Matt Bennett » purpose

Get On The Bus

Matt — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:04:31 +0000

Our church is like a bus. Recently we stopped the bus and clearly announced our direction. Some people chose to get off the bus at this point, others chose to get on. Now we are going to hit the accelerator so we can get going faster. How are we going to go faster? It is like this – I used to live in a very large city where I got around by bus. Sometimes a trip that would take 20 minutes in a car would take over an hour by bus. Why? Because of all the people on the bus who were not going the same place I was. They needed the bus to stop and let them off where they wanted to go and that delayed me getting to my destination. We are called as a church to help ordinary people become extraordinary Christians. There are only two stops on our bus route – ordinary and extraordinary. We are no longer a tour bus, but a shuttle bus. We are picking up ordinary people and speedily taking them to extraordinary Christianity, sending them off and heading back for more.

Matt — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:09:45 +0000

The ideal human existence is not eternal leisure or an endless vacation – or even a monastic retreat into prayer and meditation – but creative effort expended for the glory of God and the benefit of others. Our calling is not just to “go to heaven” but also to cultivate the earth, not just to “save souls” but also to serve God through our work. For God Himself is engaged not only in the work of salvation but also in the work of poreserving and developing His creation. When we obey the Cultural Mandate, we participate in the work of God Himself, as agents of His common Grace. – Nancy Pearcy

Matt — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:40:55 +0000

A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the “why” for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any “how.”

- Victor Frankl