Reflecting God's Image: Community and Liberation in Christ
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "Our identity is not to swindle them but to serve them, to not take advantage but to serve, not for our own gain but for their great pleasure in God. Also, in this space of this design of community, I'll leave you with a couple things from author Marty Newmeier. He says that a brand is not what you say it is; it's what they say it is. It's not what you say; this is what they say it is. Some of us are like, 'I'm amazing,' and other people are like, 'No, you're not.'" [54:19]
2. "We all won't agree politically. We all won't agree whether squash tastes good or it tastes bad or if cilantro tastes like soap or not. But we're called together. We're called as a body, as one body, as a community. The world will know us by our love for one another. And the key phrase is they will know. So why do they not know right now? Because fam, we have been doing a terrible job at loving one another. So the more and more we continue to grow and learn in this and love one another, the more beautiful the witness of Jesus is." [57:12]
3. "So you have power. Your words have power. Your works, your actions have power. Your faith has power. Why? Because God has given us all a proverbial scepter to rule and has given us different things and different gifts in who we are to help this world flourish and cultivate it. We are called to cultivate and create communities of flourishing and shalom, which is peace and mercy and grace." [43:52]
4. "The kingdom of God in the gospel is about physical space and spiritual space. They are not to be divorced from one another; they are to go together. So does our gospel care about taking care of the poor? Yes. Does it mean helping injustice, fighting for racial equity, all those? Yes. Does it also mean praying? Yes. Reading our Bibles? Yes. Gathering in community? Yes. It's both. It's a both and. It's not an either or. They go together." [41:39]
### Quotes for Members
1. "Our design and community is to image and is to continue in the work of creation, is to intercede on behalf of it. Again, remember that the kingdom of God is different than the kingdom of man. Ruling over His creation is not ruling in the way that we often interpret. Again, in society, it's power, fame, and even individualism. This is another thing about community: we're not created to be alone." [33:51]
2. "When we do not live in the design of God's image bearers, united to Him and united to Christ to serve the world, we will continually live in a space of amnesia. And I have a background in design and a passion for marketing and branding. A brand is a reputation; it's a person's gut feeling about a product, service, or company. So a brand gap is what happens when a brand does not fulfill its promises and the customer doesn't stay true to the business's core vision, mission, and values." [50:24]
3. "We are called to cultivate and create communities of flourishing and shalom, which is peace and mercy and grace. That means in our parenting, our children, our relationships, our church community, our friendships, our work—every single space is an opportunity for you as you have power to cultivate it, to not create systems of oppression but to think about what happens if you have a problem in your family. God has given you the power to create something, to invent something." [44:30]
4. "Jesus is our logo. He is the brand, and we are His trademarks, called to partner with Him and faithfully deliver on His brand promises of the kingdom by being divine gardeners and cultivators of all of His creation, both physical and spiritual, together. That is our work. That's our identity. That's our design: created to create. So what will they say our brand is about? Are they seeing Christ or are they seeing us?" [58:22]
5. "So God is a God of justice, a God of spiritual liberation from the enemy and liberation from our fallen bodies and our messed-up system of creation, the pollution, all of that. So people, if you feel like you know you got to recycle, yes, as divine gardeners, recycle, man. It's scriptural. But some of us, we lean into certain things and we just, and then we sometimes we disconnect these things." [41:39]
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1. "Our identity is not to swindle them but to serve them, to not take advantage but to serve, not for our own gain but for their great pleasure in God. Also, in this space of this design of community, I'll leave you with a couple things from author Marty Newmeier. He says that a brand is not what you say it is; it's what they say it is. It's not what you say; this is what they say it is. Some of us are like, 'I'm amazing,' and other people are like, 'No, you're not.'" [54:19]
2. "We all won't agree politically. We all won't agree whether squash tastes good or it tastes bad or if cilantro tastes like soap or not. But we're called together. We're called as a body, as one body, as a community. The world will know us by our love for one another. And the key phrase is they will know. So why do they not know right now? Because fam, we have been doing a terrible job at loving one another. So the more and more we continue to grow and learn in this and love one another, the more beautiful the witness of Jesus is." [57:12]
3. "So you have power. Your words have power. Your works, your actions have power. Your faith has power. Why? Because God has given us all a proverbial scepter to rule and has given us different things and different gifts in who we are to help this world flourish and cultivate it. We are called to cultivate and create communities of flourishing and shalom, which is peace and mercy and grace." [43:52]
4. "The kingdom of God in the gospel is about physical space and spiritual space. They are not to be divorced from one another; they are to go together. So does our gospel care about taking care of the poor? Yes. Does it mean helping injustice, fighting for racial equity, all those? Yes. Does it also mean praying? Yes. Reading our Bibles? Yes. Gathering in community? Yes. It's both. It's a both and. It's not an either or. They go together." [41:39]
### Quotes for Members
1. "Our design and community is to image and is to continue in the work of creation, is to intercede on behalf of it. Again, remember that the kingdom of God is different than the kingdom of man. Ruling over His creation is not ruling in the way that we often interpret. Again, in society, it's power, fame, and even individualism. This is another thing about community: we're not created to be alone." [33:51]
2. "When we do not live in the design of God's image bearers, united to Him and united to Christ to serve the world, we will continually live in a space of amnesia. And I have a background in design and a passion for marketing and branding. A brand is a reputation; it's a person's gut feeling about a product, service, or company. So a brand gap is what happens when a brand does not fulfill its promises and the customer doesn't stay true to the business's core vision, mission, and values." [50:24]
3. "We are called to cultivate and create communities of flourishing and shalom, which is peace and mercy and grace. That means in our parenting, our children, our relationships, our church community, our friendships, our work—every single space is an opportunity for you as you have power to cultivate it, to not create systems of oppression but to think about what happens if you have a problem in your family. God has given you the power to create something, to invent something." [44:30]
4. "Jesus is our logo. He is the brand, and we are His trademarks, called to partner with Him and faithfully deliver on His brand promises of the kingdom by being divine gardeners and cultivators of all of His creation, both physical and spiritual, together. That is our work. That's our identity. That's our design: created to create. So what will they say our brand is about? Are they seeing Christ or are they seeing us?" [58:22]
5. "So God is a God of justice, a God of spiritual liberation from the enemy and liberation from our fallen bodies and our messed-up system of creation, the pollution, all of that. So people, if you feel like you know you got to recycle, yes, as divine gardeners, recycle, man. It's scriptural. But some of us, we lean into certain things and we just, and then we sometimes we disconnect these things." [41:39]
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