Lies the Church Told Me
Show Up to Grow Up
January 16, 2011 • Chris Edmondson • Proverbs 13:20, Proverbs 27:6
Sometimes, without meaning to, the church can communicate things that sound right, but when you look in the Bible, they're just wrong. They're not found anywhere in the Bible, and these wrong beliefs hinder our spiritual growth. Today, we’re looking at the lie, “In order to grow in your spiritual life, you just show up to church.” That if you would just come to church, your life will be better. That to grow up, all you need to do is just show up. That you will live good because you believe good things. But that’s a lie. We’re going to see that it takes more than just showing up to grow spiritually. Believing is good, but some thins are just too hard to work out practically unless you have some help from other people.
I Can't Serve Because I Don't Know Enough
January 9, 2011 • Chris Edmondson • Matthew 14:13–21
Sometimes, without meaning to, the church can communicate things that sound right, but when you look in the Bible, they're just wrong. They're not found anywhere in the Bible, and these wrong beliefs hinder our spiritual growth. Today, we’re looking at the lie, “Unless I’m a preacher or a missionary, God can’t use me.” Another variation of this lie is, “God can’t use me because I don’t know enough.” All the disciples could muster was five loaves and two fish to feed a hungry crowd of over five thousand. But this was all that Jesus needed. When you do what you can do and trust God to do what only he can do, the results will be astounding. So how will you get involved?
Catching Sin From Sinners
January 2, 2011 • Chris Edmondson • Luke 7:36–50, Luke 18:9–14, Matthew 11:19, Matthew 26:6
Sometimes, without meaning to, the church can communicate things that sound right, but when you look in the Bible, they're just wrong. They're not found anywhere in the Bible, and these wrong beliefs hinder our spiritual growth. Today, we’re looking at the lie, “Sin is like a contagious virus.” If you hang out with sinners, you’ll catch sin. So don’t hang out with people who do bad things. And we’re going to see how Jesus’ interaction with a former leper, now turned Pharisee and an immoral woman should change the way we interact with everyone, because Jesus loves sinners but dislikes proud, religious people