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On August 6, in the year 1651, Francois de Salignac de La Mothe-Fenelon was born in a small village in France. He would have been unknown to us if it were not his bold, tenacious, and magnetic faith in Christ which earned him the highest honor in the Louis the XIV's court. He lived out his faith in France with such dignity and eloquence that one would write, "His eloquence was winning rather than vehement." Fenelon impacted many people in France. His faith was intoxicating. What makes a person attractive like that? We are about to start a very exciting new series through the book of Acts. It's the earliest account we have of the early church and it's powerful influence in the Romana empire at the turn of the century. It all starts with a proclamation. Acts 1:8 says, "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." The entire world will be different when the Holy Spirit comes upon Jesus followers who move forward in their faith, gaining new ground by loving people and living out faith with a fiery and attractive force unknown to man. It's an unstoppable force. Unstoppable Forward Momentum begins now.
See you Sunday,Todd
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Yesterday, we looked at the term "social justice" and how a correct understanding it of it from God's perspective means "rightly ordered relationships (with God, with one another and with the earth) in order for His creation to flourish. Here is a timely reminder of how knowing God's word and God's heart for justice transforms cultures, nations and the world!!! Billy Graham & Social Justice "Last week Billy Graham passed away at age 99. He is most celebrated for his evangelistic ministry having preached the gospel to an estimated 200 million people. What often gets overlooked, however, is Graham's commitment to social justice. For a Southern Baptist preacher raised at the height of Jim Crow, Graham's opposition to racial segregation was both courageous and extremely controversial. The opposition to Graham began in 1952 when he said, "There is no scriptural basis for segregation"—a direct refutation of popular the...


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