23/02/2020 | #AGAIN | The Masks We Can Take Off | John Goodliff | Bournville
Title: The Masks We Can Take Off
By: John Goodliff
Bible Reading: Book of Acts (Chapter 5, verses 1-11).
Recorded: Sunday 23/02/2020 at our Bournville Gathering.
Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us!
The Masks We Can All Take Off
Video - https://vimeo.com/392963977
Bible Reading - Book of Acts (Chapter 5, verses 1-11).
There’s no doubt that we live in an age of the individual. An era when everyone is valued and empowered to dream big dreams and achieve big things. At least that’s what we want to believe is true! When you look at the evidence, though, our age of greater independence and apparent empowerment has actually led to greater and greater emotional and relational strain. It’s almost as if the more pressure we put on ourselves to be somebody, the greater the burden becomes. And so we wear masks - in real life and on social media - pretending to be something we are not. The same was true for the first followers of Jesus. This story shows two people who pretended to be something they were not. And the effects of this pretence was dramatic! Perhaps it’s a necessary reminder to be the kind of community where we all have the freedom to take our masks off, and discover the joy of not needing to pretend any more.
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
By: John Goodliff
Bible Reading: Book of Acts (Chapter 5, verses 1-11).
Recorded: Sunday 23/02/2020 at our Bournville Gathering.
Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us!
The Masks We Can All Take Off
Video - https://vimeo.com/392963977
Bible Reading - Book of Acts (Chapter 5, verses 1-11).
There’s no doubt that we live in an age of the individual. An era when everyone is valued and empowered to dream big dreams and achieve big things. At least that’s what we want to believe is true! When you look at the evidence, though, our age of greater independence and apparent empowerment has actually led to greater and greater emotional and relational strain. It’s almost as if the more pressure we put on ourselves to be somebody, the greater the burden becomes. And so we wear masks - in real life and on social media - pretending to be something we are not. The same was true for the first followers of Jesus. This story shows two people who pretended to be something they were not. And the effects of this pretence was dramatic! Perhaps it’s a necessary reminder to be the kind of community where we all have the freedom to take our masks off, and discover the joy of not needing to pretend any more.
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
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