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The Church at the Center (Part 2)

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 1 Peter 2:9 Introduction There is something that every human being has in common, a distaste and dread of [...]

The Church at the Center (Part 1)

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, [...]

The Slain Lamb at the Center

And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, 10 and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and [...]

Questions for the Gospel at the Center

1.  How did you become a Christian (please take some time to have some people share their testimonies)?  Which word best describes your life since knowing Christ: entralling, joyous, freeing, transforming, ups-and-downs, frustrating, joyless, wearisome, all of the above?  Why? 2.  Why did Jesus have to suffer and die for our sins?  Spend some time [...]

The Gospel at the Center

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 Introduction If I may, I’d like to share with you [...]

Questions for Christ at the Center

1.  Have you ever faced alienation in your life due to some physical distinction (racism, classism, sexism, etc.)?  What do you think was the cause of this alienation?  How did it make you feel? 2. Martyn Lloyd-Jones said, “If you do not realize what you were before God took hold of you, you will never [...]

Christ at the Center

Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands— 12 remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope [...]

Questions on “I’m at the Center”

1. Paul Tripp said: “We were never meant to be self-focused little kings ruling minuscule little kingdoms with a population of one…It is a fundamental denial of your humanity to narrow the size of your life of your own existence, because you were created to be an ‘above and more’ being. You were made to [...]

I’m at the Center

And the Lord sent Nathan to David. He came to him and said to him, “There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor. 2 The rich man had very many flocks and herds, 3 but the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb, which he had [...]

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