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A Case For
The 2013 Preaching Rally was based on the theme: TIMELESS. Each session drove home this point in a unique way, as three points of a sermon drive home one main idea. The skits, special music and, of course, the preaching all intertwined to convince the attendees that “Our Generation Must Choose to be TIMELESS.” At the close of the service, all our guests were given four booklets, three of which were written specifically for this event (the fourth was our previous booklet titled A Case For Reverence. Read Part 1 and Part 2.)
Enjoy booklet #3 from the third session: “HOW to Stay Timeless?”
The 2013 Preaching Rally was based on the theme: TIMELESS. Each session drove home this point in a unique way, as three points of a sermon drive home one main idea. The skits, special music and, of course, the preaching all intertwined to convince the attendees that “Our Generation Must Choose to be TIMELESS.” At the close of the service, all our guests were given four booklets, three of which were written specifically for this event (the fourth was our previous booklet titled A Case For Reverence. Read Part 1 and Part 3.)
Enjoy booklet #2 from the second session: “WHY be Timeless?”
The 2013 Preaching Rally was based on the theme: TIMELESS. Each session drove home this point in a unique way, as three points of a sermon drive home one main idea. The skits, special music and, of course, the preaching all intertwined to convince the attendees that “Our Generation Must Choose to be TIMELESS.” At the close of the service, all our guests were given four booklets, three of which were written specifically for this event (the fourth was our previous booklet titled A Case For Reverence. Read Part 2 and Part 3.)
Enjoy booklet #1 from the first session: “WHAT is Timeless?”
From the back cover:
We were all taught in debate class how to build a strong case for our topic by knowing both the pros and cons — not only knowing our main points but also anticipating the opposing side’s. “A Case For…” is a series of articles that are written in a simple format, highlighting some of the main points for and against each topic. While a book, chapter and verse may not be provided for each argument given, overarching principles guide every point. Some people may not think that approach is very spiritual, but this series takes a practical, logical approach as well as maintaining a biblical stance on everything. A Case For Sunday Evening Church is a discussion of some practical reasons that every church member should try to make it to church every time the doors are open… particularly focusing on our Sunday evening service.
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Introduction
The recent Washington Post article read “No Church, it’s Christmas.”
While the article (and other news reports just like it) focused on churches canceling their services for holidays, it went on to say the following:
“There’s no question that Americans’ bond with institutional religion has been weakening in recent decades; in other words, there are tens of millions of Americans who call themselves followers of Jesus Christ but rarely if ever go to church. Including on Christmas.” [emphasis added]
From the back cover:
We were all taught in debate class how to build a strong case for our topic by knowing both the pros and cons — not only knowing our main points but also anticipating the opposing side’s. “A Case For…” is a series of articles that are written in a simple format, highlighting some of the main points for and against each topic. While a book, chapter and verse may not be provided for each argument given, overarching principles guide every point. Some people may not think that approach is very spiritual, but this series takes a practical, logical approach as well as maintaining a biblical stance on everything. A Case For Reverence lists some reasons that we conduct our church services in more of a reverent atmosphere. In a day of casual, relaxed Christianity, we still believe that God deserves our respect and devotion, particularly in our church services.
“God… you studly gentleman…”
The local Bible camp was hosting more than just our group that day.
Our group of three sister churches had rented a portion of the camp to conduct our annual Youth Winter Rendezvous, a spiritually refreshing 3-day retreat up in the mountains. On our second day, another group dropped off two full busloads of teens from various churches, and they were stationed on the other side of the camp. The setting was not unusual, but the circumstances were.
From the back cover:
We were all taught in debate class how to build a strong case for our topic by knowing both the pros and cons — not only knowing our main points but also anticipating the opposing side’s. “A Case For…” is a series of articles that are written in a simple format, highlighting some of the main points for and against each topic. While a book, chapter and verse may not be provided for each argument given, overarching principles guide every point. Some people may not think that approach is very spiritual, but this series takes a practical, logical approach as well as maintaining a biblical stance on everything. A Case For Why We Have “Church” is a biblical and logical discussion of the church’s authority and timelessness. When Christ transferred his authority to the church, he promised to be with it until the end. Thankfully, we still have that authority today.
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Introduction
Every wonder where the whole concept of church came from, anyway?
I mean, if you were an alien who just dropped in, knowing nothing of our culture or history, wouldn’t it seem strange that people all over the world meet together during the week?
And not only that… they talk about this… book. And this… book… is thousands of years old!
First of all, if I were the alien, I’d want to know about how that book has lasted so long. There’s no doubt it is the most unique book ever written, but there’s also the fact that people would actually die for it. Now that might seem strange, if he didn’t understand the book’s significance.
Things might make more sense to our alien friend when he understands that we meet in what we call church in order to worship God and hear this book preached.
From the back cover:
We were all taught in debate class how to build a strong case for our topic by knowing both the pros and cons — not only knowing our main points but also anticipating the opposing side’s. “A Case For…” is a series of articles that are written in a simple format, highlighting some of the main points for and against each topic. While a book, chapter and verse may not be provided for each argument given, overarching principles guide every point. Some people may not think that approach is very spiritual, but this series takes a practical, logical approach as well as maintaining a biblical stance on everything. A Case For Saturday Soul-Winning is a discussion of some practical reasons that every church member should be involved in the outreach of our church… particularly through Saturday soul-winning times.
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Introduction
Every Saturday at Calvary Baptist Church, around 9:45 am people start showing up, getting maps, getting tracts, and praying for the day of soul-winning. What we call soul-winning is a time of the week that we take gospel tracts with church information and invite people to our church and try to be a witness and see people saved.
At the heart of our scheduled soul-winning time is the Great Commission found in the gospels: Matthew 28:18-20, 18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Christ is literally telling us His plan for bringing people into His family: He conveys His authority (“All power”) to the church (the only entity that will last “unto the end of the world”) and expects the individuals to “Go ye…” The core job of the church is to:
- Win souls (“teach all nations”)
- Baptize them (“baptizing them…”)
- Disciple them (“Teaching them…”)
A great way to be involved in the Great Commission is to be a part of our Saturday soul-winning time. Not only is it commanded to be a witness, but Saturday soul-winning time allows us to be a part of something that will matter in 1,000 years, as opposed to most everything else we do on earth. The following points are certainly not exhaustive, but they provide a few practical, logical reasons to come out on Saturdays.
