Equipped Workshop hosted by Lehman Avenue church of Christ

Preaching: "How Jesus Adapted to Different Audiences" by Gale Nelson

April 19, 2024 - Friday 9:00AM MPR 4 Speaker
 
Speaker: Gale Nelson 
 
The power of interpersonal skills
don’t take it personally it’s just business
But it has to be personal to do the Lord’s work.
Jesus was personally crucified for each one of us
Don’t be a Christian robot. Be a personable human and get to know the person you are talking to.
How we act has everything to do with who we are and what we have experienced.
Tension points. We have to stand on certain ideals even if they are debated. Love the soul not the act.
Pursuit of peace
Heard don’t burn any bridges. Do you know any people that have burnt a bridge at work, home, or church?
We need a watch our tack with how we interact. Jesus was kind peaceful and truthful.
We can’t speak hate and promote love. Only love nurtures love.
Start with the soft skills
Speak the truth.
Example of Jesus
He don’t compromise the message
He went to people were they were
He practiced forgiveness and preached repentance.
He encouraged
He was confident in the message.
He used wisdom
He confronted the naysayers 
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh3uu3pe4f4
 
Duration 43:47

Leadership: "Preparing for the Future" by Cliff Goodwin

April 19, 2024 - Friday 9:00AM MPR1 Speaker
 
Speaker: Cliff Goodwin
Looking at John Chapter 7.
 
33 Jesus then said, “I will be with you a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me. 34 You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come.”
 
We need to be teaching and preparing our children and grandchildren to be leaders.
"Our present leaders will not always be present"
1. Accept - We have to accept the mortality of our leaders and ourselves. But the lord's work continues.
Joshua - Moses prepared Joshua to lead.
2 Kings - Elijah prepared Elisha
2. Avail - We have to avail ourselves to the present opportunities.
John 12 - 35 So Jesus said to them, “The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.”
Use it or loose it. Take advantage of what is available to you.
Exodus 33 - 11 Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses turned again into the camp, his assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.
3. Admonish - "to put in mind" - We have to be deliberate on what we put in the minds of our young people.
We need to gradually teach. As the audience grows so does the lesson. Look at John 16, Jesus does this with his apostles.
We need to warn of possible dangers.
We need to find those who aspire to be a church leader.
4. Aspire - We need to aspire for better.
We need to have faith in God's word.
We need to set goals.
We need to strive for EMI, (every member involved).
 
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD0KZJN6rxs
 
Duration 41:10

"The Lamb of God" by Andy Robison

April 19, 2024 - Friday 9:00 AM Auditorium Speaker
 
Speaker: Andy Robison
 
Andy Robinson
The Lamb of God John 1
John was written for everyone and introduces us to Christ.
 “Logos” The Word – Logic and Order
Ethos – endorsement
Pathos – appeal to the heart/emotions
The “Logos” was God – personality “He” was with God
Logos – the Word
Life – gave life
Light – gave light
Witness – John the Baptist came before Him
World – He created the world, was in the world, was rejected by the world
Will – Will of God
Flesh – John 1:14 rationality/logic became personality
Forerunner V15
Fullness V17-18
Harbinger humility V19-51
John the Baptist
Prophesied deity
V36 Behold the Lamb
Magnificence in the mundane – V29 a lamb
               Self imposed docility in the face of hostility
               Passover offering, most frequently sacrificed in various festivals/rituals
V30
Seeking disciples V35
Skeptical disciples V44
Revelation – also by John
               Ch 4 the throne of God – Ch 5 scrolls are only opened by the one that is worthy – The Lamb
               Ch 6:1 opens the seals – wrath of the lamb
               Ch 7:9 who can withstand the wrath of the lamb
               Ch 7:17 the lamb will shepherd them
               Ch 12 the dragon was overcome by the blood of the lamb
               Ch 13:8 lambs book of life
               Ch 14:1 following the lamb
               Ch 14:10 wrath of the lamb
               Ch 17:14 make war with and be overcome by the lamb
Lord of Lords, King of Kings
Rationality becomes flesh (pathos)
Prophecy was realized
Hope was materialized all due to the Lamb.
 
