Slides to accompany Bristol Vineyard talk on 20th September 2015

1. Church
FOR
DUMMIES

2. People who attend Church

3. Are you a follower of Jesus?

4. Are you a follower of Jesus?
Are you a Christian?

5. Are you a follower of Jesus?
Are you a Christian?
Do you go to church?

6. Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been
given all authority in heaven and on earth.
Therefore, get people to attend a meeting for a
couple of hours on Sunday mornings. And be
sure of this: I am with you always, even to the
end of the age.”
Matthew 28: 18-20

7. People who attend Church

8. Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been
given all authority in heaven and on earth.
Therefore, go and make disciples of all the
nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach
these new disciples to obey all the commands I
have given you. And be sure of this: I am with
you always, even to the end of the age.”
Matthew 28: 18-20

9. Jesus

10. People who attend Church

11. Disadvantage no. 1
The Wrong Goal

12. People who attend Church

13. I want to know Christ and experience the
mighty power that raised him from the dead…
I don’t mean to say that I have already
achieved these things or that I have already
reached perfection. But I press on to possess
that perfection for which Christ Jesus first
possessed me.
Philippians 3: 10-12

14. Jesus

15. Disadvantage no. 2
Us & Them

16. People who attend Church

17. Jesus

18. Disadvantage no. 3
Who’s responsible for your
spiritual maturity?

19. People who attend Church

20. Jesus

21. Disadvantage no. 4
Are we really all the same?

22. People who attend Church

23. Meanwhile, the crowds grew until thousands
were milling about and stepping on each other.
Jesus turned first to his disciples and warned
them, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees—
their hypocrisy.
Luke 12: 1

24. Then someone called from the crowd,
“Teacher, please tell my brother to divide our
father’s estate with me.”
Jesus replied, “Friend, who made me a judge
over you to decide such things as that?”
Luke 12: 13-14

25. Then, turning to his disciples, Jesus said, “That
is why I tell you not to worry about everyday
life—whether you have enough food to eat or
enough clothes to wear.
Luke 12: 22

26. Then Jesus turned to the crowd and said,
“When you see clouds beginning to form in the
west, you say, ‘Here comes a shower.’ And you
are right.
Luke 12: 54

27. Jesus

28. Jesus

29. Jesus

30. Jesus