Henry Williams

Here's the weekend sermon in 10 tweets (Letter to the Corinthians series):

1/ 7 signs of maturing faith: first, You have a biblical definition of spirituality. It’s a person. Having the Spirit.

2/ 2nd sign: You have a growing recognition that “It’s not about me.” Life is about God’s priorities—in line with the Spirit.

3/ Spiritual maturity is a journey. We stray from the path but no one is a Christian who is never on the path.

4/ 3rd sign: You see ministry and leadership as serving and contributing.

5/ Leaders are servants, not celebrities.

6/ 4th: You experience the rhythms of work and rest. Ministry is hard (like farming) but it’s not all on you. God causes the growth.

7/ 5th: You apply Scripture not only to yourself but to the “you alls.” You all are a field…building…temple

8/ 6th: You increasingly think and act in terms of eternal implications.

9/ 7th: You’re learning to live in the tensions. Leader/servant; I am temple/we are temple; Accountability/Assurance; Humble/Confident…

10/ The cross in right in the middle of the tensions. We are saints that still sin. Forgiven but we will be judged with no condemnation.

You can watch the sermon here or below.

Here's the Easter message in 10 tweets.

1/ Luke’s gospel uniquely explores why the tomb is empty.

2/ Why is the tomb empty? Why didn’t Jesus meet them there? The angels tell us. It’s the place for the dead, not the living.

3/ Why are the women (his most devoted and courageous disciples) at the tomb? Because they didn’t believe Jesus.

4/ The Easter story begins at an empty tomb because his most loyal followers failed to believe Jesus.

5/ At the core of sin is the failure to believe God.

6/ Adam & Eve would never have eaten the fruit if they believed God when he told them it would kill them.

7/ Saving faith is not only believing in God; saving faith is believing God.

8/ The angels are in the wrong place because God pursues us into all the wrong places we go to find life.

9/ The women abandon the tomb because that’s what you do with such incredibly good news!

10/ Peter doesn’t believe the women but he runs to the tomb. He's the patron saint of skeptics.

Ten Tweets on “Signs of Maturing Faith” (1 Corinthians 3:1-23)