Seeking the Lost: Embracing Our Mission in Christ
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "People are valuable. And if we're going to be a church that leans in to the mission of Jesus, it's not just going to be, you know, come and see, it's going to be about going out and finding, having eyes to see what God is doing. All. All around us. I think a lot of us, if we're not careful, we will only preach one part of Jesus's mission, which is he came to save the lost, but he came to seek them out." [44:29]
2. "We are connected with people all I think we think of fishers of men sometimes it's like a fly fisherman or something the context he speaks us into are these nets cast nets invite people into the flow of your life and they will get relationally caught up in your love this is why hospitality and bearing witness to Jesus why generosity and bearing witness to the kingdom of God are intricately entwined." [55:53]
3. "I always joke one of the most radical things that you can do when you go to work on Monday is tell people what you did this weekend what'd you do this weekend funny how we'll name everything but go to church we'll just like slip in it but then it's not just like go to church it's like oh yeah I went to church today man I met the living God all right maybe you don't want to be worried with that but like but maybe you do." [57:20]
4. "We must be a church that bears witness to the prince of peace. Amen? And we must seek opportunities to provide for those that are hurting on all sides of the conflict. And we must engage thoughtfully in the complexities about what's going on. And resist the temptation to simply take talking points of the particular algorithm or political stream that's being pumped into our feeds at any given moment. Amen? We must be people of justice. We are to love mercy. We are to walk humbly. And to do justice. And so we must think well about that." [16:18]
5. "We want to be here for whatever God wants to do. And we do this by becoming a family that is following the path of Jesus. And we follow that path in four directions. Upwards, we're learning together to be with Jesus. Inwards, we're learning to become like him. And growing in like him. Outward, we're doing what he did. And withward, we do that together in community. And we believe, again, that when we do that, we become people who are walking by faith. Are known by love and are a voice of hope for our world." [03:42]
### Quotes for Members
1. "It is my favorite thing to talk about because I always after listening for a while just simply suggest to them if they're a follower of Jesus that I actually already know fully and without a doubt what you're supposed to be about today joining God in the renewal of all things that's a mission we are called to follow Jesus we're never called to be leaders we're called to follow him and we follow his mission and it's there where all of our callings where all of our gifts where all of the opportunities begin to just like well up and begin to make sense in the world that God has dropped us into." [52:18]
2. "We are called to bear witness to another world. Another world is possible. Another way is possible. We say this often. The United States will not be here forever. Just like Rome wasn't around forever. Just like Babylon wasn't around forever. We look at the scriptures and we see these empires that were around for a couple hundred years and fall. And it is the way of Jesus that continues to thrive. And in fact, it is in moments of confusion and complexity where the church doesn't reach for political power. But lets it go for the sake of loving its neighbor and embodying a new way. To say the way that we get something matters as much as the thing we get. The way that we get something is as important as the way it comes to us." [20:21]
3. "We must not be beholden to one particular political ideology. We must stand above it. And we must ask the bigger question. Not what will this just simply do for American politics. But what will this do to the body of Christ. Our allegiance is there. Thanks. I don't like doing this stuff. This is what shrinks your church, not grows it. I don't like saying this stuff. But we have to be faithful. It was Carl Bart or Dr. King. It's attributed to six different people. You have a newspaper in one hand and a Bible in the other. Right. If Jesus is Lord of all, then he's Lord of all. And so sometimes we have to wade into these murky waters." [19:46]
4. "We are to love mercy. We are to walk humbly. And to do justice. And so we must think well about that. Okay. Number two. Trump. Feeling good? It's that name in church, right? What would shock and drive you? And to be clear, we are all sick. Some of us just don't know it yet. All right. If we're not careful, we'll even turn this verse into an us against them thing. The church, N.T. Wright says, is not supposed to be a society of perfect people doing great work. It is a society of forgiven sinners, repaying their unpayable debt of love by working for Jesus's kingdom in every way they can, knowing themselves to be unworthy of the task." [40:58]
5. "We have these practices in the outward direction. Like serving the poor. And the hurting. Around hospitality and generosity. Hospitality and generosity. And implicit for me in those is like proclaiming Jesus. But I realize actually naming it is really important for our moment. Because I think there's a lot of cultural shame around being a Christian. Does anyone feel that? There's some cultural shame about being a follower of Jesus. Depending at least on your algorithm and where you're living and who you're rolling with at least." [22:11]
