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The goal of a powerful life in Christ
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him…
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The hard questions
Jesus isn’t afraid of the hard questions. We like to think we’re not afraid of the hard questions… but we don’t ask hard questions. Not like Jesus. The rich young ruler comes to Jesus in Luke 18 and asks what he needed to do to inherit eternal life. Jesus’ probing is what kept him from full commitment.
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The necessity of the Church
“There are Christians, of course, who never put their names down on a membership list; there are Christians who refuse to respond to the call to worship each Sunday; there are Christians who say, ‘I love God but I hate the church.’ (Or, in our day, ‘I’m spiritual, not religious.’) But they are members all the same, whether they like…
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Holy Week — What sums it all up?
As we are looking at the climax to the Gospels, as Jesus is moving with incredible purpose toward the arrest, the suffering, and the crucifixion, what are the things he would say to keep preparing his disciples?
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The Hazardous Work of Being Christian
This isn’t one of those, “They didn’t say ‘Merry Christmas’ to me!” complaints.
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The slow process of maturity — the lack of a “road map”
We tend to like Christianity in a “paint by numbers” kit. Jesus isn’t good at that.
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Slow walk to maturity — filling our minds with Christ
Christ bids us come and die. That dying process is brutal because we like how it is in our lives.
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The question of whose side you’re on
We’re all about “taking sides” these days. We’re all about shouting and opposing and demanding, “You have to be on my side all the way or you’re just my enemy.”
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What does the Lord require?
What the Lord “requires” of us is simple. We have complicated it.
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2017.01.08 – Make Disciples featuring Missionary Rich Ferguson
“2017.01.08 – Make Disciples featuring Missionary Rich Ferguson” A sermon from Heights Church. More information at HeightsChurchMN.org Subscribe in an RSS reader or on iTunes
Tag: Discipleship
