Tanisha Set_Poetry for the Ukraine

Tanisha - Repentance - Project Odessa Poetry Slam from Roosevelt Church on Vimeo.





Tanisha - Trusting in Hip Hop - Project Odessa Poetry Slam from Roosevelt Church on Vimeo.

Top 10 Evangelism Tips

I appreciated these top 10 evangelism tips from Tim Keller. Here are the ten:

Let people around you know you are a Christian (in a natural, unforced way)

Ask friends about their faith – and just listen!

Listen to your friends problems – maybe offer to pray for them

Share your problems with others – testify to how your faith helps you

Give them a book to read

Share your story

Answer objections and questions

Invite them to a church event

Offer to read the Bible with them

Take them to an explore course

You can read the full post on these here. What it ultimately comes down to is taking the time to have real relationships with people and in those relationships being fully open about your faith (and having a faith that actually makes a difference in all areas of your life!) And the Lord, by his grace, will work through you to reach those you know. 

Jacoby Nelson Set_Poetry for the Ukraine

Jacoby Nelson - 1st Set - Project Odessa Poetry Slam from Roosevelt Church on Vimeo.



Jacoby Nelson - 2nd Set - Project Odessa Poetry Slam from Roosevelt Church on Vimeo.



Jacoby Nelson - 3rd Set - Project Odessa Poetry Slam from Roosevelt Church on Vimeo.

Dark Speach Set_Poetry for the Ukraine

Dark Speach - 1st Set - Project Odessa Poetry Slam from Roosevelt Church on Vimeo.




Dark Speach - 2nd Set - Project Odessa Poetry Slam from Roosevelt Church on Vimeo.

Sermon Study Questions for June 24, 2012

Sermon Study Questions for June 24, 2012

Sermon: “Jesus: Fully God and Fully Man”

by: Vermon Pierre  

Series: What We Believe - Preaching through the Apostle's Creed

• Read (and take notes as you do!) Matthew 1:18-25 and Luke 1:26-38. Please list your thoughts and reflections on these passages. Share them with the group as well as any questions you may have.

• Isaiah 7:14 contain a prophecy of the virgin conception (see Matthew 1:23). How does the phrase “God with us” (Immanuel) help us as we think about the Incarnation?

• Read Romans 5:17, Romans 8:3, 1 Timothy 2:5 and Hebrews 2:17 in their context, then please answer the following:

o   In what way is the sinlessness of Jesus connected to his being born of a virgin?

o   Why was it important that Jesus be sinless?

o   Why was it important that Jesus be a true man?

• Look again at Luke 1:37. What does this passage say about miracles? Talk about how one’s view of the supernatural affects their view of miracles. How does this speak to the modern view of the miraculous? 

http://www.rooseveltchurch.org/sermons

The Privileged Planet Trailer

Roosevelt Institute Class: "WE BELIEVE IN THE CREATOR"

Sunday | June 24, 2012 | 8:30am | Fellowship Hall

This Sunday @RCC we'll be watching part of the Privileged Planet DVD. Why? We're going through the Apostles' Creed and it speaks of God as The Creator or The Maker. So here we go ... and here is a snippet:

The Apostles' Creed states that God is "the Creator of heaven and earth." Come to this class hosted by Ryan Smeets where we will watch part of The Privileged Planet, a DVD on the intelligent design and fine tuning of earth. Please contact Andrea Ortega to assist with bring breakfast items at

dtrubishop@hotmail.com.

Prayer for Lakartinya, Kenya

Our team departed this morning for their 16 day mission to Lakartinya. Please pray for them as often as you can. Pray that they will give all the people they encounter all of the love of Jesus.

We love you all!

The Joy of Calvinism on Backpack Radio THIS SUNDAY

The Joy of Calvinism on Backpack Radio
AIRING ON June 24, 2012

We have a discussion about The Joy of Calvinism by Greg Forster (crossway.org/books/the-joy-of-calvinism-tpb)
Listen to BPR Sunday nights at 9PM on 1360am KPXQ or stream live at KPQX.com


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"Jesus - Son of God, Lord of All" - Study Questions

FOR USE IN OUR CURRENT SERMON SERIES ON THE APOSTLES' CREED

1. Read John 1:18 and John 3:16 in their context and discuss the significance of the phrase "only Son" (monogenes in Greek; translated as “only begotten Son” in the King James Bible).


2. How does John 1:1-2 help explain the doctrine of the Trinity? Why is the doctrine of the Trinity an essential Christian doctrine? How would our faith and the practice of our faith be affected if we neglect this doctrine?