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1. "People are valuable. And if we're going to be a church that leans in to the mission of Jesus, it's not just going to be, you know, come and see, it's going to be about going out and finding, having eyes to see what God is doing. All. All around us. I think a lot of us, if we're not careful, we will only preach one part of Jesus's mission, which is he came to save the lost, but he came to seek them out." [44:29]
2. "We are connected with people all I think we think of fishers of men sometimes it's like a fly fisherman or something the context he speaks us into are these nets cast nets invite people into the flow of your life and they will get relationally caught up in your love this is why hospitality and bearing witness to Jesus why generosity and bearing witness to the kingdom of God are intricately entwined." [55:53]
3. "I always joke one of the most radical things that you can do when you go to work on Monday is tell people what you did this weekend what'd you do this weekend funny how we'll name everything but go to church we'll just like slip in it but then it's not just like go to church it's like oh yeah I went to church today man I met the living God all right maybe you don't want to be worried with that but like but maybe you do." [57:20]
4. "We must be a church that bears witness to the prince of peace. Amen? And we must seek opportunities to provide for those that are hurting on all sides of the conflict. And we must engage thoughtfully in the complexities about what's going on. And resist the temptation to simply take talking points of the particular algorithm or political stream that's being pumped into our feeds at any given moment. Amen? We must be people of justice. We are to love mercy. We are to walk humbly. And to do justice. And so we must think well about that." [16:18]
5. "We want to be here for whatever God wants to do. And we do this by becoming a family that is following the path of Jesus. And we follow that path in four directions. Upwards, we're learning together to be with Jesus. Inwards, we're learning to become like him. And growing in like him. Outward, we're doing what he did. And withward, we do that together in community. And we believe, again, that when we do that, we become people who are walking by faith. Are known by love and are a voice of hope for our world." [03:42]
### Quotes for Members
1. "It is my favorite thing to talk about because I always after listening for a while just simply suggest to them if they're a follower of Jesus that I actually already know fully and without a doubt what you're supposed to be about today joining God in the renewal of all things that's a mission we are called to follow Jesus we're never called to be leaders we're called to follow him and we follow his mission and it's there where all of our callings where all of our gifts where all of the opportunities begin to just like well up and begin to make sense in the world that God has dropped us into." [52:18]
2. "We are called to bear witness to another world. Another world is possible. Another way is possible. We say this often. The United States will not be here forever. Just like Rome wasn't around forever. Just like Babylon wasn't around forever. We look at the scriptures and we see these empires that were around for a couple hundred years and fall. And it is the way of Jesus that continues to thrive. And in fact, it is in moments of confusion and complexity where the church doesn't reach for political power. But lets it go for the sake of loving its neighbor and embodying a new way. To say the way that we get something matters as much as the thing we get. The way that we get something is as important as the way it comes to us." [20:21]
3. "We must not be beholden to one particular political ideology. We must stand above it. And we must ask the bigger question. Not what will this just simply do for American politics. But what will this do to the body of Christ. Our allegiance is there. Thanks. I don't like doing this stuff. This is what shrinks your church, not grows it. I don't like saying this stuff. But we have to be faithful. It was Carl Bart or Dr. King. It's attributed to six different people. You have a newspaper in one hand and a Bible in the other. Right. If Jesus is Lord of all, then he's Lord of all. And so sometimes we have to wade into these murky waters." [19:46]
4. "We are to love mercy. We are to walk humbly. And to do justice. And so we must think well about that. Okay. Number two. Trump. Feeling good? It's that name in church, right? What would shock and drive you? And to be clear, we are all sick. Some of us just don't know it yet. All right. If we're not careful, we'll even turn this verse into an us against them thing. The church, N.T. Wright says, is not supposed to be a society of perfect people doing great work. It is a society of forgiven sinners, repaying their unpayable debt of love by working for Jesus's kingdom in every way they can, knowing themselves to be unworthy of the task." [40:58]
5. "We have these practices in the outward direction. Like serving the poor. And the hurting. Around hospitality and generosity. Hospitality and generosity. And implicit for me in those is like proclaiming Jesus. But I realize actually naming it is really important for our moment. Because I think there's a lot of cultural shame around being a Christian. Does anyone feel that? There's some cultural shame about being a follower of Jesus. Depending at least on your algorithm and where you're living and who you're rolling with at least." [22:11]
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