Sermon Illustrations on Faithful Presence
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🎬movie analogyPentecostal
The Martian: Bloom Where You're Planted - Missional (Jeremiah 29:11)
Mark Watney is stranded on Mars—the ultimate exile. Instead of despair, he says, "I'm going to science the heck out of this." He plants, builds, and survives. Jeremiah 29 tells exiles: "Build houses..
faithful presenceexile as missionbloom where plantedJeremiah 29:4-7
adults
💬theological quoteAnabaptist
John Howard Yoder on Diaspora Faithfulness - Anabaptist (Jeremiah 29:11)
"Jeremiah tells the exiles: settle down, don't rebel, seek the city's good. This is the way of the diaspora community—faithful presence, not conquest. God's plan isn't to restore political power but t
diasporafaithful presencescatteredJeremiah 29:5-7
adults