Road to 95: 95 Theses 4 Reformation #5: Set aside human agendas & programs & let the risen Jesus lead.

Can a church service abound with preachers & teachers?

We can preach and teach or we can cultivate an atmosphere where preachers and teachers abound. Let’s make disciples and let church services overflow with preachers and teachers.

Jesus said it’s foolish to hear His words but not do them. (Matthew 7:26) To understand the Bible we need to experience it, not just learn things about it.

In all that we do, let’s cultivate connection and communication with Christ. Christian growth takes off when people are listened to and allowed to share insights in meetings.

Worship is to gaze at the risen Jesus & to engage in humble interaction with Him. When Christians experience that their active sharing is needed in a worship gathering, their perspective of church is transformed.

When Christians meet for worship, with open, cooperative communication; the Holy Spirit moves into the leadership role. It’s powerful when Christ-followers come together and make themselves vulnerable! Allowing the Holy Spirit to express Himself through anybody present, opens the door for miracles!

When worship reaches beyond the script & connects with the Spirit, awe moves in! It’s difficult to worship without awe! (“Everyone was filled with awe.” -Acts 2:43) To experience awe is to worship!

Watching a Jesus bug
Walking on water
I’m reminded that
God can do anything,
If we don’t quench
The Holy Spirit!

95 Theses 4 Reformation #4: Train people to implement what they believe by obeying the risen Jesus.

95 Theses 4 Reformation #3 (& other thoughts)

95 Theses 4 Reformation #3: Let people interrupt as led by the Spirit, according to 1 Corinthians 14:30-31.

Here are a few more thoughts to inspire reformation:

Open sharing in church can help reach people who want interactive community, mutual support, & participation. Since a lot of people are wiser & know more than any one person does, why don’t we let a lot of people share in church?

Has religious form & structure eclipsed (at least partially) the risen Jesus? Perhaps keeping a worship meeting under tight human control “protects” us from God’s unexpected. Don’t let Jesus be eclipsed in your life.

In the Gospels, religious people had a harder time with Jesus & His teaching than nonreligious people did. With about 34,000+ Christian denominations, I’ve only heard of one that meets for worship according to 1 Corinthians 14:26. (Quakers) Why?

What’s wrong with Christians meeting for worship, as equals, without always exalting one person above all the others? Is it logical to believe that one man in a church understands God better than everybody else?

As menorahs hold many candles, not just one; so when the body of Christ meets for worship, we can let many lights shine, not just one preacher. “I saw seven golden lampstands, and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man . . . The seven lampstands are the seven ekklesias.” (Revelation 1:12, 13, & 20) See http://amzn.to/2ugGh7j.

Support groups do it! So why don’t churches?
(Let everyday people share from the heart according to 1 Corinthians 14:26.) God says: “Let the redeemed of the Lord say so.” Not just preachers.

Some people don’t believe in miracles, unaware that they are surrounded by them.

95 Theses 4 Reformation #2: Let people in church listen to Jesus & then do whatever He tells them to.

Counting down my personal 95 Theses for Reformation Day 2017. Read more @ http://amzn.to/2uylYgY

95 Theses for Reformation #1:

95 Theses 4 Reformation #1:

Keep people’s attention focused on the living, resurrected Jesus.

I’m celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation:
–On October 31, 1517 a guy named Martin Luther posted “95 Theses” on a church door in Wittenberg, Germany which was the catalyst for many changes in church around the world.
–Beginning today, August 6, 2017 and going through October 31, 2017, I will post my 95 Theses over the next 87 days. I will post one per day until the final 8 days and on those days I will post two per day. (The number 8 represents new beginnings.) I pray that there will be new beginnings — a new reformation — that will transform church into the Greek New Testament concept of ekklesia.
–To read all my 95 Theses, check out my book, “Beyond Church” @ http://amzn.to/2fjupKS. The Salvation Army USA’s “War Cry” magazine calls it “Groundbreaking.”

Since sin still seduces in the 21st Century

To keep your mind
Caught up in sin
Is to slowly
Decay within.