May 21 & 24

Huck: http://www.planningcenteronline.com/plans/594638

Travis: http://www.planningcenteronline.com/plans/563268

Huck & Travis,

I understand you two will be leading worship on the weekend of May 21 & 24. I will be bringing the teaching that weekend at both campuses. The material will be from Acts 6 – 7; the appointment of the 7 to wait tables and the stoning of Stephen. I’ll use the “waiting tables” text as a spring board to the main point of the teaching on Stephen (he was one of the 7 appointed). His death is the result of the content of his sermon. His points:

God works outside of Israel (Abraham in Babylon; Moses in Egypt, etc.)
Moses is not the final revelation
Israel has a poor tract record when it came to following God
The Temple was a mistake

These points frustrated and infuriated the religious establishment so much that they were at a loss of words to combat what he said so they stoned him. As a result the church began its journey into the world (Acts 8:1-4).

The take away point: Stand firm regardless of culture, peers, etc and proclaim truth/gospel even though it looks/sounds different from the norm and represents a change from the norm. Stephen preached change and there were consequences. Haven’t fleshed out the “application” like I want. Suggestions/ideas welcome.

I wanted you to have my thoughts to date so you can begin thinking of music selection for that weekend. Hope this helps.

Thanks for serving.

Steve (posted on blogger by Trav)