Sermon by Jon Ludovina on November 24, 2024.
Before wrapping up our Year of Biblical Literacy with a series on the book of Revelation, this week we zoom out and look at our reasons for doing this initiative, and the fruit we pray comes as a result. We will see that in the midst of our chaotic lives and the many distractions of modern life, God’s Word offers us a beautiful invitation.
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In 62AD, we find the apostle Paul bound in prison and disconnected from his friends and church family. Yet during his imprisonment, he’s able to pen what is considered to be the most joyful book of the Bible - the letter to the Philippians.
In this 12-week series, we'll take a look at how our church family can become people of joy as we slowly transition back into “normal” life, and how our joy can be a witness to our city that Jesus is alive.
To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series.
Week 1: The Unstoppable God
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Week 2: The Unstoppable Kingdom
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Week 3: Joy in Life or Death
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Week 4: Live as Citizens of the Gospel
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Week 5: The Way of Jesus vs. The Way of Caesar
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Week 6: Joy in Our Perseverance
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Week 7: Gospel Friendships and Gospel Goodbyes
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Week 8: Delighting In The Surpassing Worth Of Christ
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Week 9: You Got to Hold On
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Week 10: An Unsinkable Joy
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Week 11: The Skillful Management of Attention
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Week 12: How To Be Content
As we launch new teaching series, we want to introduce new tools and practices that help you learn to be with Jesus and look more like Him.
For this series, we want to focus on a particular tool to help us learn to follow Jesus more closely. Given that the book of Philippians is one of the most joy-filled books in the Scriptures, our spiritual practice for this series is gratitude.
For those wanting to dive further into Philippians, we’d recommend the following videos, books, and commentaries:
Philippians: The NIV Application Commentary
Paul’s Letter to the Philippians by Gordon Fee
Paul's Letter to the Philippians: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary
The Other Half of Church by Jim Wilder and Michel Hendricks
The Christian faith is not a blind faith, but a rational faith that transforms what we believe about ourselves and the world around us. For this series, we’ll look at the evidence for the Christian faith to equip us as a church to be on mission.
During the Why I'm a Christian series, we want to know the concepts and ideas you that you wrestle with the most. If you have a question, text "DOWNTOWN" followed by your question to 91011. On the final week of this series, we'll choose a few of the texts we've received to discuss and answer. We hope that through this Q&A time, we'll provide further insight and substance to our faith in Jesus Christ.
For this series we’ve created a website full of helpful books, videos and articles. Check them out at whyimachristian.com
To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series.
Week 1: God (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide) (Kids’ LifeGroup Guide)
Week 2: Jesus (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide) (Kids’ LifeGroup Guide)
Week 3: The Bible (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide) (Kids’ LifeGroup Guide)
Week 4: Doubting Your Doubts (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide) (Kid's’ LifeGroup Guide)
Week 5: Q & A (Sermon) (LifeGroup Guide) (Kids’ LifeGroup Guide)