TIM HAWKINS

ROCKSHOW COMEDY TOUR

February 4, 2012 – 4:00 PM show

First Evangelical Free Church

1375 Carman Rd, Manchester, MO 63021

Join us for a night of Christian comedy!

Purchase $20 general admission tickets online for the 4:00 PM show. RSVP to Donna Parke at dparke0113@yahoo.com to let us know you are coming. Afterward, go out to dinner as a couple, join other Genesis couples, or go home to enjoy dinner with your family.

Couples do not have to attend Genesis to enjoy this fun evening with you.

Couple’s date nights are a ministry of Genesis Church, as we strive to help people

have strong marriages and build families.

Here’s a couple clips.

This year Christmas is on a Sunday.  That created a little tension, since generally our church meets on Sunday.  As we considered our options, we wanted to do what was best for families.  We would like to encourage your family to join in our church’s worship on Christmas morning.  We will gather at 10 AM (or whatever time works for you), after presents are opened and kids have burned off the morning energy with their new toys.  But we want to encourage you to spend a few minutes thanking Jesus and looking to Him.  Click on the document above to get the worship.  As part of your worship, we have included some Christmas carols to be sung.  Below we have links to videos on Youtube that have fairly common and easy to sing Christmas carol music with the lyrics on the screen.  You will need to either gather around your computer, of if you can, hook the computer up to your TV so it can be seen by everyone.  We also have a family activity, a family prayer time, and some Scripture, and some thoughts to consider as a family.  The one thing you will need to do in advance is wrap an empty box, something big enough to put some tags on.  You will also need to make copies of the gift card and cut them, on colored or construction paper if that is possible.  Have this ready before you begin your worship time.  All these are designed to have you worship Jesus, the newborn King.  God bless, and have a merry Christmas!

Joy to the World

Angels we have heard on high

Silent Night

Here I am to worship

The Kings Cross by Tim Keller – OK, I love the way Tim Keller thinks.  This is a fairly new book and I have been using it as a primary source for our entire study of Mark.  Keller unpacks the Gospel of Mark, showing how every passage and story is leading us to the self-substitution of Christ for us.  I would strongly encourage this to anyone who wants to understand the atonement better and to go deeper into Mark’s Gospel.

The Cross of Christ by John Stott – An unbelievable work by one of the foremost theologians and pastors of the 20th century, this is an extensive explanation of the doctrine of the atonement.  Well worth the read if someone wants to dive in deep on the subject.

Death by Love: Letters from the Cross by Mark Driscoll & Gerry Breshears – A very practical and application oriented book on the subject.  The authors give each aspect of the atonement (new covenant sacrifice, Christus Victor, redemption…) a chapter consisting of a counseling letter to a real person with a real life situation, demonstrating how Jesus’ death on the cross accomplishes something real for them, and that the true answer to their struggle is the Gospel applied deeply to life.

Vintage Jesus by Driscoll & Braeshears – OK, this book isn’t specifically on the atonement, but it has great chapters on the death of Jesus and the resurrection.  But this is a fabulous book explaining who Jesus is, why he came, and what he did.  I strongly encourage this for anyone who wants to learn about the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus.

The Truth of the Cross by R. C. Sproul – A shorter and easier to read book on the different aspects of the atonement.

In My Place Condemned He Stood edited by J. I Packer and Mark Dever – A series of essays by some key Christian thinkers in our day on the cross, they also answer current day objections to the message of the substitutionary death of Jesus.

Scandalous: The Cross and Resurrection of Jesus by D. A. Carson – The book is based on four sermons Carson gave at Mars Hill Church in Seattle expressing some of the great ideas the Scriptures give about the work of Jesus on the cross.

Living The Cross Centered Life by C. J. Mahaney – A fabulous little book that applies the story of Jesus’ death to our everyday lives.  He shows how the event that happened 2000 years ago has impact and relevance, and gives real strategies how to take the cross deep in the soul and live out the implications every day.

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