 
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuGMNr0yrug
 
Duration 38:26

"Why People Came To Jesus" by Dan Winkler

April 19, 2024 - Friday 8:00 AM Auditorium Speaker
 
Speaker: Dan Winkler
 
Why People Came To Jesus  -  John 20: 30-31
Why did people come to see Jesus? Was he the Son of God? Was he proving himself to be the Son of God?
There are 4 different groups that came to seek out Jesus and Jesus responded:
Studious – Learned
Ch 3 Nicodemus comes to address Jesus as Rabbi/Teacher
The teacher comes to the Teacher
V3 – notice Jesus’ declaration, there is no introduction to Nicodemus; no “hello” etc.
V4 – Question from Nicodemus
V5 – Explanation by Jesus
V8 – an illustration to help Nicodemus understand
V9-21 – application – Not being born a Jew but being born again. With application Jesus gave Nicodemus hope with the example of old testament Moses.
Application for us: are there not individuals who are extremely studious and want to know what the Bible says? There are people today, esp Gen Z who want to study to prove themselves right with God. Are we ready to help these folks? Can you give answers with gentleness and respect? Are we content to give same ol stale stuff from years past? Are we relevant to the times in society? Jesus gave Nicodemus, the studious, hope. Do we have a “good news” message for this studious generation or are we “Christian Bullies”?
 
Sinful – the lost
John 4:4 ex the Samaritan woman
Jesus went to her first. He did not have to go thru Samaria on the route to where he was headed but chose to. He met the woman at the well.
V16 Jesus interacted with his woman, implied her life was not as it should be
V25---V26 I am He
V29 Come and see ----- they come to him
Jesus interacted with her by offering her living water, hope
Lk 15:1-2 the sinful came. What do we offer the sinful? Do we offer them hope, grace? Or do we offer judgment?
Comments like “I already feel bad about myself shy would I want to go to church?” should hurt our hearts
Are we such that we embrace the sinful, not in acceptance of lifestyle/sin, but in a way that graciously leads them to change. It is our God given mission to have a heart to reach out to the sinful. Luke 17:1-3
 
The Suffering
Ch 5, Luke 7:21-23
Matt 25
Everywhere we look there are those whose lives are broken. Are they coming to us? Are we going to them?
 
The Subverters – they came to undermine His authority
Ch 7 and Ch 11-18
The Pharisees – disconnected from Jesus and an explicit effort was made by them to see to his execution
They subverted his message Lk 5:30, 6:2-7
They first complained about all that He did
Asked him to explain himself/questioned Him
Then watched to see if they could trip Him up
THEY ARE STILL OUT THERE
Jesus ignored them – He did not extend hope them
Be alert and ready. Recognize those who are trying to subvert Christ and His message
Phil 2:15
Gal 5- partyism – Division in society as well as the church
 
 
Respond as Jesus did. You and I will never invest in people’s destiny until we invest in their humanity.
 
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4z4SkesNls
 
Duration 42:16

"The Life Which I Now Live by Faith" by Gale Nelson

April 18, 2024 - Thursday Evening 7PM Auditorium Speaker
 
Speaker: Gale Nelson 
 
The Life Which I Now Have By Faith
Gal 2:20
Necessity of Faith
Faith is mandatory and it is Intentional
Intentional Faith
-be deliberate, purposeful
-Heb 11:6 be intentional in what you believe, consistent
-Allow someone else to see your faith through your trust, dependence, confidence, and reliance on Christ
-Without these things you cannot have faith
-The purpose of the bk of John – Jn 20:24, 28 ***
* V29 – Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believed”
*V31 – these are written that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ.
-Persevere in faith without doubt
-Do you truly believe what God in Christ did for you?
-You read God’s word and question what it says but often will immediately believe what you hear/see online.
 
Deliberate Faith
-Seek him deliberately with all diligence
-What does it mean to seek diligently? We all need help in seeking – Bible study, Bible class, workshops, retreats.
- We need fellowship, deliberate attendance and interaction with other believers. Gal 2:20 We cannot matriculate through the Christian life alone.
 
 
Abundant Faith
-John 6: 35 When we are seeking we should hunger and thirst for righteousness
-8:12 Light of the world, you cannot compromise on your interaction with the darkness; you must walk as children of light.
-There will be opposition
-10:7 He is the door, the only door, the only way in which we enter
-10:11 He is the shepherd
-11:25 Salvation is only thru Christ
 
Being “In Christ” understand the benefits
Romans 8:1
Ephesians 1:3-7
No one can earn their salvation, we gain our salvation IN Christ and our faith, trust, and obedience in Him
2 Peter 3:9
 
 
 
