Extraordinary Church

Children dream of slaying dragons or befriending them. But somewhere in the journey to adulthood, we scale back our visions for greatness and settle for an ordinary life... and then, boring mediocrity. But the Creator of this Universe didn’t make you to be ordinary. Jesus didn’t die on the cross in the hope that you would someday reach the heights of ordinary-ness. Let’s let our 2-dimentional dream of normal die and follow Jesus to the extraordinary life He calls us to. An ordinary church and life is about me, “my people” and my successful commandment-keeping. It is a museum for like-minded saints. Jesus condemns this ordinary church and life in the strongest of language. Instead, he challenges us to be an extraordinary that pursues the despised and loves Jesus more than our way or our rules. Jesus wants a messy-hospital-church for the hurting and hungry and not a beautiful-casket-church concealing the spiritually self-centered and dead. Passage: Luke 5:27-32/39 Speaker: Bob Kadlecik

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Episoder(100)

Extraordinary Success

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Extraordinary Religion

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Vision 2026 - Evangelism

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Esther: Legacy- Passing Down the Victory

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30 Aug 34min

Esther: Reversed- God Turns the Tables

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23 Aug 36min

Esther: Courage- Risking it All

In our modern age of fear and anxiety we desperately need to have the courage of Esther. How was she able to confront the two most powerful men in the largest empire on earth – alone!? Esther 4-5 reve...

16 Aug 34min

Esther: When Evil Seems to Win

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9 Aug 37min