THE REWARDS OF REDEMPTION AT EPHESUS (3 OF 15)
Scripture: Ephesians 1:7-12
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The Rewards of Redemption at Ephesus (3 of 15)
Series: Ephesians
Donald Cantrell
Ephesians 1:7-12
I - The Supreme Gift of Redemption (7)
II - The Special Graces of Redemption (8 - 9)
III - The Saintly Gathering of Redemption (10)
IV - The Shared Glory of Redemption (11 - 12)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Redemption and Restoration in Real Life
The following tragic event took place around Christmas time at New Life Church in Colorado Springs.
The event was the shooting of several people in the church parking lot and building that left three dead and three wounded. The young man, who had done the shooting, killed himself after being shot by a security guard. Earlier that day, he had entered Youth with A Mission Headquarters in suburban Denver, shooting four and killing two. His name was Matthew Murray, and he had been raised in a Christian home.
The tragedy shook the church that had just started to come out of the painful and very public story about their former pastor's, Ted Haggard, sexual sin. Now they were faced with this terrible tragedy.
In a recent Christianity Today article, it was told that after granting the interview to talk about that day and its after effects, it was revealed that Brady Boyd, the current Senior Minister, called Murray's parents and asked if they would like to come to New Life and see where 'their son had passed away.' They said they had wanted to, but had refrained from do so because of their concerns for the church. They were also asked if they would be willing to meet with members of the family who had lost two teenage daughters that morning. They said yes. The same invitation was extended to the victim's family, the Work's. They said yes.
After showing the Murrays around the church where the tragic events took place, they met with the Work's in Boyd's office. ''What happened there in the two hours in my office ... was the most significant ministry moment I've experi ...
Series: Ephesians
Donald Cantrell
Ephesians 1:7-12
I - The Supreme Gift of Redemption (7)
II - The Special Graces of Redemption (8 - 9)
III - The Saintly Gathering of Redemption (10)
IV - The Shared Glory of Redemption (11 - 12)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Redemption and Restoration in Real Life
The following tragic event took place around Christmas time at New Life Church in Colorado Springs.
The event was the shooting of several people in the church parking lot and building that left three dead and three wounded. The young man, who had done the shooting, killed himself after being shot by a security guard. Earlier that day, he had entered Youth with A Mission Headquarters in suburban Denver, shooting four and killing two. His name was Matthew Murray, and he had been raised in a Christian home.
The tragedy shook the church that had just started to come out of the painful and very public story about their former pastor's, Ted Haggard, sexual sin. Now they were faced with this terrible tragedy.
In a recent Christianity Today article, it was told that after granting the interview to talk about that day and its after effects, it was revealed that Brady Boyd, the current Senior Minister, called Murray's parents and asked if they would like to come to New Life and see where 'their son had passed away.' They said they had wanted to, but had refrained from do so because of their concerns for the church. They were also asked if they would be willing to meet with members of the family who had lost two teenage daughters that morning. They said yes. The same invitation was extended to the victim's family, the Work's. They said yes.
After showing the Murrays around the church where the tragic events took place, they met with the Work's in Boyd's office. ''What happened there in the two hours in my office ... was the most significant ministry moment I've experi ...
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