In this episode we discuss...

• our 5 points on how your church fits into the kingdom:
  1. Your place matters to Christ!
     • Matthew 16:18b
     • Acts 17:24-27
  2. Your people are unique, so know and love them.
     • Psalm 139
     • Exegete your congregation!
     • 2 Kinds of Differences:
       • Contextual
       • Gifting and Personality
  3. Your people are there for the lost people around them.
     • 1 Thessalonians 1:6-8
  4. It’s going to be hard, so embrace it.  
     • Colossians 1:28-29
  5. The book you’re reading might not be all that helpful.
     • Much of what we read by way of application does not always  apply well in a rural context.
     • Don’t get discouraged by it!
     • Think rural, and do things in rural ways.  

Stuff Rural Pastors Can Use Review:

• Need a knife sharpener for those blunted blades? Josh and Joe review Work Sharp's Guided Knife Sharpening System & Upgrade Kit.

Our Quote of the Day:

• "If I did not praise and bless Christ my Lord, I should deserve to have my tongue torn out by its roots from my mouth. If I did not bless and magnify his name, I should deserve that every stone I tread on in the streets should rise up to curse my ingratitude, for I am a drowned debtor to the mercy of God—over head and ears—to infinite love and boundless compassion I am a debtor." Charles Spurgeon

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