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  • new3c's Core Values #2-3 (2011)
    2. God's Glory is our Greatest Goal

    Every page of Scripture reveals God’s glory, the sum total of His attributes and the brilliant light that appears when He reveals Himself (Lk. 2.9; Mt. 17.2; Rev. 21.23). God is consumed and in love with Himself, with His own glory (Is. 42.5, 8; Ps. 46.10; Ps. 57.5, 11), and because Scripture reveals His glory as Creator, Savior, and Sovereign, this is perfectly acceptable, justifiable, and right.

    Implication: The greatest goal of every life, activity, and ministry of our church is to proclaim God’s exclusive glory (Is. 40.12-18) and His shared glory (Gal. 5.22-23). Such a community will be marked by supernatural joy (Ps. 16.11). As the Westminster Confession asserts, “Man’s chief and highest end is to glorify God, and fully to enjoy him forever.”

     

    3. The Gospel is our Constant Grid

    In human history, the only person who lived solely for God’s glory was Jesus Christ (John 7.18). He revealed God’s glory by reconciling fallen creation to God through His incarnation and accomplished work (John 1.9, 14; Col. 1.15, 19-20; 1 Cor. 15.3-4), and those who place faith in Him and repent of their sin are promised eternal life (Acts 3.19; 16.31; John 3.16). This is called the gospel – the only power through which God gives us the ability to desire and delight in His ways (Rom. 1.16; 1 Cor. 1.18; 2 Pet. 1.3-11) and obey the call to imitate Jesus (1 John 2.6; Eph. 5.2).

    Implication: The gospel will be the permeating mindset through which we view all of life (cf. Col. 1.15-20) and the driving motivation for life together (1 Cor. 2.2). We will preach it to both ourselves and the lost, because we are only able to forsake personal idols as we prize Jesus’ love for us in its message (Lk. 7.37-50; 19.1-10; Rom. 5.6-8).

    1 hr 11 min
  • new3c's Core Values #1 (2011)
    1. The Bible is our Basis

    The Scriptures reveal the triune God’s person (Ps. 138.2), works (cf. Ps. 33.6 with John 1.3 and Col. 1.15-17), and redemptive plan (Luke 24.27) to humanity. We believe the Bible is infallible  (Ps. 19.7), inerrant (Prov. 30.5), inspired (2 Pet. 1.21), and authoritative (2 Tim. 3.16-17).

    Implication: Not only is everything we do responsibly based upon the immutable wisdom of Scripture (I Tim. 3.15d), we are committed as a congregation to being people of the Book in our gathered worship (1 Tim. 4.13; Col. 3.16) and in our personal/community life (Rom. 15.4; 2 Tim. 3.16-17).

    59 min
  • New 3C's Vision and Mission (2011)

    Mission: To proclaim God’s glory in the gospel of Jesus Christ through a Spirit-empowered community.


    Vision:  To firmly establish a thriving and growing gospel-centered church in South Denver.

    59 min
  • Jude 3 The Humanity Of Scripture
    Jude 1:3 (NASB)
     Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints.
    51 min
  • Galatians 3:6-8 It's Not About Your Faithfulness (Or Even Your Faith)!
    Galatians 3:6-8 (NASB)
    6  Even so Abraham BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
    7  Therefore, be sure that it is those who are of faith who are sons of Abraham.
    8  The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "ALL THE NATIONS WILL BE BLESSED IN YOU."
    1 hr 7 min
  • Galatians 3:1-5
    Galatians 3:1-5 (NASB)
    1  You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified?
    2  This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?
    3  Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?
    4  Did you suffer so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain?
    5  So then, does He who provides you with the Spirit and works miracles among you, do it by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?

     

    56 min
  • Galatians 2:19-21 The End Of The OT Law Is The Beginning Of Christianity
    Galatians 2:19-21 (NASB)
    19  "For through the Law I died to the Law, so that I might live to God.
    20  "I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
    21  "I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died needlessly."
    57 min