E6 – The Making of a Model Church
Part of Seek the Kingdom
October 6, 2024

Acts 17:1-15

The Making of a Church

Song of Songs 2:15

1 Thess. 2:18

Satan seeks to sabotage the kingdom through and .

“We live in a culture that has, for centuries now, cultivated the idea that the (cynical) person is always smarter than the one who believes. You can almost be as stupid as a cabbage as long as you doubt.” —Dallas Willard

Acts 17:2-4, 11-12

This church modeled , not cynicism.

1 Thessalonians 1:1-8; 2:13

This church modeled -person discipleship, not -brain discipleship.

Faith:

and trust in Christ and His kingdom.
Love: putting the of another ahead of your own.
Hope: patient in the face of opposition.

Left-brain discipleship is about learning how faith, love, and hope is defined on . Whole-person discipleship is about how faith, love, and hope can define you as a .

Don’t get with the .