Obey GCsquared - Sermon Recap

Matt. 22:35-40; 28:18-20

Big Idea: A simple church is a spiritual family with Jesus in their midst as their king.

From: "Obey GC^2"

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Here are some highlights from the message. If you share any of these on your social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) please use this link as a reference: http://ow.ly/GyUQg

• A simple church is a spiritual family with Jesus in their midst as their king. 
• Disciples are called to take Jesus from our zip code to the ends of the earth till there's no place left.
• If we wanna be a church of disciples, it starts with each of us individually being a disciple.
• You must be in God's word so you can hear what he says so you can know what he wants you to do. 

 









What are your New Year's resolutions for 2015? 

We hope one of them will be joining Redeemer as we read through the Bible together in 2015. This plan has readings on the weekdays, with the weekends off for a break or catch-up. Here are two ways you can join us:

The low-tech way: Download and print off this PDF reading plan and stick it in your Bible: http://media.ccvonline.com/docs/1YearBible/online_plan-nodates.pdf

The high-tech way: (1) download the YouVersion Bible app (https://www.bible.com/app) and then (2) start the CCV plan (https://www.bible.com/reading-plans/48-ccv-the-bible-in-one-year)

God With Us: God's Glory and Your Joy - Sermon Recap

Philippians 2:1-11

Big Idea: God's glory and your joy are inextricably woven together. You cannot achieve one without the other.

From: "God With Us"

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Here are some highlights from the message. If you share any of these on your social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) please use this link as a reference: http://ow.ly/GiBQL

• God's glory and your joy are inextricably woven together. 
• When we pursue God's glory, he is glorified and we experience joy. 
• "There is no joy outside of knowing Jesus and serving him." - Karen Watson

Friday Funny: Horus Ruins Christmas

Horus crashes a Christmas morning service, and things don't work out quite the way he had hoped...

Horus Ruins Christmas


...and even if you're not familiar with all of these popular internet conspiracies explaining away the story of Jesus, the video is so well done that it's funny in it's own right.

From the video's creators:

Hey, did you know that the life of Jesus was stolen from the Egyptian God Horus?

Oh, you know stuff about Horus? Well, I mean it was stolen from Mithras.

Oh, you know stuff about Mithras too? Well, whatever pagan god you've never heard of is the one that the life of Jesus is stolen from.

God With Us: A Selfless Savior for a Selfie World - Sermon Recap

Philippians 2:3-11

Big Idea: Christmas is all about God coming to be a servant to us so that we can become servants like him.

From: "God With Us"

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Here are some highlights from the message. If you share any of these on your social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) please use this link as a reference: http://ow.ly/FVzrg

• Underneath every sin is an over-inflated view of self and a diminished view of God and the people around you. 
• Each of your "small sins" is simply a really big sin in seed form laying down roots.
• At Christmas, Jesus came with a heart turned out to a people whose hearts were all turned in on self.

God With Us: Our Obligation To The Unreached - Sermon Recap

Romans 1:1-17

Big Idea: We must give sacrificially. We must go willingly.

From: "God With Us"

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Here are some highlights from the message. If you share any of these on your social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) please use this link as a reference: http://ow.ly/FygMQ

• Our ownership of the gospel creates an obligation with the gospel. Because we own it, we owe it. 
• The gospel is only good news if it gets there in time. - Carl F. H. Henry
• What is it going to take to make the concept of unreached people groups totally unacceptable to us? 

"Our Obligation to the Unreached" by David Platt


And the children's book he mentioned in the message: 

Keeping Holiday

by Starr Meade 

Link: http://amzn.com/1433501422

God With Us: Because He Came, We Go - Sermon Recap

Philippians

Big Idea: Jesus sent us to take the gospel from our zip code to the ends of the earth until there's no place left.

From: "God With Us"

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Here are some highlights from the message. If you share any of these on your social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) please use this link as a reference: http://ow.ly/Fbuk4

•  Jesus sent us to take the gospel from our zip code to the ends of the earth until there's no place left. 
• Pray for faith to believe what God says.
• Pray for obedience to do what God asks.
• Pray for boldness to keep going even when it's hard.
• There's a difference between seeing what the Bible says and believing what the Bible says. 

 And a new song we introduced this week for the new series:
God With Us - All Sons and Daughters