The Gift

The last three Christmas seasons we have presented sermon series that were accompanied with drama sketches throughout the series. During that span, two of them we used from Northpoint Church in Atlanta, "Christmas With Grace" and "Velma's Diner". Last year we took Scrooge, (A full length Broadway production that we did for many years) and divided it up into a four part series. It was pretty awesome!

Well, this year we decided to write our own. After several brainstorming meetings our very own Dave Willis started writing the script and after a few re-writes and tweaks "The Gift" was complete. We are so blessed to have someone as talented as Dave writing for us. I also want to give a shout out to Tony Cooper and the entire cast for bringing the characters to life. You don't want to miss the last two episodes Sunday the 20th and Christmas Eve. It will be a Christmas to remember, I promise!

Third-Person Christian

This a blog I read this morning from Mark Batterson and thought you might get something from it.......enjoy!

I think some people are what I would call third-person christians. I'm not a grammarian, and I don't know if this metaphor holds up literally, but third-person christians read the Bible in the third-person. They think in terms of "they" instead of "me." They don't personalize it by reading it in first-person terms. And so Scripture is de-personalized.

Here's another example. Third-person christians attend church in the third-person thinking about the people in their life that "need to hear this message" rather than processing it personally! They talk about church in "they" terms instead of "we" terms.

Here's a thought. Simply insert the first-person "I" or "me" or "we" when reading the Bible. It helps you own Scripture. And more importantly, it helps Scripture own you.