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaBP1sHE1dY
 
Duration 43:25

John The Perspective: "Grasping John's Gospel" by Cliff Goodwin

April 18, 2024 - Thursday 6:30 Auditorium Speaker
 
Speaker: Cliff Goodwin
 
John the Perspective: Grasping John’s Gospel
-How he (John) viewed Christ as he penned the gospel.
John 1: 14
Son of God: reference to Christ is used 10+ times in the Gospel of John. More than any other gospel.
We often miss the significance of that term. Psalm 8:4 (He drew parallelism: same truth stated twice but with a little bit of change)
Affirmation of Christ’s deity.
Son of God = Nature of God
3 Major Ideas from the Prologue of John
God’s son among men
Eternity of Christ – paramount importance that you understand Christ has always “been” – he wasn’t “created” in Mary.
John 1: 1-3  Micah 5:2 > Christ is not a “created” being, he is from “everlasting”
John 1:4-5 Before Abraham
John 17:5 I AM
Hostility our Lord Met
John 1:4-5, 10-11, 3:19-21, 5:18, 7:1,19,20,25 , 8:41,48,52
Matt 10:34
Hostility increases after the raising of Lazarus Chapters 11 and 12 of John
John 1:14 Authenticity of Christ
By his signs
2:11 reveals his glory
Acts 2:22
2:23 very public
7:31 numerous
11: 45, 47 undeniability
By his sayings
7:37-38, 46
4:39-42
8:28-32
 
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9R0ZFnadMw
 
Duration 32:08

Promo For Equipped 2024 #3 by Hiram Kemp and Neal Pollard

Hiram Kemp and Neal Pollard provide a brief message inviting you to the Equipped Workshop. 
 
You can register here. 
The tentative schedule for the Equipped Workshop can be found here. 
 
The Equipped Workshop begins Thursday night of April 18th and goes through Sunday night of April 21st, offering several classes throughout the weekend from excellent speakers with special emphasis on women, youth, young adults, church leaders, preachers, and other members. There will be sessions in the auditorium and breakout sessions in the multi-purpose area of the Lehman Avenue church of Christ building. It is an ideal opportunity to fellowship and learn with Christians from many different backgrounds. With 35 total speakers—5 of which are Lehman Avenue church of Christ’s very own—Equipped Workshop 2024 truly will have something for everyone who desires to learn more about God, to equip themselves for kingdom work, and be encouraged with fellowship.
We hope that you will join us April 18-21, 2024 in this awesome opportunity!
If you have questions, please contact us.
 
Duration 00:00:27

Promo For Equipped 2024 #2 by Hiram Kemp and Neal Pollard

Hiram Kemp and Neal Pollard provide a brief message inviting you to the Equipped Workshop. 
 
You can register here. 
The tentative schedule for the Equipped Workshop can be found here. 
 
The Equipped Workshop begins Thursday night of April 18th and goes through Sunday night of April 21st, offering several classes throughout the weekend from excellent speakers with special emphasis on women, youth, young adults, church leaders, preachers, and other members. There will be sessions in the auditorium and breakout sessions in the multi-purpose area of the Lehman Avenue church of Christ building. It is an ideal opportunity to fellowship and learn with Christians from many different backgrounds. With 35 total speakers—5 of which are Lehman Avenue church of Christ’s very own—Equipped Workshop 2024 truly will have something for everyone who desires to learn more about God, to equip themselves for kingdom work, and be encouraged with fellowship.
We hope that you will join us April 18-21, 2024 in this awesome opportunity!
If you have questions, please contact us.
 
Duration 00:00:10

Promo For Equipped 2024 #1 by Hiram Kemp and Neal Pollard

Hiram Kemp and Neal Pollard provide a brief message inviting you to the Equipped Workshop. 
 
You can register here. 
The tentative schedule for the Equipped Workshop can be found here. 
 
The Equipped Workshop begins Thursday night of April 18th and goes through Sunday night of April 21st, offering several classes throughout the weekend from excellent speakers with special emphasis on women, youth, young adults, church leaders, preachers, and other members. There will be sessions in the auditorium and breakout sessions in the multi-purpose area of the Lehman Avenue church of Christ building. It is an ideal opportunity to fellowship and learn with Christians from many different backgrounds. With 35 total speakers—5 of which are Lehman Avenue church of Christ’s very own—Equipped Workshop 2024 truly will have something for everyone who desires to learn more about God, to equip themselves for kingdom work, and be encouraged with fellowship.
We hope that you will join us April 18-21, 2024 in this awesome opportunity!
If you have questions, please contact us.

Study of Works: ”I Want to be a Worker for the Lord” by Bill Watkins

April 23, 2023 - Equipped Day 4
9:30AM Auditorium Speaker 
Bill Watkins discusses why to be a worker for the Lord.
 
*Notes for this session are unavailable at this time and will be added in the future.
 
Duration 27:44