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🎯application pointBlack Church

Practical Ascension - Teaching Material

The content emphasizes the importance of engaging with the concept of Ascension through personal reflection, community involvement, and prayer. It encourages individuals to take actionable steps that not only foster personal spiritual growth but also contribute to the transformation of their communities through faith and dialogue.

Romans 8:28
🎯application pointPentecostal

Implementing Grief - Teaching Material

This application point emphasizes the importance of addressing grief through personal reflection, community engagement, and prayerful action. It encourages individuals to recognize the impact of small acts of faithfulness in transforming both personal and communal experiences of grief.

Galatians 3:28
🎯application pointBaptist

Practical Steps for Dismantling Tyrannical Leadership - Teaching Material

The content emphasizes the importance of personal reflection and community engagement in addressing tyrannical leadership through faith-based actions. It encourages individuals to pray, share resources, and initiate meaningful conversations to foster systemic change and promote justice and peace within their communities.

Matthew 22:37-39
🎯application pointOrthodox

Making Social Media and Community Real - Teaching Material

The content emphasizes the importance of reflecting on Galatians 3:28 in relation to Social Media and community involvement. It encourages individuals to engage actively in their communities, pray for guidance, and support organizations working for justice, highlighting that small acts of faithfulness can lead to significant community transformation.

Galatians 3:28
🎯application pointPentecostal

Implementing Law - Contemporary Example

The content emphasizes the importance of reflecting on the implications of Law through the lens of John 3:16, encouraging individuals to engage with their communities and take actionable steps in faith. It highlights that addressing Law is not only about personal growth but also about fostering transformation within the community.

John 3:16
🎯application pointPentecostal

Implementing Gratitude - Teaching Material

The content emphasizes the importance of gratitude as a transformative practice both personally and within the community. It encourages individuals to reflect on their understanding of gratitude through biblical teachings, engage with their community, and take actionable steps to foster a culture of gratitude.

Romans 8:28
🎯application pointReformed

Practical Diversity & Inclusion - Teaching Material

The content emphasizes the importance of addressing Diversity & Inclusion through personal reflection, community engagement, and prayerful action, guided by the principles found in James 1:27. It encourages individuals to take small, faithful steps that can lead to significant positive changes in their communities.

James 1:27
🎯application pointCatholic

Living Out Inclusive Language for God - Illustration

The content emphasizes the importance of using inclusive language for God as a means of fostering community engagement and promoting justice. It encourages personal reflection, prayerful action, and systemic change, highlighting that small acts of faithfulness can lead to significant transformation within communities.

Colossians 3:15
🎯application pointLutheran

Real-World Resurrection - Illustration

The content emphasizes the importance of personal reflection and community engagement in relation to the concept of Resurrection. It encourages individuals to pray, share resources, and initiate conversations about faith, highlighting that small acts of faithfulness can lead to significant community transformation.

Proverbs 3:5-6
🎯application pointOrthodox

Implementing Judgment - Illustration

The content emphasizes the importance of addressing Judgment through personal reflection, community engagement, and prayerful action. It encourages individuals to consider their role in fostering positive change and transformation within their communities, highlighting that small acts of faithfulness can lead to significant impacts.

Colossians 1:15-20
🎯application pointOrthodox

Making Uncategorized Real - Illustration

The content encourages individuals to reflect on their personal faith journey and engage with their community regarding a specific issue. It emphasizes the importance of prayer, resource sharing, and meaningful conversations as ways to foster both personal and communal transformation.

2 Corinthians 5:17
🎯application pointPentecostal

Making Envy Real - Teaching Material

The application points focus on addressing the issue of envy through personal reflection, community engagement, and prayerful action. By encouraging individuals to take small steps in their faith journey, the material emphasizes the potential for both personal growth and broader community transformation.

