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HOW CAN THE CROSS BE MINE?

HOW CAN THE CROSS BE MINE?. LUTHERAN VS. AMERICAN EVANGELICALISM. Atonement. Faith. Atonement. How can this be mine?. Faith. LUTHERAN. The Spirit’s Work. Where is the Spirit’s Work?. When the Comforter comes…He will testify of me.” John 15:26. Lutheran View of the Spirit’s Work.

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HOW CAN THE CROSS BE MINE?

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  1. HOW CAN THE CROSS BE MINE? LUTHERAN VS. AMERICAN EVANGELICALISM

  2. Atonement

  3. Faith

  4. Atonement How can this be mine? Faith

  5. LUTHERAN

  6. The Spirit’s Work

  7. Where is the Spirit’s Work? When the Comforter comes…He will testify of me.” John 15:26

  8. Lutheran View of the Spirit’s Work Lord’s Supper Gospel

  9. Ministers

  10. Where is the Ministry? So that we might have faith God has instituted the office of the Holy ministry that is the preaching of the Word and the administration of the Sacraments. Augsburg Confession article 5.

  11. Lutheran View of the Ministry Lord’s Supper Gospel

  12. Forgiveness “We treat the forgiveness of sins in two ways. First, how it is achieved and won. Second, how it is distributed and given to us. Christ has won it once for all on the cross. But the distribution takes place continually…through His word.” Luther LW vol. 40 p.213

  13. GRACE ACHIEVED GRACE GIVEN GRACE RECEIVED Lord’s Supper Gospel faith

  14. Here stands the font before our eyes Telling how God did receive us; Th’ altar recalls Christ’s sacrifice And what His table doth give us; Here sounds the Word that doth proclaim Christ yesterday, today, the same, Yea, and for aye our Redeemer.

  15. American Evangelicalism

  16. American Evangelicalism God does His part I do my part

  17. American Evangelicalism’sPrimary Thought “Ascend higher, and…inquire into the secret power of the Spirit, through which we enjoy Christ and all his blessings.” Calvin

  18. Ascend Higher

  19. American Evangelical Worship “Encounter God and have an undeniable sense of his presence.” George Barna

  20. Undeniablesense of His presence

  21. Worship Jonathon Edwards Style • The “added factor of immediacy.” • “If an impression were to be made it needed to occur simultaneously with the communicative act.” • “An immediate impact and confrontation were called for.”

  22. Immediate Impact and confrontation

  23. Lutheran/EvangelicalWorship We love to listen to people try to describe in words what it means to worship at King of Kings. Worship isn't just about the music, although we strive for excellence in offering innovative and dynamic songs. Worship is also about authentic praise, relevant messages, sincere prayer and an atmosphere charged with the presence of God. King of Kings, Omaha

  24. An atmosphere charged with the presence of God

  25. Lutheran/Evangelical Worship “That's why we worship the way we do ...  joyfully, dynamically and with all the heart we can put into it. God is here and we seek nothing more than to honor and glorify him in all we do!”King of Kings Lutheran Church, Omaha

  26. Dynamically and with all the heart we can put into it

  27. Lutheran/EvangelicalWorship • We are people seeking answers, living life, desiring to go deeper. We meet to sing, to bow, to confess, to worship God, our King, Friend and Savior. We are Jesus followers. • Our style is, well, us. We desire to worship God with our music, our laughter, our lives. • We want to be real, get real. Worship the real and living God with all that we are because He gave us all that He is. Woodbury Lutheran Church, Minnesota

  28. Our style is, well, us.

  29. Worshipping my Experience I have found it productive to inquire about when they felt closest to God or what they remember as a mountain-top spiritual experience. David Luecke

  30. A mountain-top spiritual experience

  31. The most important aspect of worship My Hands

  32. How do I know that God is working? Undeniable sense of presence, Ascend Higher, Immediate impact, Charge atmosphere, Dynamic, mountain top experience, My style

  33. Undeniable sense of presence, Ascend Higher, Immediate impact, Charge atmosphere, Dynamic, mountain top experience, My style

  34. Ascend Higher

  35. I am Devote I exercise my gifts I am living for God I chose to live for God I go to the next level I just want to thank God I am on fire for Jesus Am I Devoted Do I exercise my gifts Am I living for God Do I choose God Do I go to the next level Do I thank God Am I on fire for Jesus Do I lift up the Lord in Praise

  36. A Better Idea “Let us not, with our rich coffers, play the part of beggars, and ask favors where we have every ability to impart them.” Charles Porterfield Krauth

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