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Map of Content - Sermons

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Map of Content - Sermons

Navigational index for all sermon outlines. Use this to find an existing outline or to discover related sermons when preparing a new one.

Easter / Resurrection / The Cross

  • 2026-04-10-gods-strategy-is-the-unexpected-response - God’s strategy across history is refusing the expected response; Gethsemane, Golgotha, and the movement in crisis; key scripture: Matthew 26:39, Luke 23:34, Romans 5:8

Lineage, Family & The Blessing

  • 2026-04-10-what-we-pass-down-epigenetics-and-the-blessing - Science hook: a 10-year-old’s experiment shows memories pass through metamorphosis to offspring; connects to Blessing theology and lineage restoration; key scripture: Exodus 20:5, Romans 5:12-17, Ezekiel 36:26
  • 2026-04-25-how-the-blessing-becomes-owned-rather-than-inherited - Inherited obedience must mature into chosen covenant; second-gen repair through re-consent, repair, and household practice; key scripture: Deuteronomy 30:19-20, Joshua 24:15, Ezekiel 36:26-27

Devotion & Spiritual Practice

  • 2026-04-10-the-pillar-concentrated-devotion-in-a-crisis - What concentrated devotion looks like when the movement faces crisis; Jung, unexpected response, spiritual vitality over reaction; key scripture: Matthew 6:6, Hebrews 11:1, James 1:2-4
  • 2026-04-11-god-cant-steer-a-parked-car - Surrender is active partnership not passivity; ego-demand as static; vacuum principle + keratin biology; key scripture: Matthew 16:25, Proverbs 3:5-6, Philippians 4:13

Sin, Repentance & Honest Before God

  • 2026-05-15-sin-is-missing-the-mark — “Sin is missing the mark, not a mark on you.” Shorter, more universal-Christian version of the longer sin-is-not-detachable teaching. Three wrong pictures of sin (too small, too big, sinful-nature-covered-by-grace) collapsed against the biblical etymology of sin as a missed shot. Two voices (conviction vs. accusation) and the archer’s vocabulary as the week’s action. ~20 minutes. Use when the audience is broader (visitors, mixed Christian) or the time is shorter. Key scripture: Matthew 18:21-22, Psalm 51:3-4 + 10-13, 1 John 1:8-10, Romans 8:1, Luke 15:20.
  • sin-is-not-detachable — “Sin is what you did, not what you are.” Full-length educational sermon teaching a third picture of sin between the two common wrong inheritances (cheap grace + crushing accusation). Anchored in the biblical etymology of sin as missing the mark (hamartia / chata’) — sin is an archer’s missed shot, not a substance attached to the archer. Walks the four kinds of sin in our tradition (original, hereditary, collective, personal) and which mechanism addresses each, with handoff to thread 2026-05-14-blessing-moved-the-address-not-the-hands for depth. Distinguishes the two voices that show up after sin: conviction (God, points forward) and accusation (Satan = literally the accuser, points down). Hopeful, teaching-toned, no specific audience called out. Hands action: practice the archer’s vocabulary this week (“I missed the mark; the next shot is the next shot”). Key scripture: Psalm 51:3-4 + 10-13, 1 John 1:8-10, Romans 8:1, Luke 15:20; CSG Book 7 Ch. 3 §1.1 (19-161, 1968.1.1).

Science, Biology & Faith

  • 2026-04-11-the-water-you-never-left - Fish biology + epigenetics as hook; we carry what we came from; God neofunctionalizes broken material; insulation thinning; key scripture: Psalm 139:13-16, John 3:3-6, Matthew 16:25

Loneliness, Community & Mission

  • 2026-04-11-the-loneliness-god-planned-for - Loneliness epidemic (61% of young adults) as entry; church as scarce third place; magnet principle as solution; key scripture: Genesis 2:18, Acts 2:42-47, John 13:35
  • 2026-04-26-a-church-grows-when-love-moves-outward - Worship becomes welcome, welcome becomes relationship, and relationship becomes invitation; key scripture: John 1:35-46, Acts 2:42-47, John 13:35

Church Growth & Renewal — Series: “Wake Up the Congregation” (Month 1)

Four-Sunday arc drawn from growth-plan.md Month 1. Goal: create hunger, not pressure. Reset source, change the question, recalibrate worship, then call to active hope.

  • 2026-05-03-growth-starts-with-god-not-hype - Strategy serves encounter; encounter is the source. Bamboo, Pentecost, Psalm 127:1; key scripture: Psalm 127:1, John 15:4-5, Acts 1:4-5
  • 2026-05-10-health-before-numbers - Wrong question is “how do we grow?”; right question is “what is blocking life among us?”; Ezekiel’s dry bones; key scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-10, John 15:1-2, 1 Cor 3:6-7
  • 2026-05-17-a-church-becomes-what-it-worships - Psalm 115:8 as governing principle; songs are theology delivery systems; the meta-Sunday of the month; key scripture: Psalm 115:4-8, 2 Cor 3:18, John 4:23-24
  • 2026-04-12-patience-is-not-a-strategy - Closer of Month 1; faith without works is dead; buried talent vs. active partnership; key scripture: Matthew 25:26-27, Acts 1:8, James 2:17

Church Growth & Renewal — Series: “From Consumers to Owners” (Month 2)

Four-Sunday arc drawn from growth-plan.md Month 2. Goal: call people into responsibility. Move from individual portion through corporate body to training-ground vocation.

