Talk given at Adelaide Place Baptist Church, Glasgow on 20/10/13.

1. Marks of a Christian
community
Monday, 21 October 13

2. What does your ideal
Christian community
look like?
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3. johnclift on Flickr
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5. Monday, 21 October 13
headphonaught on Flickr

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7. RoboSchro on Flickr
I wouldn’t start from here...
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8. Acts 2:42-47
Acts 4: 32-37
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9. 3500
people
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10. Parthians and Medes and Elamites and
residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and
Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia
and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of
Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors
from Rome, 11 both Jews and proselytes,
Cretans and Arabians
Acts 2 :9-11
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11. Learning
Eating
Praying
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Sharing

12. The early church
was a Learning
community
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13. 70:20:10
?
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14. 70:20:10
informal,
experience,
doing
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mentoring,
feedback
formal,
courses

15. Mary sat at the Lord’s feet
listening to what he said.
All these things Jesus said to the
crowds in parables; indeed, he said
nothing to them without a parable.
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16. yatmandu on Flickr
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17. Question 1:
How can we become a
better Learning
community?
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18. A Christian community
is a Learning
community
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19. The early church
was a Praying
community
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20. Monday, 21 October 13
http://uk.24-7prayer.com/prayer-rhythms/

21. “Hear O Israel
the LORD our God,
the LORD is one”
Deuteronomy 6:4
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22. Monday, 21 October 13

23. Question 2:
How do we recover
Praying
as our central rhythm?
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24. http://www.24-7prayer.com/ancientpaths/rhythms
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25. http://www.24-7prayer.com/ancientpaths/rhythms
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26. Prayer Week
3-10 November
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27. A Christian community
is a Praying
community
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28. The early church
was an Eating
community
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29. breaking bread
together
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30. my2cents on Flickr
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31. freefotouk on Flickr
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32. Question 3:
Could you build deeper
relationships by
Eating together?
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33. A Christian community
is an Eating
community
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34. The early church
was a Sharing
community
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35. κοινωνία
koinonia
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36. κοινωνία
koinonia
sharing
relationships
community
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37. This challenges our
whole attitude
towards stuff
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38. Monday, 21 October 13

39. Question 4:
In what practical
ways can we
Share more?
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40. A Christian community
is a Sharing
community
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41. Learning
Eating
Praying
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Sharing

42. power
awe
worship
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gratefulness
cause or
effect?
favour
grace

43. “By this all people will
know that you are my
disciples, if you have
love for one another.”
Jesus Christ (John 13:35)
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44. What next?
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45. Question 1:
How can we become a
better Learning
community?
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46. Question 2:
How do we recover
Praying
as our central rhythm?
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47. Question 3:
Could you build deeper
relationships by
Eating together?
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48. Question 4:
In what practical
ways can we
Share more?
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