Church Wanted (1 of 7)
Series: Joy Ride
James Merritt
Philippians 1:1-6
Introduction
1. The first time this man ever walked into this place this is how he described it.
'' [It's a place] where everybody regardless of race, creed, or color is welcomed. It's warm... Glow is a beacon of hope and salvation. Inviting the hungry, the lost, the seriously hammered all...to come inside. It is a place of safety and nourishment. It never closes. It is always always faithful and always there for you.''
When I read that I thought that must be a church and I would love to know the name of that church.
2. Well, I guess you could say for some it is a church. In fact, it is pretty packed out on Sunday mornings, but it wasn't a church that was being described. Actually, the first time that the famous chef Anthony bourdain walked into this place these were the words that came to his mind. He was describing waffle house.
3. Seriously, who wouldn't want to attend a church like that? Who wouldn't want to be a church like that? There was a church like that over a thousand years ago in a place called Philippi.
4. Philippi was an ancient city in northern Greece that I have visited several times. It was in its day a bustling metropolitan city that had a strong industrial base and a great economy. Paul visited there around 50 a.d. And founded the first church in Europe there. Paul is now writing to this church from prison ten years later. If Paul had a favorite church this might have been it. If you study this letter you will find out why.
5. We are beginning a series in the book of Philippians we are going to call ''joy ride.'' I believe it is going to be a ride you are going to enjoy and it is going to put a smile on your face in so many ways as it did the apostle Paul.
6. I am excited about studying this book with you, because frankly we live in a generally sad world. It doesn't matter whether you live with a relatively prosperous, peaceful country like our ...
Series: Joy Ride
James Merritt
Philippians 1:1-6
Introduction
1. The first time this man ever walked into this place this is how he described it.
'' [It's a place] where everybody regardless of race, creed, or color is welcomed. It's warm... Glow is a beacon of hope and salvation. Inviting the hungry, the lost, the seriously hammered all...to come inside. It is a place of safety and nourishment. It never closes. It is always always faithful and always there for you.''
When I read that I thought that must be a church and I would love to know the name of that church.
2. Well, I guess you could say for some it is a church. In fact, it is pretty packed out on Sunday mornings, but it wasn't a church that was being described. Actually, the first time that the famous chef Anthony bourdain walked into this place these were the words that came to his mind. He was describing waffle house.
3. Seriously, who wouldn't want to attend a church like that? Who wouldn't want to be a church like that? There was a church like that over a thousand years ago in a place called Philippi.
4. Philippi was an ancient city in northern Greece that I have visited several times. It was in its day a bustling metropolitan city that had a strong industrial base and a great economy. Paul visited there around 50 a.d. And founded the first church in Europe there. Paul is now writing to this church from prison ten years later. If Paul had a favorite church this might have been it. If you study this letter you will find out why.
5. We are beginning a series in the book of Philippians we are going to call ''joy ride.'' I believe it is going to be a ride you are going to enjoy and it is going to put a smile on your face in so many ways as it did the apostle Paul.
6. I am excited about studying this book with you, because frankly we live in a generally sad world. It doesn't matter whether you live with a relatively prosperous, peaceful country like our ...
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