Good News for 9/11/11

A week from the date of this post, is the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Most of us remember where we were when we heard the horrific news.

But as we remember bad news on 9/11, this Fall at our church we will begin a series from Romans 8: a chapter that is a wonderful summary of the best news ever proclaimed. Is there someone you ought to tell so they can hear it?

Read Romans 8 for yourself. Why wouldn’t we share such incredible news? After all, everyone likes to “bear glad tidings.”

• Young couples smile when they tell their parents that a grandchild is on the way.
• No one waits to send a text message that reads, “We won,”
• Or to say, “the test for cancer came back negative.”
• Wouldn’t you like to be the person who let someone know that his or her mortgage had been paid off?

With Romans 8, we have good news that is infinitely and eternally better than any of those examples and we can be stoked to share it.

If you are going through a tough time in life, or if you have questions about how all things can work together for good, or you know someone who is, then invite them to be our guest for this exciting new series and find answers to your deepest questions.

The Romans 8 series will begin on September 11, 2011 when we go back to two services at 9 and 10:30.  Remember this is the chapter that begins with the truth that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ and concludes with the assurance that nothing can separate us from the love of Christ. In between, Paul encourages that all things work together for God for those who belong to Jesus.

So here’s what you do:

1. Determine that you and your family are going to be here.
2. Identify several individuals or families you know that may not have a church home.
3. Pray that God would open their hearts to hearing the Good News.
4. Call and say, “Would you be my guest for a new sermon series at The Red Brick Church this Fall?” We could go out to breakfast before?  Or, we could have lunch afterwards?

Remember that song many of us learned to sing when we were children, “This Little Light of Mine”? It wasn’t just a nursery rhyme. It was based on Jesus challenge in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:14-16) that Christians are the light of the world and that under no circumstances should we pull the plug on our lights. Rather, we should wave the glory of Christ about as conspicuously as possible as we invite people to come hear the greatest news ever heard.