August 30th, 2015
Duck or rabbit?... considering perspective
Proverbs 21:2 (nasb)
Proverbs 18:17 (nasb)
James 1:19
Matthew 7:3-5
Proverbs 17:17
Ephesians 4:15
Wrestling with ‘wedges’… seeing both duck
& rabbit
Ephesians 6:1-3
James 1:20
Romans 12:21
II Samuel 11-12
The individual, the heart and the ‘content
of character’
II Samuel 16:7
John 4:20-24
Galatians 3:8
"We must come to see that the end we seek
is a society at peace with itself, a society
that can live with its conscience.
That will be a day not of the white man, not of the black man.
That will be a
day of man as man."
Martin Luther King
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August 23rd, 2015
Race Relations—“A Spiritual Starter Kit”— Part
1
Racial Wound…
The Long Road In
“Have a little understanding”
Proverbs 20:5
Matthew 7:3-5
Colossians 3:12
Into the mess… a historical
survey
Joshua 4:9, 21-22
Matthew 23:35-36
“There are no
accidents… the past is the cause of the present,
and the
present will be the cause of the future.”
-- Abraham Lincoln
John 4:4-9ff
Out of the mess… grace &
mercy
Romans 3:23-24Sources
& further reading…
History of
African American challenges:
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow,
by Richard Wormser
Slavery by Another Name… The
Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II, by
Douglas A. Blackmon
The Warmth of Other Suns… The
Epic Story of America’s Great Migration, by Isabel Wilkerson
For an
exploration of starkly contrasting political
approaches
read both:
Color Blind… The Rise of
Post-Racial Politics and the
Retreat From Racial Equity, by Tim
Wise
White Guilt… How Blacks and
Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era, by
Shelby Steele
For a distinctly Christian relational
perspective:
Gracism… The Art of Inclusion, by Pastor David Anderson
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August 17th, 2015
- You Are Valuable.... I John 3:1 / Luke 15:1-7
- You Are Loved.... Romans 5:6-11
- ReFrame Your Adventure.... Matthew 6:22-23
- Failure is Part of the Adventure.... Acts 9:10-19
- The Blessing of the Adventure....
- Jesus.... Matthew 5:10-11
- Peter.... I Peter 3:14
- James.... James 1:12
- Paul.... Philippians 1:12-14
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August 10th, 2015
Paradox - The Call to Adventure!
Follow - Matthew 16:24-27
3 Keys . . .
- Deny
- Take up
- Follow
2 Big Questions
1 Incredible Promise
Darkness <> Light - John 8:12
Shame ? - Romans 10:9-11
Risk Involves Goals . . .
Jesus' goal - Luke 19:10
Jesus' goal for us Mark 1:17
Goal 1 - Follow Him
Goal 2 - Fish for lost people
Wrong goals - Matthew 6:19-21
Don't accumulate possessions . . . Accumulate experiences
Success <> Failure
Greatest Risk is Taking No Risks At All
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August 3rd, 2015
> Risk - Reflect - Do
* Your Life.... John 10:10 / John 7:38
* Your Journey.... Philippians 2:13 / Ephesians 2:10
+ God's Journey <--- ---> Your Timeline
* Your Travel Guide.... Mark 3:13-15
-key concept ---> "with"
* Your Friends.... John 15:12-15
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