The People Who Keep Showing Up: The Witness Our Neighbors Can See

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A single Sunday from Hebrews 10:19-25 for a church that treats a full lot as a witness and keeps mission in a brochure. The letter starts with blood, a living way, and a great priest over God's house, then commands a people to draw near, hold fast the confession of hope, consider how to provoke one another to love and good works, and not forsake assembling, as the custom of some already was. John 13:34-35 names love for one another as the mark everyone will know. 1 Peter 2:11-12 names good behavior among the nations, so they may see good works and glorify God in the day of visitation. Hope becomes visible through gathering, encouragement, and deliberate love; the witness our neighbors can see is a people who keep showing up to God and to one another because Christ opened the way, not because we found a better outreach plan. Manuscript, outline, and midweek discussion.