You were birthed into the kingdom of God. Jesus gave his life so that you and I as Christ

followers could give our lives back to him. That's not like for special Christians. That's the deal.

We have to learn that. We grow in that. That's not automatic or intuitive to provide a climate in which

worship and personal spiritual growth can occur. I'm not talking about music styles. We should be able to

worship the Lord with a kazoo. Worship is an attitude. It's not about music. We've messed this way up.

We can have the right, we can have talented musicians and talented vocalists and the right

words and it'd be way carnal. It starts in our heart.

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We're working through a series on tabernacle, temple, synagogues, and churches. Not just places of worship or styles of worship or ways to worship,

but the way that God engages people of faith in community.

We're the 21st century edition of that.

And I believe it's significantly important to understand the role and the significance of church and being

an in community of faith.

It's not fashionable these days.

And technology is changing imaginations around that, but I don't believe biblically

it has changed at all.

I think it's important.

And in this session, we're going to talk a bit more in detail about the full measure of

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