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Mainstreet Church

How to Have a Faith That is Alive

How to Have a Faith That is Alive

Michael Elkins, Lead Pastor - New Hope Community Church

Locations & Times

Mainstreet Church

5465 Moline Martin Rd, Walbridge, OH 43465, USA

Sunday 9:00 AM

Sunday 10:30 AM

Deuteronomy 8:10-20

You don’t wrestle with questions about faith, morals, or worldviews.
You talk like an atheist.
You never feel challenged, only affirmed in your brokenness.
You’re afraid to offend, be offended, or have “truth-in-love” conversations.
You view Christianity as a list of “don’ts”.
Is Jesus worth it?

Matthew 16:13-17

John 6:53-69

Philippians 2:3-11

COMFORTABLE CHRISTIANITY IS CONSUMED WITH HUMAN CONCERNS.
CRUCIFORM CHRISTIANITY IS CONSUMED WITH GOD’S CONCERNS.

Romans 12:1

“If the way you’re walking doesn’t have crosses, afflictions, persecutions, and self-denial, you’re not on Christ’s way. Our way is self-formed, God’s way is cruciform, our way is wide and self-comforting, His way is narrow and self-denying, our way rarely crosses His, His way always means carrying a cross.”
-Waymaker, Ann Voskamp
COMFORT PREVENTS THE FULLNESS OF GOD IN THIS LIFE … AND MAYBE THE NEXT.
My Next Steps …

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