Every so often we take a week to emphasize the importance of one of our core values, Living Life Together. Having the support of a small group has been of great value to many people. Beyond wants to support the need that we have to fellowship with each other as fellow Christ-followers. Tim Howard leads this session of encouraging this discipline. Aloonsri Bowen closes with a testimony of what small group support has meant to her.
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In this final message of the “Hitting the Books” series, those basic teaching of Jesus — especially those focused on the Kingdom of God, Art Morris continues his study of selected passages of Luke. This time 16:19-31 where he breaks down the story of the rich man and Lazarus. The focus is that the things we do and the way that we live truly can make a difference now and for eternity.
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In Luke 16:1-13 Jesus gives a great sermon to his disciples (and the Pharisees who were hanging around). The challenge is to think about money as a means to an end; to consider that money is a tool that we can use now to make a difference in eternity future. Art Morris helps us unpack this teaching and encourages us to make a commitment to use our money to impact those that God cares about. In the end, Jesus closes with a statement and a challenge “You can’t serve God and money”. As it turns out, spending is serving one master or the other; spending is worship.
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