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Do you feel the pressure to do the right thing? To try to be better? To get it right? To be a good person?The pressure is high because we want to be loved and welcomed by our people. But what if we fall short? What if we get it wrong? What then? ~~~~~~~~~~ CONNECT: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/1304/responses/new WEB: http://ChristCommunityKC.org/brookside IG: https://www.instagram.com/christcommunitykc/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/christcommunity.brookside

From Series: "Parables: from the Book of Luke - Brookside Campus"

Jesus’s teachings weren’t always straightforward. In fact, even as someone widely known as the greatest teacher and communicator the world has ever seen, Jesus often spoke in ways that purposefully confounded crowds and left some people walking away confused. Jesus spoke in riddles and stories, and in these teachings, there was always a twist. A reversal. In other words, something that makes us want to lean in desiring to know more, or to get up and walk away. Most of all, Jesus’ parables are a window... a window into the upside-down, paradoxical kingdom of God. Join us this summer as we explore Jesus’ brilliant stories and as we seek out His kingdom revealed to us in their midst.

Related Topics: brokenness, forgiveness, justification, Parables, surrender

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2020 is intense. People of all stripes are zealous for what is “right” and for obliterating obstacles to what is “right” whether it be for the economy, their health, justice, or education — to name a few. But what is the greatest obstacle to seeing the world made right? I’m sure you have a few in mind, but Jesus names an obstacle so insidious that it actually grows MORE deadly the MORE you pursue what’s right in the world. The best of us can become the worst. We can be right, and still dead wrong. And we can’t fix it by just adding one more “right thing.” Join us to see how this insight can be good news.

From Series: "Parables: from the Book of Luke - Downtown Campus"

Jesus’s teachings weren’t always straightforward. In fact, even as someone widely known as the greatest teacher and communicator the world has ever seen, Jesus often spoke in ways that purposefully confounded crowds and left some people walking away confused. Jesus spoke in riddles and stories, and in these teachings, there was always a twist. A reversal. In other words, something that makes us want to lean in desiring to know more, or to get up and walk away. Most of all, Jesus’ parables are a window... a window into the upside-down, paradoxical kingdom of God. Join us this summer as we explore Jesus’ brilliant stories and as we seek out His kingdom revealed to us in their midst.

Related Topics: brokenness, compassion, forgiveness, justification, mercy, Parables

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This parable focuses on how we approach God and his mercy through prayer. Do we, like the Pharisee, speak only of ourselves, showing contempt to others and ignore the opportunity for forgiveness? Or do we, like the Tax Collector, recognize our brokenness and approach God through humility focused on receiving forgiveness and mercy.

From Series: "Parables: from the Book of Luke - Leawood Campus"

Jesus’s teachings weren’t always straightforward. In fact, even as someone widely known as the greatest teacher and communicator the world has ever seen, Jesus often spoke in ways that purposefully confounded crowds and left some people walking away confused. Jesus spoke in riddles and stories, and in these teachings, there was always a twist. A reversal. In other words, something that makes us want to lean in desiring to know more, or to get up and walk away. Most of all, Jesus’ parables are a window... a window into the upside-down, paradoxical kingdom of God. Join us this summer as we explore Jesus’ brilliant stories and as we seek out His kingdom revealed to us in their midst.

Related Topics: forgiveness, mercy, Parables, surrender

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The only solution to how broken I am is for God Himself to come save me. Me. God had to come and get me. Give His life for me. To enter this life, I don’t bring my resume, I bring my shame. And surrender. And trust. God, be merciful to me, a sinner! If that doesn’t humble you, you haven’t embraced it. Then we are that Pharisee. And yet, the gospel humbles us, it also exalts us. For Jesus was glad to do it. You were worth saving. Worth dying for. Worth pursuing. YOU. So who do you want to be in this story? Right. But eternally wrong. Or admitting you’re wrong. But in the process of being made right?

From Series: "Parables: from the Book of Luke - Olathe Campus"

Jesus’s teachings weren’t always straightforward. In fact, even as someone widely known as the greatest teacher and communicator the world has ever seen, Jesus often spoke in ways that purposefully confounded crowds and left some people walking away confused. Jesus spoke in riddles and stories, and in these teachings, there was always a twist. A reversal. In other words, something that makes us want to lean in desiring to know more, or to get up and walk away. Most of all, Jesus’ parables are a window... a window into the upside-down, paradoxical kingdom of God. Join us this summer as we explore Jesus’ brilliant stories and as we seek out His kingdom revealed to us in their midst.

Related Topics: humility, mercy, Parables, surrender

More Messages from Nathan Miller

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Do you feel the pressure to do the right thing? To try to be better? To get it right? To be a good person?The pressure is high because we want to be loved and welcomed by our people. But what if we fall short? What if we get it wrong? What then? ~~~~~~~~~~ CONNECT: https://ccefc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/1304/responses/new WEB: http://ChristCommunityKC.org/shawnee IG: https://www.instagram.com/christcommunitykc/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/christcommunity.shawnee

From Series: "Parables: from the Book of Luke - Shawnee Campus"

Jesus’s teachings weren’t always straightforward. In fact, even as someone widely known as the greatest teacher and communicator the world has ever seen, Jesus often spoke in ways that purposefully confounded crowds and left some people walking away confused. Jesus spoke in riddles and stories, and in these teachings, there was always a twist. A reversal. In other words, something that makes us want to lean in desiring to know more, or to get up and walk away. Most of all, Jesus’ parables are a window... a window into the upside-down, paradoxical kingdom of God. Join us this summer as we explore Jesus’ brilliant stories and as we seek out His kingdom revealed to us in their midst.

Related Topics: humility, justification, mercy, Parables, surrender

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Melissa d'Arabian, winner of The Next Food Network Star Season 5 and New York Times best-selling author of Ten Dollar Dinners, shares about her journey with God and the power of food to connect us to God, one another, and ourselves.

From Series: "An Evening with Melissa d'Arabian"

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