Teaching Quotes:

…In An age of…

Formation in an Age of Information

The invitation is to live an "age to come" life in “this present age”

2 Corinthians 5:17

If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

How do we experience formation in an age of information?

We've made it socially acceptable to carry around a syringe of dopamine in our pocket. When we're using our phones, we're getting these little hits of dopamine... The problem is that for every hit of dopamine, our brain has to down-regulate our own dopamine production, which then puts us in a dopamine-deficit state.

Dr. Anna Lembcke 

"cultural liturgies" - James K.A.

Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your god.

Martin Luther

John 15:1-5

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

Mark 8:35

35 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.

The greatest issue facing the world today, with all its heartbreaking needs, is whether those who call themselves Christians will become disciples — students, apprentices, practitioners — of Jesus Christ, learning from him how to live the life of the Kingdom into every corner of human existence.

Dallas Willard

Matthew 5:19

19 Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 7:24-27

24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”

Transformation Posture: Truth, Practice, Community, and the Holy Spirit

A discipline is any activity I can do by direct effort that will eventually enable me to do what I currently cannot do by direct effort.

Outward practices of Jesus = generosity, hospitality, service.

Inward practices of Jesus = solitude, sabbath, prayer, scripture

The first and most basic thing we can do is to keep God before our minds. Our part is to direct and redirect our minds constantly to him. With practice, the mind begins to return to God the way a compass needle returns to north.

Dallas Willard

"Come to me, all who are weary and burdened." 

KIDS:

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Restoration STUDENTS is created for 6th grade through 12th grade. Students join us for the gathering on Sunday mornings. Youth Group is every Wednesday from 6-8pm. Please click on “Connect With Us” above to join the text list for youth updates. Email jadon@restorationcolorado.org with questions about our Youth program.