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Answering Objections to Faith in God

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Have you ever tried sharing your faith in Jesus with a friend or co-worker and had them respond something like this:

  • After doing independent research, I’m mostly leaning towards the fact that God is nonexistent.
  • The bible is constantly contradicting itself on many issues.
  • Honestly looking at it from an unemotional and completely logical perspective, the God in the bible is a terrible entity and not someone I want to worship any longer. He allows suffering and disease and murders people who choose not to be on his side and we’re supposed to believe he’s loving and just in doing these things because he has more power over us?
  • Why give “blessings” to one human and allow another to suffer? Because of some divine plan? Because he’s trying to win this eternity-long bet with Satan? It doesn’t make sense and even if it did, there is no love from a God like that.
  • People only believe in a God because it makes them feel good and makes them feel as though they have a purpose in life and are a part of something greater. When you look at it from a logical and factual perspective, it doesn’t add up in any way, shape, or form.
  • Preachers only want your money!

I believe comments like this deserve a response. Since I myself have replied to comments like these on a number of occasions, I thought I’d write this post and share with you how I respond in such situations. My hope is that this post will better equip you to reply with grace and truth (John 1:17) like Jesus.

When people tell me that logic has led them to conclude that God doesn’t exist, here’s how I respond:

You are not looking at things logically. How logical is it to see a watch and conclude there is no watchmaker? Or how logical is it to see a painting and conclude there is no painter? In the same way, how logical is it to look at creation and conclude there is no Creator? Both common sense and logic would lead us to conclude that where there is a creation, there is also a Creator. This is why the apostle Paul wrote in Romans 1:20, “For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.” NLT We will have no excuse on judgment day for not believing in God. All of creation declares there is a Creator. Here’s a link to a sermon I did entitled “Does God Really Exist?” http://newdaychurch.cc/messages/does-god-really-exist/ I would encourage you to take a listen. I think you will find it helpful.

When someone tells me the Bible is full of contradictions, here’s how I respond:

Concerning supposed contradictions in the Bible, would you mind passing some along? If you’re open to it I’d love the opportunity to address whatever may appear as a contradiction. If you’d rather study this for yourself, here is a book I would highly recommend that addresses the claim that the Bible contradicts itself. It takes the supposed contradictions and shows you how they are actually not contradictions at all. https://www.amazon.com/Big-Book-Bible-Difficulties-Revelation/dp/0801071585/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1518037046&sr=1-5&keywords=bible+contradictions If you’re interested in this book I’d be happy to mail you a copy for free. Just let me know 🙂

When someone blames God for the suffering that exists in the world, here’s how I respond:

Suffering is the result of mankind’s rebellion against God. I don’t think you’re doing it on purpose, but in blaming God for the suffering in the world, you are blaming him for something that you and I (and the rest of humanity) are actually responsible for. Sickness, disease, suffering, famines, natural disasters and the like – are all the result of sin entering the world. Genesis 1-2 tells us 7x that the world God originally created was good. The question begs “Well then what happened?” And the answer is that sin entered the world. When sin came, along with it came suffering and death. This is just as God told Adam and Eve (Genesis 2:27, “…you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die.”) For more on this, check out this sermon I did called “How Can a Good God Allow Evil & Suffering?” http://newdaychurch.cc/messages/how-can-a-good-god-allow-evil-suffering/ If you choose not to follow God, that’s your choice, but don’t let it be because you’re blaming him for something that you and I are actually responsible for.

