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Downtown Church of Christ
August 31, 2025
Welcome to the Downtown Church! Join us as we become the WORD made flesh!
Locations & Times
Downtown Church of Christ
900 N Main St, Searcy, AR 72143, USA
Sunday 8:00 AM
Sunday 10:45 AM
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Jeremiah 29 In Context:
-Old Testament isn’t in chronological order
-Jeremiah isn’t in chronological order
-Timeline: 1st wave of exiles taken to Babylon
-Dueling Prophets
-Old Testament isn’t in chronological order
-Jeremiah isn’t in chronological order
-Timeline: 1st wave of exiles taken to Babylon
-Dueling Prophets
How To Live As Exiles:
3 options:
-Separate
-Assimilate
-Engage
3 options:
-Separate
-Assimilate
-Engage
Jeremiah 29: A Letter From God
-Build, plant, marry
-Pursue & Pray
(well-being)
-Build, plant, marry
-Pursue & Pray
(well-being)
“By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung up our lyres.” -Psalm 137
How to live as exiles?
4 options:
-Separate
-Assimilate
-Engage
-Separate & Assimilate
4 options:
-Separate
-Assimilate
-Engage
-Separate & Assimilate
Holy Different, Wholly Engaged:
Heart, mind, & actions of an exile
-Come to terms with being different
-Redefine we, us, our
-Don’t pillage, plant
-Be concerned with the issues of our city
-Everyday practices: time, money, relationships
-Pray
Heart, mind, & actions of an exile
-Come to terms with being different
-Redefine we, us, our
-Don’t pillage, plant
-Be concerned with the issues of our city
-Everyday practices: time, money, relationships
-Pray
We Are Exiles
Holy Different, Wholly Engaged
Holy Different, Wholly Engaged