Title: A Church for the End of the World...Is Uncompromising
Scripture: Revelation 2:18-29
Speaker: Reid Kapple, ReidK@ChristCommunityKC.org

>> Compromising with Jesus gets you nothing

>> Three qualities of an uncompromising church...
1. Sees through the lies; do we know when we’re being lied to?

“Ultimately we become what we pay attention to, and the options available to us at anytime are myriad...What we pay attention to doubles back and governs us. Hence our attention is deeply associated with either death or life. So much of the biblical narrative is the story of God working hard to get our attention.” -Leighton Ford (The Attentive Life)

>> Three qualities of an uncompromising church...
1. Sees through the lies; do we know when we’re being lied to?
2. Endures the costs; what is Christ-like integrity worth to us?

A person certainly can hold to ethical norms, but often only so long as the dynamic of the [economic] system does not crush him. Faced with the choice between obedience to conscience and survival, he is likely to opt for survival.” -Miraslov Volf (Work in the Spirit)

>> Three qualities of an uncompromising church...
1. Sees through the lies; do we know when we’re being lied to?
2. Endures the costs; what is Christ-like integrity worth to us?
3. Holds fast to Jesus; is what we are holding fast to strong enough to hold us?