The eNews Week of May 16 2004
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IN THE eNEWS THIS WEEK
REGULAR HAPPENINGS
COLLEGE BRIEFING!!! September 3-6
HOLY WORLDLINESS—Are you an influencer, or are you just influenced?
SUNDAY SERMON NOTES--WHAT YOU SAY MAKES A BIG IMPACT
CONCERTS IN SO-CAL
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REGULAR HAPPENINGS
WORSHIP @ 8:45 am—Main Worship Center
EAT, Last Sunday @ 11:45 am
Next EAT is May 30
Meet in the TFB patio
SUNDAY GATHERING @ 10 am on Sundays—TFB College Room
BIBLE STUDY @ 7:15-9:00 pm on Tuesdays— TFB College Room
Current Study: Learning Jesus in the Gospel According to Mark
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COLLEGE BRIEFING!!! September 3-6
Cost: $160
Place: Forest Home (we’re staying in Main Camp this year!!)
Speaker: Bryan Loritts
Host: Jason Djang
Band: Plumbline
Sign-ups begin June 6
For details click here.
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HOLY WORLDLINESS—Are you an influencer, or are you just influenced?
What's the point of being a light in a lighted room when there is so much darkness outside?
Do you love your stuff?
Do you love television or movies or music?
Do you love Jesus more than you love these?
Do you act like it?
What gets in the way?
What will you do starting now?
Loving stuff, thinking stuff will make life better, is stupid. It always has been
Around 520 BC, give or take, Jeremiah (a prophet of God) wrote a great satire about people who love objects (by the by, these people are called idolaters—ouch). You can find his satire in Jeremiah 10:1-16
In the next two weeks we’ll be looking at our relationship with culture.
May 23, we’ll look at the Input Principle. How do we go about figuring out whether something is good input or harmful input? In Philippians 4:8, Paul gives the Christians at Philippi a list of valuable things to think about.
May 30, we’ll start looking at how we can be influencers rather than just influenced. That day we’ll begin putting together some summer ministry plans (if you think of any options, send an email).
You have to make the choice. Will you influence your culture or just be influenced by it. The choice is yours.
For more specifics, there’s a good resource at Ransom Fellowship: http://www.ransomfellowship.org/
Discernment Training
http://www.ransomfellowship.org/Discernment.html
Christian Discernment 101 will give you a general overview of what we mean by discernment and introduce you to the key questions a discerning Christian asks.
Discernment 102: How to Disagree Agreeably Learning how to think clearly and charitably is key.
Discernment 201: A Guide to Reading Fiction Christianly Bring discernment to the pleasure of reading.
Discernment 202: Pop Culture: Why Bother? Sometimes the problems with culture can be so overwhelming, Christians decide it would be best to withdraw from it. Denis Haack gives four reasons not to.
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Wanna think some more? Check out these articles at Relevant Magazine
Holy Worldliness, Part One
Holy Worldliness, Part Two
Relevant Magazine's progressive culture page
Mueller on culture
Faith and Culture links
Ransom Fellowship (discernment training)
questions to ask about film/tv/etc
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SUNDAY SERMON NOTES--WHAT YOU SAY MAKES A BIG IMPACT
Relationship Principles of Jesus, part 4
James 3:2-12
Pastor Charlie
May 16, 2004
WHAT YOU SAY SHOULD BE TRUSTWORTHY Matthew 5:33-37
Erode trust by lying
Erode trust by flattery Psalm 12:3
Erode trust by breaking promises.
WHAT YOU SAY SHOULD SHOW GOD IN YOU Matthew 12:34-36; Mark 7:15; Matthew 6:21
WHAT YOU SAY SHOULD BE TRUTHFUL AND THOUGHTFUL Ephesians 4:15; Ephesians 4:29; James 3:9,10
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CONCERTS IN SO-CAL
PAX217, May 21 at The Glasshouse
POD, June 16 at the Wiltern Theater & June 20 at Soma
Fish Fest, July 25 at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Information courtesy of Transparent Productions
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