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Outcasts and Outlaws: Part 2

Wherein Chris Chesnutt regales us with tales from the nation of Texas and a reminder that we never know how God is using us.

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” — Søren Kierkegaard

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Running time: 37:36

Resources:

• Luke 4:18-19
• Luke 13:18-21
• Outcasts and Outlaws (Part 1)
• The Starfish Story
• “The Irresistible Revolution” by Shane Claiborne

Worth Risking For

“At the heart of the worldview of a Christian is that people are worth dying for.” — Rob Bell

Pastor Katie Jo Suddaby reminds us that risking and living can be even harder than dying.

Love someone into their future today.

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Running time: 20:52

Resources:

• John 15:9-12
• The Opposite of Love Is Control
• “Sex God” by Rob Bell

Unity in Diversity

Wherein the prodigal son returns from the land of fruits and nuts to the frozen tundra of the Midwest, we catch people for Jesus, and Noah’s ark was three feet big while still holding giraffes.

The Bible is a love story. You can’t have a love story without a relationship.

I have a man crush on Kenny.

Originally recorded on December 16, 2010.

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Running time: 49:56

Resources:

• John 17:9-26
• Game Genie for Sega Genesis
• “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor Frankl
• Outlaw Preachers
• “Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen as performed by Jeremiah Christensen
• “Pagan Christianity” by Frank Viola and George Barna
• Grace and Atheism

Your Love Muscle

Wherein we learn to work out our love muscle with fear and trembling (with the help of the Holy Spotter).

Also: stashing love under your mattress as an investment strategy and a couple love songs.

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Running time: 46:04

Resources:

• Losing My Religion podcast
• Luke 19:12-27 (Parable of the Ten Servants)
• 1 John 4:19 (“We love each other because he loved us first.”)
• Martin Luther quote
• Philippians 1:21 (“For to me, living means living for Christ, and dying is even better.”)
• Philippians 2:12-13 (Fear and Trembling in Los Angeles)
• John 14:16-29 (Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit)
• Laozi quote

Outcasts and Outlaws

Wherein we discuss the great reversal of the Mighty Rearranger and ponder the paradox.

Are we training and equipping Outlaw Preachers to put Christ first in everything?

Thanks to our own Chris Chesnutt for sharing.

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Running time: 34:41

Resources:

• “Mighty Rearranger” by Robert Plant (iTunes link) (Amazon MP3)
• Luke 13:18–19 (Parable of the Mustard Seed)
• “They Like Jesus but Not the Church” by Dan Kimball
• “unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity… and Why It Matters” by David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons
• John 13:1–17 (Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet)
• Geore Bernard Shaw quote
• Grace Is All We Have (“The Metamorphosis Manifesto”)

Where Is Your Focus?

Wherein we focus on the warm, gooey image of God at our center and that God is constantly chipping away all of our crap to reveal it.

Where is your focus?

God, be my strength.

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Running time: 43:11

Resources:

• “If You’re Feeling Sinister” by Belle and Sebastian (iTunes link) (Amazon MP3)
• Colossians 3:1-17
• Colossians 2:21-22

Sinful Nature

Wherein we find freedom from rules and new life in Christ, consider it no accident that we meet at a bar called Saints & Sinners, and are unable to make time for legalistic checklists because we’re too busy being saints.

Jesus could have given us a new set of commandments — a hundred if he wanted — but Jesus doesn’t want control. He wants love, and love is the opposite of control.

Originally recorded on September 30, 2009.

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Running time: 36:53

Resources:

• “Sins of my Father” by Tom Waits (iTunes link) (Amazon MP3)
• Colossians 2:6-23
• Reflections on the ELCA Churchwide Assembly and the Bible
• Matthew 22:34-40

Sehnsucht

What does it feel like to be homesick for a place you’ve never been? God is partying, and he wants us to party too. The party is realizing that you are loved.

It’s good to be back.

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Running time: 1:04:35

Resources:

• “I Miss You (Remix)” by Björk (iTunes link) (Amazon MP3)
• C. S. Lewis on Sehnsucht
• Luke 15:11-32
• “Sex God” by Rob Bell
• The Inverted Parable of the Lost Sheep
• Mark 1:16-18
• C. S. Lewis on Love
• Hosea
• Outlaw Preachers Precast: Nadia Bolz-Weber
• “Searching for God Knows What” by Donald Miller
• “The Great Below” by Nine Inch Nails (iTunes link) (Amazon MP3)

Joy

Wherein we have the pleasure of Angie and Ben in the pulpit, get a visit from AnnArbor.com, find joy in everything, and say farewell.

Everyone “longed for each other in the bowels of Jesus Christ” after the message.

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Resources:

• Philippians 1
• Philippians 1 (Young’s Literal Translation)
• “I Am a Pilgrim” with Johnny Cash, Soul Lift version

See also:

• On Bowels and other Literal Translations