Distinct and Deployed

Sermon Application Questions:1. How would you define a disciple of Jesus Christ? Do the ideas of distinct and deployed appear in your definition? How should these realities of what it means to be a disciple show up in your prayers, in your priorities, and in your weekly rhythms?2. How do you typically pray when you are in a difficult circumstance? In what ways could God use a challenging circumstance you are in right now to advance the gospel?3. Author and Professor, Dr. Carl Trueman states “One of the temptations at a time of tremendous flux and change is to fixate upon the immediate challenges to the Christian faith… Yet there’s a danger here: we can become so preoccupied with specific threats that we neglect the important fact that Christian truth is not a set of isolated and unconnected claims, but rather stands as a coherent whole… If, as I contend, modern sexual and identity politics are functions of deeper notions of selfhood, then we need first to know what the Christian view of the self is in order to address them. And as the Bible teaches that the human self is made in the image of God, we need a good grasp of the doctrine of God. In short, we stand strong at this cultural moment and address the specific challenges we face only if our foundations in God’s truth are broad and deep.”How are you regularly reading and meditating upon God’s Word to keep your foundations in God’s truth broad and deep?_____________________________Music and Lyrics Used by Permission CCLI# 1595532