The eNews Week of July 18, 2004
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IN THE eNEWS THIS WEEK
REGULAR HAPPENINGS
COLLEGE BRIEFING!!! September 3-6
HOLY WORLDLINESS—What does righteousness look like when it’s not in church?
THE WEEKLY CHALLENGE
SUNDAY SERMON NOTES—Living And Giving Abundantly
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REGULAR HAPPENINGS
WORSHIP @ 8:45 am—Main Worship Center
EAT, Last Sunday @ 11:45 am
Next EAT is July 25
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
See Laura to sign-up
For details click here.
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HOLY WORLDLINESS—What does righteousness look like when it’s not in church?
What's the point of being a light in a lighted room when there is so much darkness outside?
July 18
What does righteousness look like when it’s not in church?
What does righteousness look like?
How does Christian culture answer that question? How do those outside Christian culture answer that question?
Words are filled with cultural baggage. Most often, this baggage helps us understand what the words mean. Sometimes, though, the cultural baggage hinders our understanding. The cultural baggage that fills the word ‘righteousness’ is like that. Christian culture says that righteous people go to church, study their bibles, pray (especially before meals), and stuff like that. Those outside the church often think that righteousness means perfection—or hypocrisy, because people fail. So, here’s the question: What does God say? Three passages tell us a lot about God’s view of righteousness. It’s not the whole picture, but it is a major part—and a part God is VERY passionate about.
Isaiah 58:1-9
Matthew 25: 31-46
James 2:14-20
The bottom line seems to be that righteousness treats persons as if they were Jesus. Sometimes this is easy. Other times, it is incredibly difficult.
Who are your persons? Here’s some steps to figure out how you might take righteousness outside of church this week.
1. List the places you go to regularly (work, school, fun places, eating places, shopping, etc.)
2. Pick one of those places on which to concentrate this week.
3. List the persons you usually interact with in that place.
4. For each person, ask yourself, “What might righteousness look like towards those persons this week?”
5. Commit yourself to showing God’s righteousness to at least one of those persons before Sunday, July 25.
WHAT’S COMING
July 25
John 9:5 Who’s the light now?
Matthew 5:13-16 What do salt and light do, anyway?
August 1
This is where we've been. Where do we go next?
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THE WEEKLY CHALLENGE
This week’s challenge is to show God’s righteousness towards one of the persons in a place you go regularly.
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SUNDAY SERMON NOTES—Living And Giving Abundantly
2 Corinthians 8 & 9
Pastor Charlie
REASONS WE SHOULD GIVE
Giving expresses appreciation to God for past blessings. 2 Cor. 9:7; 8:9; 8:8
Giving helps you maximize your God-centeredness. Luke 12:16-21; Matthew 6:33; 2 Cor. 8:1,2; 8:5
Giving helps you trust God with anticipation for the future. 2 Cor. 9:6; Matthew 6:19-20; Proverbs 19:17; Malachi 3:10;
There are two kinds of giving: giving by reason and giving by revelation.
3-STEP PROCEDURE FOR GIVING
1 Corinthians 16:1-2; Deuteronomy 16:17
1. Give regularly. “On the first day of every week…”
2. Give with a plan. “…set aside a sum of money…”
3. Give proportionately to your earnings. "... in keeping with his income..."
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