After four weeks of looking back we were set to spend one week looking forward. At least that was the plan. But then it got messed up. Because if there is one thing we've learned by telling our story back, it's that we have very little idea where any of this is going.
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For Lent 2017 we're going to be walking through the six parts of the Lord's Prayer. We begin in the beginning: who is God, and how should we pray to Him?
Jonathan Bachman's image of protestor Iesha Evans in Baton Rouge
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The photo above is of protestor Iesha Evans who, of her protest and arrest, said: "I just need you people to know. I appreciate the well wishes and love, but this is the work of God. I am a vessel! Glory to the most high."
2014.11.02 - Kevin Makins - The Sign of Jonah
“You Christians Are So Unlike Your Christ” (Ya, We Know!)
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As we near the end of the story of Jonah we come to the question: what is the Sign of Jonah?
And what does it have to do with a famous Ghandi quote?
2014.06.15 - Kevin Makins - So What?
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Should Christians drink alcohol? If not, why? If so, how?
And is there a way to enjoy alcohol that doesn’t devolve into harsh judgements, or dumb decisions, or long lists of rules, or selfishness, or vomit-in-your-hair? What does the bible say about alcohol?
Well apparently a lot! (Seriously, look at all there verses up there)
This sermon is a fairly lengthy exploration of alcohol in the bible, but it’s ultimately asking one simple question: how did Jesus drink?
2014.05.11 - Kevin Makins - So What?
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James 3, 5; Matthew 15, 1 Peter 4
The tongue is a rudder, a spark, a deadly poison and a creature that cannot be tamed.
James, the brother of Jesus, clearly takes from his mothers side as he writes a scathing letter to the early Christians. Some Christians use their tongue to praise God one moment, while cursing those made in God’s likeness the next.
This should not be. This cannot be. There has to be a better way to talk.
Music is led by Alex Drumm and starts 44 minutes in.
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Kevin tells us two stories of rejection.
In Luke 4, Jesus goes to church, is rejected, and nearly murdered.
In January of 2014, Kevin and Meg went to Vancouver, were rejected, and got a nice polite letter.
Two very different endings, but a similar question can be asked about both: how should we respond in a culture of rejection?
(As an aside, this was our first week in a new gathering space, so there are some veiled, and not so subtle, allusions to that fact)
(As another aside, the church planting group Kevin talks about is in no way affiliated with the Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec/CBOQ, and do not reflect the values or blah blah blah of the CBOQ!)
2012.05.20 - Kevin Makins - Soma: 1 Corinthians
Something That Is Already Ours In Christ
1 Corinthians 13, 1 John 4
In 2006 a study was done to see what non-believers thought of Christians.
91% said that Christian’s were “anti-homosexual”. This was the predominant association in most of their minds. Other associations included “judgmental”, “hypocritical”, and “insensitive to others”.
The climax of 1 Corinthians also points to the engine of the entire Christian faith: love. Have we missed our primary calling?
Music led by Joel Cumby - starts 47 minutes in.
2012.05.13 - Kevin Makins - Soma: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 12:12-26, 1 Samuel 17
The body (soma) has been a constant theme through Paul’s letter, but in chapter 12 he brings it into the forefront, working the metaphor to show how all the parts of the body are dependant on one another, and how the smallest things affect the biggest.
Music led by Jeff Wynands and Joel Cumby - starts 46 minutes in.
2012.02.19 - Kevin Makins - Soma: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 8
Can Christians: smoke, vote, drink, get tattoos, use facebook, text, watch R rated movies, swear, be cops, or go to porn conventions for Jesus?
Paul’s response? It all comes back to meat sacrificed to idols.
Music led by Alex Drumm and Justine Kormann - starts 52 minutes in.
2012.01.29 - Kevin Makins - Soma: 1 Corinthians
Divorce, Marriage, and The New Dance
1 Corinthians 7:6-16, Matthew 19, Deuteronomy 24
How should Christians view divorce and marriage? There is no better place to start than Paul’s letter to a young church in Corinth.
What did Paul say about divorce? Well, to understand Paul requires understanding Jesus, and understanding Jesus requires understanding two well known Rabbis, but understanding those Rabbis requires understanding Moses and the Torah…
It’s about to get very “meta” in here.
Music led by Joel Cumby - starts 1 hour and 16 minutes in.