When someone says that people only believe in God because it makes them feel good, here’s is how I respond:

I can’t speak for others, but I don’t believe in God because doing so makes me feel good. I believe in God because Creation reveals his existence. And I believe in Jesus because history proves that he rose from the dead. Jesus’ resurrection from the dead proves his truth claims (that he was and is the Son of God, the Savior of the world). For more on this, check out my sermon “Did Jesus Really Rise From the Dead?” http://newdaychurch.cc/messages/did-jesus-really-rise-from-the-dead/

Finally, when someone says that all preachers do is beg for peoples money, here is how I respond.
I can’t speak for others, but as a preacher, I personally have never begged for 10% of anyone’s income. Our mission at New Day is to make disciples. Since stewardship is part of discipleship, we sometimes teach what the Bible says about money. If you don’t like that we sometimes teach on money, you don’t have a problem with us – you have a problem with God. We didn’t write the Bible. God did (through human mediums). It’s like this…If you go to a restaurant and don’t like the food, you are free to attack the waiter, but the person you actually have a problem with is the chef. In the same way, preachers are just God’s waiters. He’s the Chef.
 The apostle Peter instructs us “Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect…” (1 Peter 3:15, NIV84) I hope this post assists you in doing just that!

Answering Objections to the Tithe

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This past Sunday I preached on the tithe. Here’s are some extra “goodies” I didn’t have time to elaborate on in the message…

Some people say “Tithing is legalistic. The laws on tithing are right up there with the laws about not eating pork or having to sacrifice animals. They’ve been done away with! The tithe was for Old Testament Jews, not New Testament believers. They were under law but we are under grace.” Some people say this because they sincerely believe it, while others say things like this to excuse themselves from any obligation to tithe. Either way, let me shoot some holes in this erroneous way of thinking.

1. Tithing is not legalistic. Legalism is when you try to earn your salvation by keeping the law. That’s what legalism is. The Bible condemns legalism because no one will ever be justified by the law. One can only be justified by faith in Jesus Christ (Romans 3:20-22). When we tithe, it’s not to earn our way to heaven. It’s to honor God, it’s to show Him that He’s first place in our lives and it’s to fund the work of the local church which is to help people come to know Jesus. That’s not legalism. That’s investing in God’s work on the earth.

2. Tithing has not been repealed. To repeal something is to annul it – to do away with it. And in the New Testament, several Old Testament laws are repealed:

  • The dietary laws were repealed (see Acts 15)- praise the Lord – I wasn’t sinning the other week when I smoked some pork in my smoker!
  • The sacrificial laws have also been repealed – we no longer have to bring lambs to church and have them slaughtered for our sins (see Hebrews 8). Jesus, the Lamb of God was slain to once and for all take away the sins of the world.

Yes, certain laws in the Old Testament have been repealed in the New Testament. But other laws of the Old Testament have been repeated in the New Testament. The laws that have been specifically repealed are no longer binding, but the ones that have been repeated continue to be binding. And as see from Scripture, Jesus doesn’t repeal the practice of tithing, he repeats it “You should tithe, yes” he says in Matthew 23:23, NLT. Therefore, since it’s repeated, it’s still binding.

3. The standard of grace is higher, not lower than the standard of law. Some people say “We’re not under law” and then interpret that to mean that the standard of grace is lower than the standard of law, but nothing could be further from the truth. The Bible reminds us repeatedly that we, who live after Jesus died, are no longer living in the era of law, rather in the era of grace. Law came through Moses, grace came through Jesus Christ (John 1:17). But this in no way means that the bar has been lowered. Jesus could not have been more clear that his standard (the standard of grace ) is HIGHER, not lower, than the standard of the law given through Moses. For example,

  • In Matthew 5:21-22 Jesus said: Never mind murder (the standard of law)! Don’t even be angry with someone (the standard of grace)!
  • And in Matthew 5:27-28 Jesus said: Forget adultery (the standard of law)! I’m telling you don’t even lust (the standard of grace)!

In both these instances Jesus took the base line standard set by the law of Moses and raised the bar. So According to Jesus, God set the foundation of the law for us to build on, not shrink back from. We’re to move forward in our giving, not backwards. We’re to look at the example set in the law of the tithe and raise the bar, not lower it.