  • 2026-05-24-my-portion-matters - No one can carry your portion of God’s response on your behalf; ownership begins where outsourcing ends; key scripture: Philippians 2:12-13
  • 2026-05-31-belonging-must-become-responsibility - Family language is empty until it produces care, service, and burden-sharing; key scripture: Galatians 6:2, 1 John 3:16-18
  • 2026-06-07-every-member-is-a-minister - The body cannot function as broadcast; royal priesthood + Three Subjects Principle; SHAPE + 40% waiting to be asked; key scripture: 1 Peter 2:9, 1 Cor 12, Eph 4:11-16, Rom 12:6-8
  • 2026-06-14-church-is-training-ground-not-destination - The church is the gate, not the homeland; useful to Heaven; reproduction over consumption; key scripture: Heb 12:1-2, 2 Tim 2:1-7, Matt 28:19-20, Eph 4:11-13

Church Growth & Renewal — Series: “Turn Outward as a Healthy Family” (Month 3)

Four-Sunday arc drawn from growth-plan.md Month 3. Goal: move from inward renewal to mission. Recover the message, design the room, water the relationships, become a movement.

  • 2026-06-21-we-have-the-message-people-need - The cultural moment is hungrier than we’ve noticed; the message is eternal but methods are generational; embodiment precedes explanation; key scripture: 1 Cor 1:18, Acts 2:36-37, John 1:14, 1 Pet 3:15
  • 2026-06-28-make-sunday-safe-to-invite-someone-to - The bottleneck is predictability, not motivation; seeker-sensitive vs. seeker-driven; mature believers carry the cost; key scripture: 1 Cor 14:23-25, Luke 14:23, Acts 2:42-47, Rom 15:7
  • 2026-07-05-witness-begins-with-real-relationships - The relational pipeline closes silently; friendship not friendliness; Andrew and Philip pattern; key scripture: John 1:35-46, John 13:34-35, Acts 2:47, 1 Thess 2:8
  • 2026-07-12-from-renewal-to-movement - 12-week arc summary; sending capacity over seating capacity; Andrew-and-Philip multiplied; key scripture: Acts 1:8, Acts 2:42-47, Matt 28:18-20, Hab 2:14

Cross-Sermon Connections

SermonShares theme with
The Unexpected ResponseThe Pillar (unexpected response to crisis)
What We Pass DownThe Unexpected Response (God grieving as parent)
The PillarWhat We Pass Down (lineage, devotion as inheritance)
The Water You Never LeftWhat We Pass Down (epigenetics, lineage); God Can’t Steer a Parked Car (vacuum/keratin biology)
The Loneliness God Planned ForGod’s Unexpected Response (community as witness); The Water You Never Left (insulation/magnetism); Witness Begins With Real Relationships (the loneliness our witness answers)
Growth Starts with God, Not HypeHealth Before Numbers; A Church Becomes What It Worships; Patience Is Not a Strategy (Month 1 series); From Renewal to Movement (where the source-question lands twelve weeks later)
Health Before NumbersGrowth Starts with God, Not Hype (encounter precedes health work); A Church Grows When Love Moves Outward (outward as health vector); From Renewal to Movement (sending capacity as the new metric of health)
A Church Becomes What It WorshipsSongs as theology delivery systems; ties to MNFC worship ministry vision and worship-leading practice; Make Sunday Safe to Invite Someone To (Sunday as harvest-day/worship-as-witness)
Patience Is Not a StrategyThe Pillar (concentrated devotion in crisis); The People Are Already Here (no waiting for ideal conditions); From Renewal to Movement (patience as the rhythm of long obedience)
My Portion MattersBelonging Must Become Responsibility; Every Member Is a Minister; Church Is Training Ground (Month 2 series — From Consumers to Owners)
Belonging Must Become ResponsibilityMy Portion Matters; Every Member Is a Minister; Witness Begins With Real Relationships (belonging widens to include those not yet inside)
Every Member Is a MinisterChurch Is Training Ground (training-and-sending pipeline); Witness Begins With Real Relationships (every member as the relational unit of mission)
Church Is Training Ground, Not DestinationWe Have the Message People Need; From Renewal to Movement (the church-as-gate framing carried into Month 3); A Church Grows When Love Moves Outward
We Have the Message People NeedWe Have the Most Powerful Message on Earth (earlier outline of same claim); Make Sunday Safe to Invite Someone To; Witness Begins With Real Relationships (Month 3 series — Turn Outward as a Healthy Family)
Make Sunday Safe to Invite Someone ToA Church Becomes What It Worships (Sunday as worship-as-witness); A Church Grows When Love Moves Outward; The People Are Already Here
Witness Begins With Real RelationshipsThe Loneliness God Planned For (the cultural condition our witness answers); A Church Grows When Love Moves Outward; The People Are Already Here
From Renewal to MovementAll eleven prior sermons in the 12-week arc — synthesizes Months 1, 2, and 3 into the operating-system question; A Church Grows When Love Moves Outward (the outward orientation as movement)
Sin Is Not DetachableRepentance Is How Love Moves (this sermon names the sin that must be owned; the 7-5 sermon names the movement that owning it makes possible — they are sequential moves of the same heart); Sin Is Missing The Mark (shorter universal-Christian version of the same core teaching, without the four-kinds-of-sin and Blessing material)
Sin Is Missing The MarkSin Is Not Detachable (longer in-tradition companion); Repentance Is How Love Moves (turning as the movement that follows from naming the miss)

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