Sermon slides from Dec 12, 2013 message.

1. FROM JESSE’S STUMP

2. DISCUSS WITH
2-3 NEIGHBORS
•
What has disappointed
you about Christianity
and/or church this year?

3. SEVEN LIES ABOUT CHRISTIANITY - WHICH
CHRISTIANS BELIEVE (STEPHEN MATTSON)
1. You’re Always Happy
5. All Your Questions Will Be
Answered
2. Your Problems Will
Disappear
6. The Christian Community Is
Great
3. You’ll Be “Blessed”
4. Missions and Ministry Is Fun
and Rewarding
7. It Makes You Better Than
Others
http://sojo.net/blogs/2013/12/03/seven-lies-aboutchristianity-which-christians-believe

4. Foretelling
Telling Forth
Isaiah the Prophet
Fall of Israel 722 BCE

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7. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no
fruit,… If you do not remain in me, you are like a
branch that is thrown away and withers; such
branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and
burned. — John 15:2, 6

9. DISCUSS WITH 2-3
DIFFERENT NEIGHBORS
•
Read Isaiah 11:1-5 again
[look at bulletin]
•
What is growing out of
the stump of Jesse?
•
How does Isaiah
describe this growth?
Make a list.

10. The Peaceable Kingdom (1826)
by Edward Hicks (1780-1849)
in the Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Mass

11. Isaiah 2:4 “swords into plowshares”

14. FIVE THINGS WORLD CHANGERS DON’T DO
(MALLORY CRUZ)
1. Try to Get Worth From Others
2. Focus on What NOT to be Instead of What TO Be
3. Fear Commitment
4. Reject the Church
5. Become Complacent
http://www.relevantmagazine.com/god/
god-our-generation/5-things-worldchangers-don%E2%80%99t-do