4. To say “Tithing isn’t for today” is the same as saying “God was concerned in the Old Testament that his children worship him and honor him by putting him first, but God doesn’t care whether or not New Testament Christians do the same.” To say such a thing would be absurd. Here’s why:

  • God told the Israelites that their firstborn children and animals belonged to him (Exodus 13:1-2).
  • God told them that the first week of their religious year belonged to him (Exodus 13:3-7).
  • When they moved into the land of Canaan God told them that the first city they conquered, Jericho, belonged to him (Joshua 6:17-19).
  • God also said the firstfruits of their crops belonged to him. Now “firstfruits” is simply another word for tithe (see Leviticus 27:30) which means 10%. God gave specific instructions that the first 10% of their income belonged to him (Exodus 23:19).
  • And God rebuked the Israelites in the book of Haggai (see chapters 1-2) for not prioritizing his work first over their own.

It sounds to me like it was pretty important to God that his children put him first. So how can anyone argue that this somehow, magically, has stopped being important to God in the New Testament? Especially when Jesus reinforces this Old Testament “Principle of First” in Matthew 6:33 when he said “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness…” The truth is that putting God first (in every area of our lives, including our finances, is just as important to God today as it was back then.

5. To say “Tithing isn’t for today” is the same as saying “In the Old Testament God cared about lost people learning about Jesus but he doesn’t care about that anymore in the New Testament.” I would remind you that it was the tithe that allowed the priests of the Old Testament Temple to proclaim that God’s promised Messiah was coming into the world. And it’s the tithe that allows the pastors of New Testaments churches to proclaim that God’s promised Messiah has now come into the world. How could it be possible for God to no longer care about the lost? Especially when 2 Peter 3:9 says that God is “…not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.”

So we see that tithing isn’t legalistic. Tithing hasn’t been repealed. If anything the standard of grace is higher, not lower than the standard of law. So if anything has changed, it’s that we ought to give more than the tithe, not less. God continues to use the tithe as a test to see if we’ll honor and worship him and trust him by returning to him the first part of our income. And He uses it to then fund the ministry of the local church, whose mission it is to preach Jesus.

I hope this helps clear up any confusion you might of had on the tithe. But if not, feel free to email any questions you might still have to me at mike@newdaychurch.cc

If you’d like to start tithing you can do so by setting up your recurring gift at www.newdaychurch.cc/giving

If you’d like to start tithing but you first need to position your finances to be able to, you can attend our Money Wise Seminar this Sunday from 11am to 12:30pm where we’ll teach you how to get out of debt and get on a budget. Once you do this, you’ll have positioned your finances to be able to handle the tithe. To register simply email Peter, our groups pastor, at peter@newdaychurch.cc

Church Discipline

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What happens when a “sheep” (a believer) in our “flock” (our church) finds himself or herself ensnared by sin, whether unintentionally or through willful disobedience? It’s going to happen from time to time for as 1 Timothy 4:1-2 says, “…in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits…” And the question begs: What do we do when it happens? Well, the Bible is very clear that when this happens it is the duty of every believer within the sinning person’s sphere of influence to use their influence to try and steer their friend to repentance. This happens through something we call “church discipline.” This is simply the name given to a process (aimed at repentance and restoration) that Jesus lays out for us in Matthew 18:15-17. In these verses, Jesus explains to us how to respond when a fellow believer finds himself in a state of unrepentant sin. I’m going to outline this process in just a minute but before getting into the process of church discipline, let’s first look into the precedent and purpose of church discipline.

I. THE PRECEDENT OF CHURCH DISCIPLINE

We read in 1 Corinthians 5:1-12, “It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that does not occur even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife. And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been filled with grief and have put out of your fellowship the man who did this? Even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit. And I have already passed judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present. When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present, hand this man over to Satan, so that the sinful nature may be destroyed and his spirit saved on the day of the Lord. Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast works through the whole batch of dough?…I have written you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people— not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. But now I am writing you that you must not associate with anyone who calls himself a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat. What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”

When we encounter open, outright, blatant, unrepentant sin, it becomes necessary to remove the unrepentant sinner from our fellowship. Believers who remain true to the faith are to pass the following “judgment” (yes, it’s ok for believers to judge other believers – see vv.3,12) on the unrepentant sinner:

  1. They are to excommunicate him from the church (v.2, “…put out of your fellowship the man who did this…”)
  2. They are to shun him (v.11, “…you must not associate with anyone who calls himself a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.”).

