Everlasting God No Other Name We Believe in You (spontaneous worship chorus) How Great is Our God You Never Let Go Came To Your Rescue Financial update – not good Acts 17:16-21 Proverbs 1:20-21 faith a public matter Isaiah 6 – we are redeemed then are sent out John 8 – go tell your story Do you pray for your business? Be redemptive in your context God is jealous – not insecure, but feels fierce, complex feelings for us; wants to protect us from harm 2 Cor 5:17 – we have a new heart God of Justice

Paul Danny and Donna Martinez Guest Speaker from South Central L.A. (salsa) Revelation 15:3 Song of Moses, Great and Mighty God Listen To The Cry Of The World – their first worship CD Christian Spanish Heavy Metal Supports a Guatemalan Orphanage South LA – Church of the Redeemer Wanted to plant a church…but not in LA God’s got a sense of humor Multicultural 50% black 20% Latino 30% White/Asian 2 homeless people Wife wanted to invite them Ok…no, now Thought they would scare families away In the front row They testified and they’re still there Revelation 7 ( he’s spelling it wrong) Very safe Slovakia and Guatemala ( f m ) Mark 12:30-31 Wish He had stopped at 12:30 It’s easy to praise God It’s hard to love your neighbor Challenges us to live a life of faith Music Black likes gospel Latino like Shakira Anglo/Asian like what they like … Continue reading →

Paul Jon Kalle Lasn, Culture Jam: The Uncooling of America Deep Resources of Love Colossians 3:1-17 3:5-put to 3:1-comma important…Christ is ruling now 2:15-empire disarmed Now-ism Who’s dreams are we dreaming? Of Jesus or of empire Don’t worry about tomorrow Matt 6:32-34 Col 1:21- empire encoursges doing evil Be a blessing as you have been blessed Col 1:6- new self, new virtues Truth is in the person of Jesus Col 1:15-20- Jesus is the head of the church Col 3:1- 3:3- 3:4- Christ is our life Not defined by what we do Defined by Jesus my lover, my life Glory- weight, significance, matter He’s 3:11- relationships are done differently in the kingdom of God In empire, relationships are a means to an end, fragmentatious Before you deface another person in anger, think… A new dream World, flesh, devil are at work today…fragmenting us… Not about margin shares…about people 1:9-10- fully … Continue reading →

Jon Colossians 2:1-15 2:2 full assurance of understanding Recapture your imagination for Christ 1:8 the love in the Spirit 1:15-20 He is the true king 2:3 Christ has all wisdom and knowledge Deut 6:4-9 Jehovah is God…write it everywhere! 2:6-7 walk in Him, root in Him, build up in Him James 1:17 consider trials joyful WB The Gospel recaptures our imagination

Jon Micah 6-8 Colossians 1:3-10 Exodus 13:1 1 Samuel 8:10-18 Isaiah 2:7 Amos 8:5-6 Jeremiah 29:5-7 Matthew 5:44 Luke 1:5 Luke 2:2-3 Luke 3:1-2 Luke 4:18-19 Luke 12 Psalm 146:5-9 Micah 6:8 Bear fruit in oppression Observe the Sabbath Avoid empire of consumerism Remez – importance in what’s left out Isaiah 61 Day of vengance Take the sword on himself, not raise it up Jesus did it 22 times in the New Testament Just as the moon reflects the glory of the sun, we must reflect the glory of Jesus