Charlie’s Challenges: Extras from the sermon and links for additional information
Living Like a Disciple in Crazy Times: How did they get here?
Memory verse: Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Col 3:16
How have you seen the Ministerial Industrial Complex focus more on keeping the institution running and less on doing ministry?
Talk about the link between the desire to grow large churches and the shallowness of the teaching in those churches.
What might be some of the unintended consequences of religion becoming entertainment?
List two or three advantages and dis-advantages of bi-vocational ministry.
What are the strengths and weaknesses you may have experienced in the stream of Christianity with which you are most familiar. (Example Evangelical: Baptist, Church of Christ, Liturgical: Angelican, Catholic, Lutheran, Charismatic: Church of God, Pentecostal)
What can you do to promote the rapid cellular growth of your church?
Links and additional information you might find interesting;
When the church feels it has to entertain there is a danger that production value overshadows the message. Religion as entertainment can be seen in this video:
I would like to hear your reaction to what you see.
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