This judgment is to stand until repentance takes place. Upon repentance, the individual is to be welcomed back into the church and to regular Christian fellowship. This may at first appear to be harsh, but it’s actually an act of love (as you’ll discover as you keep reading).

Now that we’ve looked at the precedent of church discipline, let’s move on to…

II. THE PURPOSE OF CHURCH DISCIPLINE

Why must we take such extreme measures when someone who claims to be a believer is living in unrepentant sin? The apostle Paul gives us the answer in 1 Corinthians 5:5-6 where he explains that we take such extreme measures “…so that the sinful nature may be destroyed and his spirit saved on the day of the Lord.” Paul couldn’t be more clear – the excommunication and shunning are intended to bring about repentance that leads to salvation. When someone claims to be a believer yet lives in unrepentant sin, they show themselves not to be true believers and show themselves to be in need of repentance that leads to salvation.

So as I mentioned earlier, excommunication and shunning are actually acts of love. When someone through willful disobedience walks away from God and loses their salvation (or proves by their actions that they were never actually saved in the first place), the most loving thing the community of believers can do is take action that encourages repentance that leads to salvation.

So we see that church discipline is always an act of love in that it’s done in the hope of restoring a straying brother/sister and never out of anger or revenge.

Ok, now that we’ve looked at the precedent and purpose of church discipline, let’s now look at…

III. THE PROCESS OF CHURCH DISCIPLINE 

Through a series of grace-filled, compassionate confrontations, we are to make every effort to rescue the straying brother/sister from their self-deception and the snare of the devil. And in Matthew 18:15-17 Jesus tells us what each step of these grace-filled, compassionate confrontations ought to look like. If at any step along the way, the sinning individual repents, he/she is to be welcomed back into the community of faith.

Step One. The process of church discipline begins one on one. Jesus said in Matthew 18:15, “If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.” Each person within the sinning party’s sphere of influence ought to reach out to them, encouraging them towards repentance.

Step Two. If the sinning brother refuses to listen to the one who has rebuked him privately, the next step is to take one or two more believers along to confront him again. Jesus said in Matthew 18:16, “But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.'” Sometimes the sinning person might feel you’re just picking on them or that it’s not that they’re wrong, it’s just that you don’t like them and are giving them a hard time. That’s when it’s helpful to bring others along to share the same thing you shared (i.e. that what they are doing is sinful, and that repentance is the appropriate road to travel down). Ideally, their added rebuke will be sufficient to bring about a change of heart in the offending brother that the initial rebuke did not accomplish. If this change of heart does occur, that brother is forgiven and restored to fellowship with the community of faith and then the restoration process begins (if applicable).

Step Three. But if the sinning party refuses to listen even to the confrontation of the two or three witnesses, those witnesses are to then share the news of what’s going on with the leadership of the church. Jesus said in Matthew 18:17a, “If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church…” The leadership of the church (i.e. the pastoral staff) can then communicate this news in an appropriate way to those in this person’s sphere of influence. The point of sharing this news with others is not to get other church attendees to “shun” the sinning individual, rather precisely the opposite. They are told so that they too can now reach out in love to the sinning individual, trying to steer him/her towards repentance.

