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Jan
14

In Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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This coming Monday is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. I have included the following quote to share with you from his pen. It was written while he was incarcerated in a jail cell in Birmingham, Alabama on April 16, 1963. I encourage you to read the whole letter he wrote. It is filled with a reasonable passionate plea for injustice to be addressed and for the church to awaken to the cries of the oppressed. Following is one paragraph of many contained in the long letter.

"There was a time when the church was very powerful in the time when the early Christians rejoiced at being deemed worthy to suffer for what they believed. In those days the church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society. Whenever the early Christians entered a town, the people in power became disturbed and immediately sought to convict the Christians for being "disturbers of the peace" and "outside agitators"’ But the Christians pressed on, in the conviction that they were "a colony of heaven," called to obey God rather than man. Small in number, they were big in commitment. They were too God intoxicated to be "astronomically intimidated." By their effort and example they brought an end to such ancient evils as infanticide and gladiatorial contests."

Martin Luther King, Jr.
April 16, 1963

From the Birmingham Jail

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Oct
22

Final Words to a Faithful Church – sermon outline

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The following sermon outline is from a bible sermon prepared by Pastor David O. Cofield. Thanks to Pastor David for his contribution of this outline. You may read his personal ministry blog here.

Final Words to a Faithful Church

Acts 20: 17-38

I. Celebration of a Fruitful Ministry

A. Fruit due to the tenure of the ministry

B. Fruit due to the transparence of ministry – vs. 18, 31, 33, 35

C. Fruit due to the trials of the ministry – vs. 19

D. Fruit due to the truth of the ministry – vs. 20-21, 26-27

 

 

II. Commitment to a Future Ministry

A. Obligations to fulfill – vs. 22

B. Apprehensions to face – vs. 22

C. Declaration to faith – vs. 24

 

III. Challenge to a Faithful Ministry

A. Be continually examining yourselves – vs. 28, 31

B. Be cautious about examining new ones – vs. 29

C. Be courageous about existing members – vs. 30

D. Be confident about equipping grace – vs. 32

 

 

Philippians 2: 1-5 (The Message) "Every time you cross my mind, I break out in exclamations of thanks to God. Each exclamation is a trigger to prayer. I find myself praying for you with a glad heart. I am so pleased that you have continued on in this with us, believing and proclaiming God’s Message, from the day you heard it right up to the present. There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this great work in you would keep at it and bring it to a flourishing finish on the very day Christ Jesus appears.

It’s not at all fanciful for me to think this way about you. My prayers and hopes have deep roots in reality. You have, after all, stuck with me all the way from the time I was thrown in jail, put on trial, and came out of it in one piece. All along you have experienced with me the most generous help from God. He knows how much I love and miss you these days. Sometimes I think I feel as strongly about you as Christ does!"
 

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