Sermon from 1/5/14.

1. Sunday, January 12, 14

2. CHURCHES ARE DYING AND NOBODY REALLY CARES
Sunday, January 12, 14

3. insular, intolerant, smug
HYPOCRITES
CHURCHES ARE DYING AND NOBODY REALLY CARES
Sunday, January 12, 14

4. insular, intolerant, smug
HYPOCRITES
CHURCHES ARE DYING AND NOBODY REALLY CARES
DOES GOD STILL NEED THE CHURCH TODAY?
Sunday, January 12, 14

5. “GOD, LIKE ALL REVOLUTIONARIES, DESIRES THE OVERTURNING, THE RADICAL
ALTERATION OF THE WHOLE SOCIETY—FOR IN THIS THE REVOLUTIONARIES ARE RIGHT:
WHAT IS AT STAKE IS THE WHOLE WORLD, AND THE CHANGE MUST BE RADICAL, FOR THE
MISERY OF THE WORLD CRIES TO HEAVEN AND IT BEGINS DEEP WITHIN THE HUMAN
HEART. BUT HOW CAN ANYONE CHANGE THE WORLD AND SOCIETY AT ITS ROOTS
WITHOUT TAKING AWAY FREEDOM?
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6. GERHARD LOHFINK
“GOD, LIKE ALL REVOLUTIONARIES, DESIRES THE OVERTURNING, THE RADICAL
ALTERATION OF THE WHOLE SOCIETY—FOR IN THIS THE REVOLUTIONARIES ARE RIGHT:
WHAT IS AT STAKE IS THE WHOLE WORLD, AND THE CHANGE MUST BE RADICAL, FOR THE
MISERY OF THE WORLD CRIES TO HEAVEN AND IT BEGINS DEEP WITHIN THE HUMAN
HEART. BUT HOW CAN ANYONE CHANGE THE WORLD AND SOCIETY AT ITS ROOTS
WITHOUT TAKING AWAY FREEDOM?
Sunday, January 12, 14

7. “IT CAN ONLY BE THAT GOD BEGINS IN A SMALL WAY, AT ONE SINGLE PLACE IN THE
WORLD. THERE MUST BE A PLACE, VISIBLE, TANGIBLE, WHERE THE SALVATION OF THE
WORLD CAN BEGIN: THAT IS, WHERE THE WORLD BECOMES WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE
ACCORDING TO GOD’S PLAN. BEGINNING AT THAT PLACE, THE NEW THING CAN SPREAD
ABROAD, BUT NOT THROUGH PERSUASION, NOT THROUGH INDOCTRINATION, NOT
THROUGH VIOLENCE.
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8. EBCLA POST-TSUNAMI JAPAN TEAM 4 @ KOKUBUNJI BAPTIST CHURCH
“EVERYONE MUST HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SEE. ALL MUST HAVE
THE CHANCE TO BEHOLD AND TEST THIS NEW THING. THEN, IF THEY WANT TO,
THEY CAN ALLOW THEMSELVES TO BE DRAWN INTO THE HISTORY OF SALVATION
THAT GOD IS CREATING. ONLY IN THAT WAY CAN THEIR FREEDOM BE PRESERVED.
WHAT DRIVES THEM TO THE NEW THING CANNOT BE FORCE, NOT EVEN MORAL
PRESSURE, BUT ONLY THE FASCINATION OF A WORLD THAT IS CHANGED.
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9. KATHY HUBBARD WITH THREE
OF THEIR FIVE ADOPTED CHILDREN
“CLEARLY THIS CHANGE IN THE WORLD MUST BEGIN IN HUMAN BEINGS, BUT NOT
AT ALL BY THEIR SEEKING THROUGH HEROIC EFFORT TO MAKE THEMSELVES THE
LOCUS OF THE NEW, ALTERED WORLD; RATHER IT BEGINS WHEN THEY LISTEN TO
GOD, OPEN THEMSELVES TO GOD, AND ALLOW GOD TO ACT.” — GERHARD
LOHFINK
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10. WHY THERE MUST BE A PLACE LIKE EBCLA
today & tomorrow | 1Peter 3:13-18
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11. EBCLA SEEKS TO BE A BETTER CHURCH, ONE
THAT’S OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO FOLLOWING
JESUS.
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12. EBCLA SEEKS TO BE A BETTER CHURCH, ONE
THAT’S OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO FOLLOWING
JESUS.
1Peter 3:13-15a If with heart and
soul you’re doing good, do you
think you can be stopped? Even if
you suffer for it, you’re still better
off. Don’t give the opposition a
second thought. Through thick and
thin, keep your hearts at attention,
in adoration before Christ, your
Master.
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13. IF PEOPLE THINK WE’RE ARROGANT AND
OBNOXIOUS, THEY WON’T BELIEVE A THING WE
SAY.
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14. IF PEOPLE THINK WE’RE ARROGANT AND
OBNOXIOUS, THEY WON’T BELIEVE A THING WE
SAY.
1Peter 3:15b-16Be ready to speak
up and tell anyone who asks why
you’re living the way you are, and
always with the utmost courtesy.
Keep a clear conscience before God
so that when people throw mud at
you, none of it will stick. They’ll end
up realizing that they’re the ones
who need a bath.
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15. WE ARE WILLING TO SUFFER FOR DOING
THE GOOD THAT GOD DESIRES.
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16. WE ARE WILLING TO SUFFER FOR DOING
THE GOOD THAT GOD DESIRES.
1Peter 3:17-18It’s better to suffer
for doing good, if that’s what God
wants, than to be punished for
doing bad. That’s what Christ did
definitively: suffered because of
others’ sins, the Righteous One for
the unrighteous ones. He went
through it all—was put to death and
then made alive—to bring us to
God.
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17. Sunday, January 12, 14

