Set List
7.26.09
We Have Not Know Thee – Public Domain
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Our Redemption – Remedy Worship
How Deep the Father’s Love – Stuart Townend
Nothing But the Blood – Public Domain
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Come Thou Fount – Public Domain
Consume Us Remedy Worship
How Great Thou Art – Public Domain
The Tangible Kingdom
I’m reading a book called The Tangible Kingdom. While I disagree with some things in the book, I agree with some things and have been convicted by some things as well.
There is a quote in the very beginning of it that I have coming back to often. It has me really thinking deeply about living missionally.
Here is the quote:
“The lack of ‘conversions’ are not the problem. That’s just a visible symptom of the level of blindness in our present forms of church and the fact that our Christian kingdoms need more of God’s Kingdom to ‘emerge’ within us.”
What his quote shows me is that my own personal repentance of sin will lead to people coming to Christ around me.
This quote was very helpful to me. It helped me see that still I was still just thinking in terms of finding the problem and fixing the problem, rather than realizing the problem is me and developing within me a heart for what God has a heart for – people.
The answer is not to just go out, because I have to as a Christian, and share Christ in order to get more conversions. The answer is to live life in such a way that my heart is passionately seeking God’s face, doing the hard work of repentance everyday and continually developing within me a burden to see people saved by the Gospel of Christ.
My heart is the issue and I need to stop trying to make conversions the issue.
By making conversions the issue and not my heart, I never have to look into my wretched, dirty, sinful heart and do the hard work of repentance. This helps me see more and more how sinful I am and how little I seem to care for the lost; and how desperate I am for God’s grace…just like those who haven’t trusted in Christ yet.
So, back to the quote, this means that the “present forms of church” need to foster within its members an understanding that ongoing repentance must be occurring in order to do real evangelism, not a weekly, poorly attended, door-to-door evangelism program.
What would our church look like if all of us understood that we must repent of our sin in order to see those around us come to know Christ?
Would you start repenting of sin?
Set List
7.19.09
Doxology- Public Domain
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Go and Send and Pray- Words by Eric Schumacher and David L. Ward Arrangement by Remedy Worship
Hosanna- Brooke Fraser
Mighty to Save- Hillsong
God of this City- Bluetree
Mission’s Flame- Matt Redman
Next Baptism Service
Our next baptism service is this coming Sunday, July 26 from 1-4pm.
Directions are here.
See you there. We will eat lunch there too!
Come celebrate with us as we see and hear about what God is doing in the lives of the people at Remedy Church.
This is a Great Sermon
We often wonder how to preach/proclaim the Gospel as individuals in our culture. This is a great sermon to listen to for ideas.
The sermon is by Tim Keller. He is a pastor in NY. He says some very insightful things about addressing people’s idols when doing evangelism.
Tim Keller – The-Grand-Demythologizer-The-Gospel-and-Idolatry
Set List
7.12.09
Majesty – Martin Smith
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Lead Me to the Cross – Brooke Fraser
Rescue – Jared Anderson
Your Blood – Charlie Hall
Marvelous Light – Charlie Hall
Mystery – Charlie Hall
Set List
7.5.09
We Have Not Known Thee – Public Domain
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Lamentations 3 – Remedy Worship
In Christ Alone – Public Domain
Center – Charlie Hall
All Because of Jesus – Fee