the peace of God is to be at peace with God Romans 5:1 John 16:33 Refuse to fear Refuse counterfeit saviors Seek the Felt Experience of the Holy Spirit
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Unity Not Division | Ephesians 4:1-6
Church at the Cross : Sunday Messages
Scripture: Key Takeaways: + God cares more about The Church than this nation, so order your loves. + Order our loves according to spiritual principles and spatial proximity. + Our Theology is our relational Glue, so don’t seek unity around anything else. Graphic of Three Circles Graphic of Three Circles expanded. + The Character we display matters more than the vote we cast, so be like Jesus. + Jesus is Lord, so don’t freak out whatever happens Tuesday.
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Spirit Not Flesh | Galatians 5:13-26
Church at the Cross : Sunday Messages
Scripture: Key Takeaways: + Holy Intention “Repentance means turning from as much as you know of your sin to give as much as you know of yourself to as much as you know of God.” – J.I. Packer, Keeping in Step with the Spirit. “Lord, make me as holy as it is possible for a saved sinner to be.” – Robert Murray McCheyne + Holy Conflict + Holy Habits - Treat your flesh like the enemy it is. - Don’t give the flesh an opportunity. ...
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God. Not NOT God | Jeremiah 2:1-13
Church at the Cross : Sunday Messages
Scripture: Key Takeaways: + The Essence of Idolatry + The Shock of Idolatry Sin against Love Sin against Logic + The Cost of Idolatry + The Cure for Idolatry
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Now to Him Who is Able | Romans 16:25-27
Church at the Cross : Sunday Messages
Scripture: Key Takeaways: “This epistle is really the chief part of the New Testament and is truly the purest gospel. It is worthy not only that every Christian should know it word for word, by heart, but also that he should occupy himself with it every day, as the daily bread of the soul. We can never read it or ponder over it too much; for the more we deal with it, the more precious it becomes and the better it tastes.” Martin Luther. + Live for the glory of God. + Find your strength in the Gospel. Justification Propitiation Union with Christ Adoption + Help take...
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Appeal for Unity | Romans 16:17-23
Church at the Cross : Sunday Messages
Scripture: Key Takeaways: + Unity in the church is worth defending + Obedience strengthens our Unity + Love for the Church and its mission strengthens our unity + Gospel unity results in victory
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Learning from the Church in Rome | Romans 16:1–16
Church at the Cross : Sunday Messages
Scripture: Key Takeaways: + The Church was an intimate family in Jesus. + The Church included and dignified women. “Amidst contemporary denunciations of Christianity as patriarchal and sexist, it is easily forgotten that the early church was especially attractive to women… Christianity was unusually appealing because within the Christian subculture women enjoyed far higher status than did the women in the Greco-Roman world at large.” – Rodney Stark “…we see an early example of women serving as deacons in the correspondence between Pliny the younger and the emperor...
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Prayer and the Mission of God | Romans 15:30–33
Church at the Cross : Sunday Messages
Key Takeaways: + Prayer is the Direct Communication with God. + Prayer Shapes Outcomes. “In essence, prayer is rebellion – rebellion against the status quo, the state of the world in its sin and fallenness. It is the absolute and undying refusal to accept as normal what is completely abnormal. It is the rejection of every agenda, every scheme, every opinion that clashes with the norms that God originally established.” – David Wells. + Prayer is Contending for the Purposes of God. "The secret of prevailing prayer is not our eloquence, but our faith; not our...
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Reaching the Unreached | Romans 15:14–29
Church at the Cross : Sunday Messages
Scripture: Key Takeaways: + Ministry to the Church + Ministry to the Needy + Ministry to the Unreached + The Unreached will be reached + It will take missionaries with ambition who are willing to go + It will take the preaching of the Word and the power of the Holy Spirit. + It will happen through Church Planting + It will happen through sacrificial Christians who see their role in God’s great mission as senders and pray-ers.
info_outlineScripture: Romans 16:17-23
Key Takeaways:
+ Unity in the church is worth defending
+ Obedience strengthens our Unity
+ Love for the Church and its mission strengthens our unity
+ Gospel unity results in victory