The Living Room phase of our life is growing – slowly. We praise Him for that and thank Him, so we continue on our path of making friends for Christ’s sake. Through the summer we studied how Jesus taught us to pray (Matt. 5:5-15), with one eye on the cultural context of Jesus’ day and the other eye on our own cultural setting here in Southport and Brunswick County. We are learning how valuable a study of the Middle East context is in understanding what our Lord teaches us.
Now, this fall, we are engaged in studying a few of the dramatic actions of our Lord Jesus. Take, for example, the inauguration of His public ministry in Nazareth in Luke 4:16-30; as we did last Sunday. How did the brief reading from Is. 61 enrage a congregation? It is a fascinating study, and a sober lesson to us who are called to engage our culture in proclaiming the Good News of our Savior and representing His compassion in a lost as well as broken world.
Are you “engaged?” Seems to be the operative word these days around our house! But seriously, are you engaged in this dramatic activity of the Spirit of our Savior who still is actively seeking and rescuing folk disconnected from our Father God? Would you join us in learning how to love and befriend the many without Christ? Come over here and help us….leave more than footprints in the sand of North Carolina’s beautiful beaches.
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