Romans 3:23
🎯application pointBaptist

Practical Steps for Questioning Traditional Doctrines - Illustration

The content emphasizes the importance of engaging with traditional doctrines through personal reflection and community action, inspired by Micah 6:8. It encourages individuals to pray, share resources, and initiate conversations that promote justice and transformation within their communities, highlighting the broader impact of these actions on God's kingdom.

Micah 6:8
🎯application pointReformed

Living Out A Better Political Imagination - Contemporary Example

The content emphasizes the importance of developing a better political imagination through personal reflection, community engagement, and prayerful action. It encourages individuals to support justice initiatives and engage in meaningful conversations, highlighting that small acts of faithfulness can lead to significant community transformation and contribute to God's kingdom of justice and peace.

Luke 8:1-3
🎯application pointMainline

Living Out Sanctification - Contemporary Example

The content emphasizes the importance of sanctification through personal reflection, community engagement, and prayerful action. It encourages individuals to consider how their faith can impact both personal growth and community transformation, highlighting the ripple effects of small acts of faithfulness.

Proverbs 3:5-6
🎯application pointCatholic

Living Out Grace - Illustration

The content emphasizes the importance of grace in personal and community contexts, encouraging individuals to reflect on their understanding of grace and to engage actively with their communities. It highlights the transformative power of small acts of faithfulness and the need for meaningful conversations about faith.

Colossians 1:15-20
🎯application pointBaptist

Applying Advent - Teaching Material

The content emphasizes the importance of personal and community engagement during Advent, encouraging individuals to reflect on their faith and take actionable steps to support their local communities. It highlights the transformative power of small acts of faithfulness and the potential for collective impact through prayer and resource sharing.

Philippians 4:13
🎯application pointAnabaptist

Real-World A Better Political Imagination - Illustration

The content emphasizes the importance of integrating faith into political engagement by reflecting on Luke 4:18-19. It encourages individuals to take actionable steps within their communities to promote justice and systemic change, highlighting the transformative power of small acts of faithfulness in fostering a better political imagination.

Luke 4:18-19
🎯application pointReformed

Making Justification Real - Contemporary Example

The content emphasizes the importance of understanding and applying the concept of Justification in both personal and community contexts. It encourages individuals to reflect on their beliefs, engage with their community, and support resources that promote Justification, highlighting the transformative power of faith in collective growth.

Titus 3:5
🎯application pointAnabaptist

Real-World Healthcare & Healing Ministry - Teaching Material

The content emphasizes the importance of integrating faith into Healthcare and Healing Ministry through personal reflection, community engagement, and prayerful action. It encourages individuals to identify resources that support this ministry and to engage in meaningful conversations about faith and healing within their communities.

Psalm 23:1-6
🎯application pointPentecostal

Implementing Human Nature - Illustration

The content emphasizes the importance of reflecting on Proverbs 3:5-6 as a means to challenge personal approaches to Human Nature. It encourages community engagement and prayerful action, highlighting that small acts of faithfulness can lead to significant community transformation.

Proverbs 3:5-6
🎯application pointNon-denom

Practical Steps for Incarnation - Illustration

The content emphasizes the importance of reflecting on the concept of Incarnation as outlined in Titus 3:5 and encourages practical steps for personal and community engagement. It highlights the significance of prayer, resource sharing, and meaningful conversations to foster both individual growth and community transformation.

Titus 3:5
🎯application pointCatholic

Practical Steps for Nonviolent Resistance - Contemporary Example

The content emphasizes the importance of Nonviolent Resistance as a means of personal and community transformation. It encourages individuals to reflect on their actions, engage with their communities, and seek God's guidance in promoting justice and peace. By committing to small acts of faithfulness, believers can contribute to systemic change and the advancement of God's kingdom.

Hebrews 13:2
🎯application pointAnabaptist

Practical Steps for Conversion - Teaching Material

The content emphasizes the importance of personal and communal approaches to Conversion, urging individuals to reflect on their faith journey and engage with their communities. It encourages daily prayer and resource sharing to foster transformation both personally and within the community.

Matthew 28:19-20
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