10 Tweets

Here's last weekend's sermon in 10 Tweets, Marvel's & Wonders: Miracles of Jesus, "Feeding of the 4000"

1/ Are rich people meaner, more self-absorbed & less generous than poor people?

2/ Can rich people be influenced to be as generous as poor? Yes. Much as Jesus grows generous hearts in this text.

3/ Jesus helps us see with new eyes. They are sheep without a shepherd (Mark 6:34)

4/ This is your mission. They are your mission field.

5/ Researchers showed rich people a brief film on child poverty to get them to give as much % as poor.

6/ Jesus asks us to give something. "How many loaves do you have? ...And he took the 7 loaves."

7/ Monopoly experiment....Do you have a clear sense of your advantages? Your responsibility with those advantages?

8/ Do you imagine Jesus was thinking, 'If I only had 7 loaves, I could feed this crowd.' Then why ask?

9/ Jesus takes our something & multiplies it. The biblical benchmark for that something = 10%. Can't imagine? Than start wherever you can.

10/ Jesus: "Why talking about bread? Don't you remember? Do you not yet understand?"

10 Tweets

Here isTim's weekend sermon in 10 Tweets, Marvels & Wonders: The Miracles of Jesus (John 2:1-12):

1/ A road sign can't prove that the Shrine of Guadalupe is there, or that this is really the way to get there. You have to actually follow the sign.

2/ Jesus's miraculous signs show us who to follow, and where he's taking us.  They show us who he is, and give us a glimpse of his kingdom.

3/ Tim Keller says this miracle is so weird it has to be true.  You'd never make up a story about fixing a catering disaster as his first miracle.

4/ Where Jesus reigns there is Joy and Celebration - this wedding is a glimpse of what his kingdom is like.

5/ This was a huge wedding celebration...bigger than prom!

6/ Jesus is compassionate. He cared about their screw-up. He cares about the details of life.

7/ Jesus brings celebration in place of self-purification.

8/ The groom gets it all wrong. He doesn't have his act together; he doesn't prepare well. But because of Jesus he gets credit for being perfect.

9/ Our reality is transformed when Jesus is present and we do whatever he tells us.

10/ Don't settle for joylessness!