sunday night rewind
It’s pretty sad that I just realized I forgot to post last week’s sunday night rewind – my bad! That’s what I get for blogging once a week, but I’m repenting…
This morning we continued the Bodacious 80s series with an awesome service. The band launched with the instrumental from a song that will remain nameless (let’s just say there was a reason it was just the instrumental – the lyrics weren’t so hot…actually, the lyrics were really hot, that’s why we couldn’t sing it, anyway…) We broke out a little “Total Eclipse of the Heart” by Bonnie Tyler for the focus track – Angie and Josh did an great job covering it. Then Byron brought one of the best messages I’ve ever heard on the subject of repentance. Here are my notes:
- Repentance is not “the dudley in the Christian T-shirt standing on the street corner shouting “YOU ARE GOING TO HELL.”
- The word or idea of repentance appears 959 times in the Bible, and was the primary subject of most public messages by Jesus and his disciples.
- Repentance is “a change (on the inside) that brings about a change (on the outside).”
- The death and resurrection of Christ can’t be applied to your life unless you repent – Luke 13:3
- There are no rules about when or where to repent – U-turns are always allowed.
Though we’ve had a lot fun with this series - it’s allowed us to broach some important and difficult subjects that have reached deep into many lives. We still have 2 weeks left – don’t miss it!
September 1, 2008 at 7:31 am
Welcome back to blogging Barry. I hate that I missed the service today. FYI, this Friday is my last day in OTown. I start my new job on the 8th. Still need to sell the house though.
Keep your eye on Hanna as we should finally get some good surf again. Later Bro. Chris M.