What should "staying" look like?
Can’t Do
Why Peter and Paul are different from Mary and me. A realistic biblical appraisal of our gifts, limitations, season of life, and calling that liberates us from unrealistic goals and releases us to fruitful ministry today.
Not one of the Twelve
Not Paul
Not a apostle
Can Do
Why Peter, Paul, Mary and me are the same. What do we share in common and how does that impact our participation in our mission together?
We're Christians
We have the same Gospel (Eph 3.7, Gal 1.8, 1 Cor 15.3-4)
We have the same audience (1 Peter 2.9-10, Eph 2.1-3, Rom 3.10-12)
Get To
You and me and Mary get to participate in God’s grand plan of redemption and reconciliation.
Ambassadors who demonstrate and declare the Gospel (2 Cor 5. 14-20, Mark 10.45)
Disciple-makers who are actively involved in the mission here at home (Matt 18.19-20, John 13.34-35, 17.2--23; 1 John 4.7-11)
Caregroup Questions
How would you define our mission together?
What is your part in our mission?
What does that look like (think: calendar, checkbook, prayer, etc.)?
Have any non-biblical expectations ever hindered your participation in our mission together? If so, what are/were they? What areas of doctrine and thinking need to be addressed in order to correct this expectation?
