Dr. Hahn shares about our new multisite campus in Midlothian, VA starting in March 2013 and our new service that will start in February 2013, and walk of prayer he and our church have been through.

What is the church? A building? Something we do on Sundays? No, the church is a group of people who are banking their whole life on the confession that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of the living God. The church is people who have turned from sin and confessed their hope in Jesus as the Son of God to be saved and are baptized to prove that faith. It is God's will that we are purposely connected to His church. There is not a single verse that would suggest otherwise. There is certainly room for checking things out and making sure a particular church is where God is calling us, but our goal should be to figure that out so that we can either join or move on to find the place we should.

What is the church? A building? Something we do on Sundays? No, the church is a group of people who are banking their whole life on the confession that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of the living God. The church is people who have turned from sin and confessed their hope in Jesus as the Son of God to be saved and are baptized to prove that faith. It is God's will that we are purposely connected to His church. There is not a single verse that would suggest otherwise. There is certainly room for checking things out and making sure a particular church is where God is calling us, but our goal should be to figure that out so that we can either join or move on to find the place we should.

It is difficult to imagine a nation that would think of the Christian Church and state as friends working toward the same cause. If you were here last week you heard me blame that not on a particular President or Congress, but on the Church. It is the church that turned from the true word of God. It is the church that has stopped evangelizing. It is the church that stopped voting for Jesus, and if we don’t vote for Him with our daily lives then what kind of government do we think we are going to get? And now we have to consider how we vote for a government that is against Jesus and His Scriptures? How do we vote November 6, 2012?

It is difficult to imagine a nation that would think of the Christian Church and state as friends working toward the same cause. If you were here last week you heard me blame that not on a particular President or Congress, but on the Church. It is the church that turned from the true word of God. It is the church that has stopped evangelizing. It is the church that stopped voting for Jesus, and if we don’t vote for Him with our daily lives then what kind of government do we think we are going to get? And now we have to consider how we vote for a government that is against Jesus and His Scriptures? How do we vote November 6, 2012?

If you will turn with me to the book of Ecclesiastes, in the first three verses of chapter one we will find two phrases that define this book (read). The first defining statement of life by Solomon is that everything is meaningless. To make sure you know he means it, he says it thirty-seven times in twelve chapters. The second phrase is "under the sun".

If you will turn with me to the book of Ecclesiastes, in the first three verses of chapter one we will find two phrases that define this book (read). The first defining statement of life by Solomon is that everything is meaningless. To make sure you know he means it, he says it thirty-seven times in twelve chapters. The second phrase is "under the sun".

As I read the end of Romans, I see Paul sitting in a coffeehouse over a cup coffee with friends. It didn't start that way. The letter to the Romans starts behind a high pulpit with academic robes. Romans gives us some of the beefiest topics in the Bible. Then Paul takes off the academic robes, rolls up his sleeves and says, "Let's get to work", as he starts to address the radical change the gospel should have on our relationship with God, the world, ourselves, believers, unbelievers, even the government. The gospel affects how we look at everything, and how we relate with everyone. And now we come to the end of this letter. I see him being quite casual, conversational, sitting over a coffee dreaming and reminiscing. Join me in Romans 15:22 to the end.

As I read the end of Romans, I see Paul sitting in a coffeehouse over a cup coffee with friends. It didn't start that way. The letter to the Romans starts behind a high pulpit with academic robes. Romans gives us some of the beefiest topics in the Bible. Then Paul takes off the academic robes, rolls up his sleeves and says, "Let's get to work", as he starts to address the radical change the gospel should have on our relationship with God, the world, ourselves, believers, unbelievers, even the government. The gospel affects how we look at everything, and how we relate with everyone. And now we come to the end of this letter. I see him being quite casual, conversational, sitting over a coffee dreaming and reminiscing. Join me in Romans 15:22 to the end.

We have been talking for a couple of weeks now about being a part of this famous group called "church people". The world has a tendency to make fun of, persecute, or just ignore our illustrious little group. There might be a few times we deserved it. But whatever we have been or are now, we will be the last ones standing. We are conquerors in Christ. We conquer not with guns and bombs or even with politics, and not for land or rule; but with love and good news and for the souls of men. That would make a good recruiting line? Is that what we are doing though? What do church people do? Maybe the bigger issue is what does God believe church people are to do. Let's see if we can figure this out.