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The Big Idea

February 14, 2010 • Chris Edmondson • Mark 10:28–31, Luke 10:25–37

All of us have sat through Sunday School lessons and sermons where we were just inundated with content, content, content—our notebooks are full of notes—but if you asked me, “What I remember from all that?” or “What will I do with all of that?” There is too much information—like the shot of a shotgun fired from a mile—that it never really makes an impact. However, a rifle shot from a mile away? That can be deadly. Why? Because it is focused. It is the power of the Big Idea.

Think steps, not programs

February 7, 2010 • Chris Edmondson • Matthew 28:19–20

All churches begin with the focus to reach people—to connect people to God. But if a church is not careful, they become more emotionally tied to what they’re doing inside the church than who is outside the church. They become attached to their programs and their traditions—kind of like an outdated couch that at one time served a very specific purpose.

Unchurched and Dechurched

January 24, 2010 • Chris Edmondson • Acts 15:1–31, Luke 15:4, Luke 19:10

Most people don't have a problem with God, but unfortunately, people do have a problem with the church. For centuries Christians have made Christianity so complex that people simply write it off as irrelevant and confusing. In this session we'll see how this problem surfaced in the very early days of the church, how they dealt with it then, and how we should deal with it now.