3. Look over Matthew 1:17-25. Write out your understanding of the name "Jesus" and the title "Christ". Look up related passages if necessary.


4. Is recognizing Jesus as Lord essential for salvation (see Romans 10:9-10)? Why or why not?


5. How is one even able to sincerely confess Jesus as Lord (see 1 Corinthians 12:3)? What does this mean and how should it impact the way you view your own salvation and evangelism to others?


6. What are the practical and real-life implications of the Lordship of Christ, especially as it relates to Christian discipleship? What are some areas of your own life that need to be brought more under the Lordship of Christ? Spend some time praying about these things with other believers.


Bonus question:
-Listen to the Backpack Radio program titled "The Sonship of Christ" where some of the Roosevelt pastors discuss the meaning of the title "Son of God” (Show date: 12/04/2011). For extra credit, write down 3-4 key points made in the show.

Study Questions for last Sunday's sermon, "We Believe in God"

“We Believe in God”

What We Believe: Preaching Through the Apostles Creed

1. Read Romans 1:18-25.

- List one reason it says that it is ‘clear’ or ‘plain’ that God exists.

- What does it say the reason for unbelief is?

- According to this passage, what happens when people reject God?

2. Please list how you think things would be different if God did not exist.

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3. List several differences between the God of the Bible and other non-biblical conceptions of God that you are aware of. What difference do these differences make?

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4. Do you believe in the God of the Bible? Why or why not? How should a belief in this God influence your life?

5. What difference does and should it make for your life that through Christ we can relate to the Almighty God as “Father”?

Art-A-Thon and Auction PHOTO ALBUM

LakARTinya Art-A-Thon and Auction June 1-2, 2012

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Thank you everyone for your support! We raised $7278 from this whole event! Thankful for everyone who made it happen from pledges and bidding to music, food, random supporters, and prayer. God was glorified thru you all!

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We Believe in God: Some Theistic Proofs [video]

Sanjay Merchant, Instructor of Theology, Moody Bible Institute 

is giving some evidence for believing in God.

Roosevelt Institute Class -Introduction was done by Pastor KJ Jaramillo
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The Confessional Church_Sermon Notes [part 1]

Key Text

1 Timothy 6:12–14

“Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ”

Intro - the church has always believed and confessed!

excerpt from The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas
Vivia Perpetua and Felicitas suffered martyrdom in the reign of Septimius Severus, about the year 202 a.d. the acts of these Carthage African martyrs are translated from the Greek. As a result, it was reported that the prison governor was converted.

…we were suddenly taken away to be heard, and we arrived at the town-hall. At once the rumour spread through the neighbourhood of the public place, and an immense number of people were gathered together. We mount the platform. The rest were interrogated, and confessed. Then they came to me, and my father immediately appeared with my boy, and withdrew me from the step, and said in a supplicating tone, ‘Have pity on your babe.’ And Hilarianus the procurator, who had just received the power of life and death in the place of the proconsul Minucius Timinianus, who was deceased, said, ‘Spare the grey hairs of your father, spare the infancy of your boy, offer sacrifice for the well-being of the emperors.’ And I replied, ‘I will not do so.’ Hilarianus said, ‘Are you a Christian?’ And I replied, ‘I am a Christian.’ And as my father stood there to cast me down from the faith, he was ordered by Hilarianus to be thrown down, and was beaten with rods. And my father’s misfortune grieved me as if I myself had been beaten, I so grieved for his wretched old age. The procurator then delivers judgment on all of us, and condemns us to the wild beasts, and we went down cheerfully to the dungeon.

excerpt from the Martyrdom of Polycarp [9:2-3]
When then he was brought before him, the proconsul enquired whether he were the man. And on his confessing that he was, he tried to persuade him to a denial saying, 'Have respect to thine age,' and other things in accordance therewith, as it is their wont to say; 'Swear by the genius of Caesar; repent and say, Away with the atheists.' Then Polycarp with solemn countenance looked upon the whole multitude of lawless heathen that were in the stadium, and waved his hand to them; and groaning and looking up to heaven he said, 'Away with the atheists.
But when the magistrate pressed him hard and said, 'Swear the oath, and I will release thee; revile the Christ,' Polycarp said, 'Fourscore and six years have I been His servant, and He hath done me no wrong. How then can I blaspheme my King who saved me?'
[Polycarp 10:1]
But on his persisting again and saying, 'Swear by the genius of Caesar,' he answered, 'If thou supposest vainly that I will swear by the genius of Caesar, as thou sayest, and feignest that thou art ignorant who I am, hear thou plainly, I am a Christian. But if thou wouldest learn the doctrine of Christianity, assign a day and give me a hearing.'
[Polycarp 12:1-3]
Saying these things and more besides, he was inspired with courage and joy, and his countenance was filled with grace, so that not only did it not drop in dismay at the things which were said to him, but on the contrary the proconsul was astounded and sent his own herald to proclaim three times in the midst of the stadium, 'Polycarp hath confessed himself to be a Christian.'
When this was proclaimed by the herald, the whole multitude both of Gentiles and of Jews who dwelt in Smyrna cried out with ungovernable wrath and with a loud shout, 'This is the teacher of Asia, the father of the Christians, the puller down of our gods, who teacheth numbers not to sacrifice nor worship.' Saying these things, they shouted aloud and asked the Asiarch Philip to let a lion loose upon Polycarp. But he said that it was not lawful for him, since he had brought the sports to a close.
Then they thought fit to shout out with one accord that Polycarp should be burned alive.

