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So I'm going to invite us here and all of those who are at the North Campus and

the downtown campus and the South Campus to bow in prayers.

We seek the Lord's help.

The reason, Father, from this text that you have left me alive this week to minister tonight is for

the advancement and joy of the faith of your people.

So I ask for the miracle to be wrought by your word

that thousands of hearts would find more joy in Jesus, not in things, but in Jesus, because of what they hear.

And I asked that the Holy Spirit would work this very deeply.

And I can't help but say thank you, Lord, also,

that there is a school here that so believes in what I'm about to preach called Bethlehem College and

Seminary who has this little leaflet in the worship folder and so I asked that you would prosper this school that I love and believe in so much.

Oh, how we want there to be hundreds and hundreds of men and women move through these

schools, college and seminary, to advance the cause of this message. So come and work that now in these services I pray in Jesus

name. Amen. So we're in a series on the 30-year theological trademarks of Bethlehem and the trademark that we take up today is Christian Hedonism.

So let me say right out that Bethlehem has not been built on a slogan, hasn't been built on a label.

The term Christian heatenism is found in none of our official documents.

It's not in the Constitution, it's not in the Church Covenant,

it's not in the values booklet,

it's not in the 10 dimensions of church life.

Nevertheless, some of us love this statement.

It is catchy and it's controversial and it's not in the Bible and therefore zero pressure on you to like it

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