18. DISCIPLINED
POLISHED
IMPRESSIVE
CONFORMING
PREDICTABLE
PRECISE
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20. UNRESTRAINED HOPE
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21. GENUINE HUMILITY
UNRESTRAINED HOPE
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22. GENUINE HUMILITY
UNRESTRAINED HOPE
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UNEXPECTED HOSPITALITY

23. BECOMING A BETTER
EXAMPLE OF A JESUSFOLLOWING CHURCH
AT TIMES CAN LOOK
CHAOTIC & MESSY
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24. BECOMING A BETTER
EXAMPLE OF A JESUSFOLLOWING CHURCH
AT TIMES CAN LOOK
CHAOTIC & MESSY
UNPLANNED COLLISIONS &
THINGS WILL GET DAMAGED
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25. BECOMING A BETTER
EXAMPLE OF A JESUSFOLLOWING CHURCH
AT TIMES CAN LOOK
CHAOTIC & MESSY
UNPLANNED COLLISIONS &
THINGS WILL GET DAMAGED
MUST ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND
WHAT JESUS ENVISIONS FOR
HIS BODY TO BECOME
Sunday, January 12, 14

26. BECOMING A BETTER
EXAMPLE OF A JESUSFOLLOWING CHURCH
AT TIMES CAN LOOK
CHAOTIC & MESSY
UNPLANNED COLLISIONS &
THINGS WILL GET DAMAGED
MUST ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND
WHAT JESUS ENVISIONS FOR
HIS BODY TO BECOME
DOESN’T HAVE TO BE
PERFECT, BUT THE CLOSER
WE GET TO THE END, THE
MORE WE SHOULD LOOK
LIKE WHAT JESUS WANTS
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29. on
purpose
why evergreen matters
GOD IS FORMING EVERGREEN BAPTIST CHURCH
OF LOS ANGELES INTO A FAITH VILLAGE: A
UNIQUE SOCIAL COMMUNITY WHOSE LIFE
TOGETHER IS BOTH A PICTURE AND PREVIEW OF
WHAT GOD IS DOING IN AND FOR ALL CREATION.
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