Step Four. The final step in the process of church discipline is banishment from the community of faith. Jesus said in Matthew 18:17b, “…and if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector.” Pastor, theologian and Bible commentator John MacArthur writes:

“The term “Gentile” was primarily used of non-Jews who held to their traditional paganism and had no part in the covenant, worship, or social life of the Jews. On the other hand, a “tax-collector” was an outcast from the Jews by choice, having become a traitor to his own people. Jesus’ use of these terms doesn’t mean that the church is to treat these people badly. It simply means that when a professing believer refuses to repent, the church is to treat him as if he were outside of the fellowship. They are not to let him associate and participate in the blessings and benefits of the Christian assembly.” 

That ostracism is what Jesus was getting at here can be clearly seen from the example previously mentioned from 1 Corinthians 5:1-13. When the man who was sleeping with his step-mother refused to repent of his sin, he was thrown out of the community of faith until he repented. Other believers were not even allowed to share a meal with him (1 Corinthians 5:11) – although I’m guessing that if the sinning individual ever wanted to go out for a meal to discuss his repentance, I’m certain that sharing a meal in those circumstances would be permitted. But the point is this: The one who is sinful yet unrepentant is to be totally excommunicated from the fellowship of the community of faith. When the people in the sinning individual’s sphere of influence have done everything within their power to turn the person to repentance, but they refuse, there is nothing left to be done except to leave that person to their sin and shame.

Maybe you’re wondering “Mike, why is this such a big deal?” Good question! That leads me nicely to my last point, which deals with…

IV. THE PRIORITY OF CHURCH DISCIPLINE

Why must we prioritize dealing with sin vs sweeping it under the rug? Two reasons:

  1. Not confronting unrepentant sinful behavior is disobedience to the command of Christ (Matthew 18:15-20) and will ensure God’s displeasure (Revelation 2:20).
  2. Not confronting unrepentant sinful behavior is devastating to the spiritual health of the local church. Scripture is clear…sin is like leaven and left alone its evil effects will eventually permeate and negatively affect the whole church (1 Corinthians 5:6).

CONCLUSION

So there you have it:

  1. The precedent of church discipline
  2. The purpose of church discipline
  3. The process of church discipline
  4. The priority of church discipline

I close with this…

Engaging in the process of church discipline is never fun and is usually very uncomfortable. But that can’t become an excuse for us to turn a blind eye to sin. If we ignore Christ’s process for dealing with sin (shared above) then we become just as guilty of sin as the person who needs our loving rebuke. So if you find yourself in a situation where you need to lovingly confront someone who is living in unrepentant sin – go ahead and say a prayer, muster your courage and give them a call to set up a meeting. As Paul wrote in Galatians 6:1, “Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should [try your best to] restore him gently…” 

The Biblical Record of the Nativity

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The shepherds were definitely at the manger with Joseph, Mary, and Jesus. We read in Luke 2:15-16, When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.

So the shepherds were there for sure, but what about the Magi? If you were to buy a nativity set for your shelf or your lawn, the Magi would be included in the set, but is this the biblical portrait of that night? Here’s why I believe they were not present with the shepherds.

  1. Matthew 2:1-2, After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him.” When did the Magi arrive in Jerusalem? It says “After Jesus was born.” On the night Jesus was born they were some 900 miles away in the east. The star prophesied in Numbers 24:17 appeared once Jesus was born. Once the Magi saw his star they knew he had been born and they set out to worship him. And they certainly didn’t fly those 900 miles. When Ezra the priest returned from Babylonian captivity to Jerusalem, it took them four months to complete the 900 mile journey. The Magi may have made better time since they would’ve been traveling on horses, but we’re still talking a minimum of a couple months. And this is why Matthew 2:1 records that “After Jesus was born…Magi from the east came to Jerusalem…”
  2. Matthew 2:7-9 says …Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.” After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. Though Herod told them to go to Bethlehem, the star guided them to where the child actually was, which was back in Nazareth.
  3. This is why Matthew 2:11 says of the Magi “On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him…” It doesn’t say “On coming to the manger” rather “On coming to the house…” Joseph and Mary left their home in Nazareth to participate in the census (Luke 2:1-4). Since they were from the tribe of Judah, they had to go to Bethlehem some 80 miles to the south. But after Jesus was born and after they participated in the census, they would’ve returned home.
  4. Additionally, we read in Matthew 2:13 that right after the Magi presented their gifts to Jesus and then returned east, “…an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.” So that’s just what Joseph did. But once the danger had passed Matthew 2:23 tells us that he led his family back to Nazareth. So the picture painted in Matthew 2 is that the Magi visit Jesus in Nazareth. Right after their visit, Joseph and family flee from Nazareth to Egypt. Then, once the danger had passed, they returned to Nazareth.

