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Introduction
So this morning we are continuing our series looking at the Great Commission ... So far we've spent some time thinking about disciple making from Matthew 28, creation care as we preach the Good News to the whole of creation from Mark, then last week, we looked at Luke an we thought a little about being a witness to the Gospel as revealed in the storyline of the Bible as we played a massive game of broken telephone ...
Introduction - Mission Statements
Introduction
So over the next few weeks I want us to think a little about 'The Great Commission' ...
There are a few reasons for this ... the first is the real danger that often the 'Great Commission' of the Church has become the 'Great Omission' of the church ... that although we are vaguely aware of the Great Commission we fail to think about it or ... perhaps more significantly ... do anything about it.
Introduction
So this morning I want to pick up a little from where we left off last week ... as we think a little about following Jesus ... not on Twitter you understand ... but literally ... following Jesus.
So I hope you had a good Christmas ...
We did pretty well, Linda got me the best present ever this year ... a broken drum ... as a present I don't think it can be beaten :-)
I got her a wooden leg ... although that wasn't her main present ... it was just a stocking filler :-)
Christmas Cracker jokes ... you've got to love them ...
Introduction: Luke and the art of 'tilt-shifting'
So I'd like to show you a photograph:
I wonder if you know what this is a photo of?
Introduction - 4’ 33’’
Anyone know what’s going on here?
This orchestra is playing ... and I use that term loosely ... John Cage’s piece 4 minutes and 33 seconds ... it’s a piece written in three movements ...each of which consists of nothing but ... well ... nothing ...
Intro to Advent
I know its a cliche ... but it really does seem to me that Christmas is starting earlier and earlier every year ... and it seems to me that one of the problems with that is that you get so used to the Christmas decorations that the reality of Christmas kind of sneaks up on you ... but here we are ... the first Sunday of Advent ...
Introduction
All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. Amen
May we pray?
Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ.
So there’s two fish swimming along ... and one fish says to the other ... isn’t the water lovely today ... and the other fish says “what’s water”