1. The Power of Scripture

2. What if our church was less like a church and more like Matthew’s house?

3. Matthew’s house was a place where people experienced God’s radical grace…

4. “We are committed to welcoming broken people and making church accessible to unbelievers. We want to offer a sense of belonging, and be communities of grace in which people can be open and vulnerable. We will not let our welcome be dependent on adherence to any cultural norms not demanded by the Gospel.”
The Crowded House (A church
community in England)

5. In a community of radical grace the “wrong” kind of people have an opportunity to follow Jesus.

6. In a community of radical grace religious outsiders are welcomed and find a place of belonging.

7. In a community of radical grace religious outsiders are welcomed and find a place of belonging.
Jesus is handing out God’s party invitations. They read: “You’re invited to my party in the new creation. Come as you are.” - Tim Chester

8. In a community of radical grace we have to care more about people than our own notions of religious purity.

9. In a community of radical grace we have to care more about people than our own notions of religious purity.
“The church is a hospital for sinners not a museum for saints.”
- Tim Keller

10. I can speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers and understand all mysteries and knowledge, and if I have faith that moves mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love I gain nothing.
1 Corinthians 13:1-3