“He is no fool who gives what he cannot · “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain...

“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.”

Jim Elliot

Three Meanings of LifeBios | Life as Quantity | how much

Three Meanings of LifeBios | Life as Quantity | how muchPsyche | Life as Quality | how well

Three Meanings of LifeBios | Life as Quantity | how muchPsyche | Life as Quality | how wellZoe | Life as Quintessence | how full

Start with Why (8)

Luther’s DreamThat not only would we believe all men are

created equal – but we would live it out!

Our DreamThat all generations can worship freely and enthusiastically from the heart and share together the vision of resourcing the next

generation for Jesus.

Start with Why (8)

Regarding God’s Son, who as to his human nature was a descendant of David, and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared

with power to be the Son of God…

Start with Why (8)

…by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 1:3-4

Start with Why (8)

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the

righteousness of God.

2 Corinthians 5:21

Willingness to Suffer (9-10)

Willingness to Suffer (9-10)

I will show him [Paul] how much he must suffer for my name.

Acts 9:16

Willingness to Suffer (9-10)

The word of God has brought chains and suffering and imprisonment, but the Word of God, will never be chained or suffer or

imprisoned.

Willingness to Suffer (9-10)

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. If I am to go on living in the body, this will

mean fruitful labour for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know!

Philippians 1:21-22

Willingness to Suffer (9-10)

“The cost of freedom may be a loss of freedom.”

Philip Towner

Common Christian Experience (11-13)

Common Christian Experience (11-13)

Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized

into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in

order that, just as Christ was raised…

Common Christian Experience (11-13)

…from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. If we

have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with

him in his resurrection.

Romans 6:3-5

Common Christian Experience (11-13)

To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I

overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne.

Revelation 3:21

Common Christian Experience (11-13)

“Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in

heaven.”

Matthew 10:32-33

Common Christian Experience (11-13)

“Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death.”

Apostle Peter (Luke 22:33)

Common Christian Experience (11-13)

The faithfulness of Jesus is unforgettable comfort to all who suffer

for the sake of the Gospel.

Common Christian Experience (11-13)

“Blessing comes through pain,fruit through trial, life through death,

glory through suffering.”

John Stott