2. BE THE NEW

4. Winter Reading Guide

5. “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you;
and you will be my witnesses
in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8

6. and you will be my witnesses

7. and you will be my witnesses

8. Martus (mar’-toos) = A Witness

9. Martus (mar’-toos) = A Witness
The three types of witness

10. Martus (mar’-toos) = A Witness
The three types of witness
1. legal

11. Martus (mar’-toos) = A Witness
The three types of witness
1. legal
We know how easy it is for us to let our study of God get separated from the way we live.
Eugene Peterson
Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places

12. Martus (mar’-toos) = A Witness
The three types of witness
1. legal
2. historical

13. What’s your story?

14. your story matters

15. your story is evolving

16. your story is evolving
SO patience!

17. She seems to me full of good will, but she would go faster than grace
She seems to me full of good will, but she would go faster than grace. One does not become holy all at once.
Brother Lawrence
Practicing the Presence of God

18. Patience is the very shape of love
Patience is the very shape of love. Without it, religion is merely about enforcing laws and requirements. Without an (evolving) worldview, Christianity does not really understand, much less foster, growth or change.
Fr. Richard Rohr

19. Martus (mar’-toos) = A Witness
The three types of witness
1. legal
2. historical

20. Martus (mar’-toos) = A Witness
The three types of witness
1. legal
2. historical
3. witness or martyr

21. Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.”
Jesus
Luke 9:23-24

22. AND BECOME THE NEW

23. Will you take the Acts reading challenge?
Call to Faith
Will you take the Acts reading challenge?

24. AND BECOME THE NEW