PREACHING AT RESERVOIR
With Hearts Wide Open
Pastor Jonathan Shradar preaches on 2 Corinthians 6:3-13. The ministry of reconciliation requires open hearts.
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Questions to keep the conversation going:
What are some of the ways you have let bias shape how you view Jesus and church?
How do you surrender those things and experience transformation?
Why is a life a paradox, like we see in these verses, a good for us?
Why would affection among believers in the church, and pastors/apostles and congregants, be so valuable? What gets in the way of this?
How do you "widen your heart" to others in the church and to Jesus?
Live This
Pastor Jonathan Shradar preaches on 2 Corinthians 5:18-6:2. Followers of Jesus expose others to his grace.
Sermon notes.
Questions to keep the conversation going:
How does the redemption we receive in Jesus motivate us outward?
What does it mean to be an ambassador? How does this role practically play out in our lives?
How can we work together to spread the gospel infection?
Why is there a sense of urgency in reconciliation - being made right with God and others?
Up From The Ashes
Pastor Jonathan Shradar preaches on 2 Corinthians 5:16-17. Reconciliation is our reality.
Sermon notes.
Questions to keep the conversation going:
What does "do justice and walk humbly" look like in our neighborhoods in 2020? How do we live this?
Why do we prefer to preach only salvation and not labor to remove the roots and fruit of sin in us and around us?
Can the church be a representation of the Kingdom of God if it disadvantages image-bearers?
Why would reconciliation be such a divisive issue in the church? How do we navigate differences in strategy and opinion "on the ground" among each other?
How do you serve as an Ambassador of Christ where you are?