seven | more than a story
For two months, we’ve looked at the words Jesus had for seven real-world churches in the first century, words of affirmation, of challenge, and of call-to-action. But those words were more than simply a story to remember of days-gone-by. And Jesus has words for us. Today. Here-and-now. Are we ready to listen?
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Message Series Description:
For some people, the idea of church can be a comforting one. They have rich memories of time with family & friends, of encountering something Divine, of participating in the sacred.
For others, this same idea of church brings with it a history of shame or pain. They remember the abuse they felt by those claiming the name of Jesus or religion, the manipulation they experienced at the hands of those in leadership, the sting of judgmental looks & words.
For still others, church is a fully foreign idea, something that exists, but which has had no intersection with their lives.
Wherever you land on this spectrum (or somewhere else completely!), we’ll be looking at a series of ancient letters written to real churches in a real epoch of time in our Seven message series. We’ll discover that the same benefits & issues that have surrounded this idea of church have been present for nearly 2000 years. We’ll look at warts & scars, and we’ll see beauty & healing.
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