The Church. The Good - The Bad - The Ugly - Mark Brauss - September 12, 2021

☼ Toxic Churches ↔ Toxic Culture

 

•Types

 

 

• Deconstruction

 

 

 

☼ The Church of Jesus….Matthew 16:13-19

• Matthew 16:21

 

□ 2 Big Questions → Identity

 

 

 

□ 1 Huge Proclamation

 

“I will build My church….”

 

 

□ Pushback

 

● Flesh

 

● World

● Devil …..Ephesians 6:12

 

☼ Glory in the Church? …. Ephesians 3:14-21

 

☼ Jesus loves the Church?..... Ephesians 5:25-27

 

☼ First Century Church – Corinth

• I Corinthians 1:2

 

☼ Applying Truth …..

 

• I need to have a deep reverence for the ekklesia that Jesus is building.

 

• I need to be involved in an ekklesia.

 

• I need to be the church…..not just attend.

 

• I need to love people who are far from God.