Ruined

Northshore Vineyard 4.25.10

Speaker – Crispin Schroeder

I.               Text – Matthew 13:44-45

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II.              Joy and Sacrifice – Hebrews 12:1-2

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III.            Finding Treasure and Remembering First Love – Rev. 2:1-7

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Let Love Rule

Let Love Rule 

Speaker – Crispin Schroeder

I.               Loving God is Connected to Loving Others

·      Matthew 5:43-45, Loving enemies is evidence that we are sons of our Father in heaven

·      Matthew 6:9-15, The Lord’s Prayer starts with Hallowing God’s name and leads us to forgiving others

·      Matthew 7:7-12, Asking, seeking, knocking, wraps up with the Golden Rule

II.              The Greatest Command

A.    Shema Y’srael (Deut 6:4-9) The basis of spiritual formation under the Old Covenant.  Loving God is demonstrated in following Torah, the mark of (old) covenant people.

B.    The Shema of Jesus – Loving God is demonstrated by following ______________ and _______________ others, the mark of (new) covenant people.

III.            Who is My Neighbor? (Luke 10:25-37)

IV.            Conclusion (1John 2:9-11)

What's the Deal with Church?

What’s the Deal With Church?

I.               What is Church?

Text- Hebrews 10:23-25, Matt 16:15-20

Church is the people gathered around the ______________ and __________________ of Jesus.

II.              Why Does Church Matter?

1.    Bible – The importance of Ya’ll

2.    Prayer – Together

3.    Encouraging one another

4.    Confession / Healing (James 5:16)

5.    Care

6.    Rightly Related - Learning how to be in relationship the right way

III.            Barriers to Experiencing Church

1.    ILife - Individualism

2.    Fear of _________________

3.    Fear of _________________

4.    Shame

5.    No room for __________________ in your life

Conclusion

Reverse Offering for Missions

Resurrection Sunday

Broken and Poured Out

Broken and Poured Out

Speaker – Crispin Schroeder

I.               Intro – Context Matters

Why did Jesus go to Jerusalem?

Why did Jesus choose to got to Jerusalem during Passover Week?

II.              The History of Passover (Exodus 12, 13)

·      The first Passover

·      Passover instituted as an annual feast/holy week for Israel.

·      1,500 years of Passovers celebrated when Jesus arrives the week of Passover in Jerusalem.

III.            Jesus Celebrates the Passover with his disciples (Luke 22:7-20)

·      Jesus reconfigures Passover in light of New Covenant

·      Do THIS in remembrance of me. 

·      Communion is the symbolism, the life of Jesus broken and poured out is the substance.

IV.            A Life Broken and Poured Out (John 15:12-13)

What does this look like?

It looks like Jesus, loving his enemies, blessing those who curse him, doing good to the ones who were coming at him with scorn and contempt.  It looks like Jesus dying for the very ones who were killing him. 

DO THIS IN REMEMBERANCE OF ME!

The Passion and Compassion of Christ

Life: Connected
The Passion and Compassion of Christ
Speaker – Crispin Schroeder

I. Intro, Text – John 12:20-31
II. The Passion of Christ – Matt 16:21-24
A. Jesus as “Christ”. Christ= Messiah
B. What “Messiah” meant to Peter and others.
C. The strength of God only appears ________________.
• “When God flexes his omnipotent muscle, it doesn’t look like Rambo or the Terminator—it looks like Calvary!” – Greg Boyd
D. Jesus not only took the penalty of sin but also faced the worse abuses of sin personally: Slander, rejection, hatred, betrayal, bruised, beaten, mocked, crucified. He faced all these as a man (Phil 2:5-11)
III. The Compassion of Christ (Hebrews 4:14-15)
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IV. Conclusion