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I try not to bring up painful memories–like a high school or college literature class (at least for some of you). But do you remember the fantastic tale of Rip Van Winkle, who napped for 20 years and awakened to find everything different? Well, here’s a key reminder from his story and an encouragement from Titus 3 to relaunch/expand strategic community impact efforts as the pandemic (hopefully) comes to an end and many Christians return to in-person services.
Main Points:
- Mind you manners.
- The Man in the mirror.
- Focus on the mission.
- Do good for good.
Key Takeaways:
- Why the next few weeks and months present a unique opportunity to engage our communities with fresh vision and purpose.
- The story of Epimenides, the Cretan prophet/seer that called his own people liars, evil beasts and idle bellies, and why it matters for us.
- Why Paul’s statement, “[B]e subject to principalities and powers…” is so startling.
- Why serving our communities is a gospel identity issue, i.e. people that love Jesus naturally do good.
- The remarkable unity and cross-cultural impact of the early church as exemplified by Paul’s co-laborers.