 WHAT IS A CREED?

• A confession of faith
• A summary of doctrine
• A distillation of truth
• A statement of belief
  
  
   NT REFERENCES to ‘CREEDS’

• “pattern of the sound words” (2 Tim 1:3)
• “words of the faith” (1 Tim 4:6)
• “the deposit entrusted to you” (1 Tim 6:20)
• “the trustworthy word as taught” (Titus 1:9)
• “the faith … once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 3)
• “the saying is trustworthy” (1 Tim 1:15; 2 Tim 2:11)

        NT CREEDAL ‘FRAGMENTS’

• Romans 1:3; 4:24; 8:34
• 1 Corinthians 8:6; 12:3
• Ephesians 4:4-6
• Philippians 2:6-11
• Colossians 1:15-20
• 2 Timothy 2:5, 8
• Titus 3:3-8
• 1 Peter 3:18
  
  Examples of NT Creeds:

   1 CORINTHIANS 15:3–7

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received:

     that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,

     that he was buried,

     that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the      Scriptures,

     and that he appeared to Cephas,

     then to the twelve.

     Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers …

     Then he appeared to James,

     then to all the apostles.

1 TIMOTHY 3:16

 Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness:

                He was

                                manifested in the flesh,

                                vindicated by the Spirit,

                                seen by angels,

                                proclaimed among the nations,

                                believed on in the world,

                                taken up in glory.

WHY CREEDS?

1. DEFINES THE FAITH

- a brief summary of the Christian faith
- the church is not to be a collection of mere subjective ‘believers’

- a historical ‘bond’ (a common heritage)

2. PROVIDES A STANDARD FOR THE FAITH

- barrier against error

- refutes heresy

- a basis for fellowship

History of Apostles’ Creed

ORIGIN

• The “Traditional” Story (?)
• Used in the baptismal Q&A
• APOSTOLIC as in Acts 2:41-42

NAMES

• Rule of Faith
• Old Roman Symbol
• Received Form

• Universality, simplicity, antiquity.
  
• Packer: “109 words which for 19 centuries have united all Christians in a common affirmation of faith”
• A Trinitarian framework (just like Matthew 28:18-20)
  
  
   Matthew 28:18–20

… Jesus … said to them,

“… Go therefore and

make disciples of all nations,

baptizing them

in the name

of the Father

and of the Son

and of the Holy Spirit,

teaching them to observe

all that I have commanded you.”

An early Christological confession of faith:    Matthew 16:13–18

JESUS: “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”

DISCIPLES: “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

JESUS: “But who do you say that I am?”            
PETER: “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

JESUS: “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.”

THE IMPORTANCE of BELIEF

John 8:24

unless you believe

that I am he

you will die in your sins.

BELIEF OBEYS

Romans 1:5
                “we have received grace … to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his             name among all the nations”

Romans 6:17
                “you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the               standard of teaching to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.”

THE IMPORTANCE of CONFESSING

     1 John 4:2–3

                By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has             come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God.

     Romans 10:9–10

                “if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. ”

 The Apostles’ Creed
We believe in God, the Father Almighty;
Creator of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord;
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit,
born of the virgin Mary;
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified,
died and was buried;
He descended to the dead;
On the third day he rose again
he ascended into heaven;
and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
We believe in the Holy Spirit;
the holy catholic Church;
the communion of the saints;
the forgiveness of sins;
the resurrection of the body;
and the life everlasting.
Amen.

LakARTinya Art-A-Thon and Auction June 1-2, 2012

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Auction of the Art-a-Thon work is tonight 
7pm @RCC.

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