We preach the Good News to the poor because Jesus preached it. We bind up the broken hearted because Jesus bound them up. We proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness because Jesus proclaimed it. We bestow on them the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair because Jesus bestowed these things. We serve people and take up the fight against injustice because Jesus did it. And he commanded us to do it as well.

Monday, January 21, 2008

Streetwise

Tomorrow we start our first cell group for teenagers. We’re calling it Streetwise. The idea is that we’ll be discussing the wisdom that is needed to make it out of the streets.

With that in mind, we begin tomorrow with The Good Samaritan. In a multi-cultural (ethnic, race, and religion) neighbourhood, we felt like this would be the perfect start. And in a neighbourhood where everybody outside your culture is the enemy, I thought the below video would be a great discussion starter for this topic.