Here We Stand Growing Christians That Will Endure

Two Stakes, Not Just One Teach them the entire gospel that was exemplified by the radical revolutionary Jesus Missional living Biblical reconciliation Spiritual transformation Wrestle with deeper aspects of faith, prayer, suffering, evil, loving enemies, materialism, pluralism, repeat offenders, etc.

Teach them the entire gospel that was exemplified by the radical revolutionary Jesus

Missional living

Biblical reconciliation

Spiritual transformation

Wrestle with deeper aspects of faith, prayer, suffering, evil, loving enemies, materialism, pluralism, repeat offenders, etc.

Essential Tension Relationship with God thru Christ Sacred Word Sacred Practices Sacred History Solid Theology Sound Doctrine Faith Village Bonds Real-life Struggles and Issues Science Homosexuality Colonialism Pluralistic World Hypocrisy Exclusive Cliques

Relationship with God thru Christ

Sacred Word

Sacred Practices

Sacred History

Solid Theology

Sound Doctrine

Faith Village Bonds

Real-life Struggles and Issues

Science

Homosexuality

Colonialism

Pluralistic World

Hypocrisy

Exclusive Cliques

tale of two trees

Critical lifeline Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root . Mark 4:5-6

Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root .

Mark 4:5-6

Live carefree before God, he is most careful with you. I Peter 5:7 ( The Message )

Roots that go deep So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him , rooted and built up in him , strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. Colossians 2:6-7

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him , rooted and built up in him , strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

Colossians 2:6-7

Roots that go deep I pray that you, being rooted and established in love , may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge –that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:18-20

I pray that you, being rooted and established in love , may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge –that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

Ephesians 3:18-20

Jeremiah 17:7-8 Blessed is the man who trusts me, GOD, the woman who sticks with GOD. They’re like trees replanted in Eden, putting down roots near the rivers – never a worry through the hottest of summers, never dropping a leaf, serene and calm through droughts, bearing fresh fruit every season.

Habits of Rootedness Connect faith and life Recognize the signs of longing Return to God in faith

Connect faith and life

Recognize the signs of longing

Return to God in faith