I’m not saying you should return your navitity scenes or anything 🙂 I just want you to know the biblical record of the navity 🙂

 

History and Significance of the 4th of July

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I always enjoy revisiting the history and significance of our American holidays. That’s what I did this morning and I thought I’d pass along some of what I brushed up on…

1770s – Most American colonists were still loyal to King George up until the 1770s. But when England kept trying to exert control over colonial affairs, it started a revolution.

1775 – The first Revolutionary Battle at Lexington and Concord took place in April of 1775. When British troops were sent to confiscate colonial weapons, they ran into an untrained but angry militia. This ragtag army defeats 700 British soldiers and the surprise victory bolsters their confidence that America can become independent of Britain.

June 1776 – In 1776 the Continental Congress was meeting in Philadelphia debating: 1) Are we fighting for our rights as Englishmen within the British empire? or 2) Are we going to fight for our independence? Though they were divided, in the end, they decided to fight for independence. So on June 11, 1776, the Continental Congress appointed a “Committee of Five”, consisting of John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, Robert R. Livingston of New York, and Roger Sherman of Connecticut, to draft a declaration of independence.

July 1776 – On July 2, 1776, the Congress voted to declare independence. Then on July 4th, they approved the Declaration of Independence as the means by which they would declare such independence. This document was basically a 28 count indictment against King George that ended with a declaration (hence its name) that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as a new nation, the United States of America, and were no longer part of the British Empire. The first July 4th celebration actually took place on July 8th when the Declaration of Independence was publicly read in Philadelphia. The crowd reacted with gunfire, bonfires, and fireworks.

1781 – British General, Charles Cornwallis, surrenders to George Washington’s American Continental Army and Comte de Rochambeau’s French Army.

1783 – On September 3, 1783, the Treaty of Paris was signed, in which Britain agreed to recognize the sovereignty of the United States and formally end the war.

Over the course of the seven-year Revolutionary War (1775-1783), 4,435 soldiers made the ultimate sacrifice by giving their very lives in order to pave the way for a better future for themselves, for their children and for progeny. This is why we have the day off today – to remember not only the approval of the Declaration of Independence, but its significance as well. People we don’t even know sacrificed their lives for our good. This has resulted in the many freedoms we enjoy today (freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and so many others.).

Sadly, our American culture has become very self-centered instead of others-centered. And by and large, we focus too much on our rights instead of our responsibilities – like our responsibility to leave the world a better place than we found it. I don’t know about you, but I find the example of our forefathers so inspiring! Like them, I want to give my life in the service of others, and leave this world a better place than I found it. I hope you do too!

If this is of interest to you but you don’t know where to start, why not join us this Sunday at New Day Church? This Sunday we’re kicking off a brand new teaching series called MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU where we’re going to pull the spiritual themes from the Star Wars movies and teach you what the Bible says about those themes.

Darth Vader once said, “I find your lack of faith disturbing.” Well God feels the same way! That’s why in a short time from now (Sunday, July 9th) in a church not too far far away (we meet at the Basketball Hall of Fame), we’re doing this series. If the devil puts thoughts in your head about skipping this series or not inviting your friends you tell him “Mind tricks don’t work on me!” We would love for you to join us for this fun, summer series where faith and film collide!

You never know – this could be the start of you using your life to make a positive difference in this world, just like our forefathers.

Hope to see you Sunday!