The Big Idea from Community Christian Church, a multisite church in Chicagoland. Audio from the teaching portion of the service.

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  E - Eat

  We will bless our world by sharing meals with people in need of being reached and restored.(January 27, 2012) Download it! (25.2 MB)
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  L - Listen

  To bless people on the Jesus Mission, we will listen to people’s needs and stories more than we talk.(January 21, 2012) Download it! (26.4 MB)
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  B - Begin With Prayer

  To reach, restore, and reproduce we begin by praying about who God wants us to bless each day and how He particularly wants us as individuals to bless our world.(January 15, 2012) Download it! (30.5 MB)
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  The Jesus Mission

  We reach, restore and reproduce the Jesus mission like Jesus did with the woman at the well. She was brought back to God, restored in her community, and became a source of others finding their way back to God.(January 07, 2012) Download it! (27.8 MB)
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  Raising a Miracle

  As we journey through the Christmas season this year let’s ask God for a miracle wherever and however we need one.(January 01, 2012) Download it! (24.1 MB)
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  The Jesus Miracle

  As we journey through the Christmas season this year let’s ask God for a miracle wherever and however we need one.(December 25, 2011) Download it! (23.1 MB)
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  Waiting on a Miracle

  What God does in us while we are waiting is just as important as what we are waiting for.(December 18, 2011) Download it! (29.5 MB)
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  Make Way For a Miracle

  A miracle is not something you just ask for and then wait and see what happens. We need to make way for a miracle.(December 09, 2011) Download it! (26.5 MB)
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  Asking for a Miracle

  God wants us to ask Him for whatever we need, including things that will take a miracle to happen.(December 02, 2011) Download it! (32.6 MB)
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  GRAZIE

  Expressing gratitude to God draws us closer to Him and builds our faith in Him.(November 27, 2011) Download it! (27.7 MB)
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  Looking Up

  “Looking up” means continuing to move up the ladder of generosity and growing in what it means to be generous toward God as a response to His grace.(November 18, 2011) Download it! (28.3 MB)
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  Move Up

  “Moving up” means becoming a proportional giver: someone who gives to God a tenth of their income as “first fruits” out of gratitude and devotion.(November 11, 2011) Download it! (30.7 MB)
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  Step Up

  “Stepping Up” means becoming an initial giver: someone who is moving from “getting all I can for myself ” to “giving significantly for the good of others”.(November 04, 2011) Download it! (33.2 MB)
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  How Could Jesus Be The Only Way?

  Jesus is the only way to salvation. He represents God’s grace to us, which makes us gracious to others.(October 27, 2011) Download it! (25.5 MB)
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  How Can A Loving God Allow So Much Suffering?

  God is a God of love and enters into our suffering and redeems it through His own suffering.(October 23, 2011) Download it! (34.4 MB)
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  How Can A Loving God Send Someone To Hell?

  God’s judgment is not antithetical to God’s love when we understand the nature of sin and hell in the Bible.(October 10, 2011) Download it! (31.1 MB)
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  Hasn’t Science Disproven the Bible?

  It is acceptable, healthy, and necessary for a Christ follower to address doubts and to sometimes say IDK (“I don’t know”). There is no conflict between believing in science and believing what the Bible says about God.(October 03, 2011) Download it! (25.2 MB)
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  The Art of Letting Go

  To deepen and strengthen my relationships, I need to practice the art of letting go.(September 26, 2011) Download it! (29.0 MB)
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  The Art of Risking Awkwardness

  To deepen and strengthen my relationships I need to practice the art of risking awkwardness.(September 19, 2011) Download it! (28.4 MB)
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  The Art of Acting Intentionally

  To deepen and strengthen my relationships I need to practice the art of acting intentionally.(September 12, 2011) Download it! (32.6 MB)
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  The Art of Being All There

  For relationships to last, I need to practice the art of being all there.(September 01, 2011) Download it! (33.3 MB)
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  Poverty of Stewardship

  Poverty of stewardship is when I’m not using my gifts and talents and resources to serve others. I need to serve the poor in ways that help them serve others and not just be served.(August 25, 2011) Download it! (12.0 MB)
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  Poverty of Community

  Poverty of community is when I only have relationships with people who are like me. Biblical community reflects “every tongue and tribe and nation” as it will be in Heaven.(August 20, 2011) Download it! (12.5 MB)
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  Poverty of Being

  Poverty of being is not “them” it’s all of us, and to minister to the impoverished without hurting we need to be poor in spirit.(August 17, 2011) Download it! (13.6 MB)
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  Serious Prayer

  Serious Christ-followers are called to be people who pray big, bold prayers as a regular part of their lives.(August 05, 2011) Download it! (12.4 MB)
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  Serious Talk

  Serious faith means serious change in how we talk, especially to and about people.(July 28, 2011) Download it! (10.7 MB)
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  Serious Obedience

  Serious faith means being serious about obedience. Lots of people consider themselves “spiritual”, but not nearly as many approach God’s Word with a mindset and commitment to obedience. Lots of people have “faith without works”, but not being changed at all by what they believe.(July 23, 2011) Download it! (11.5 MB)
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  Serious Temptation

  God never tempts us, the Devil does. But God restricts our temptations to only what we can handle and always gives us a way out.(July 15, 2011) Download it! (11.5 MB)
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  Care of the Body and Soul

  Following Jesus through regular prayer and better care of my body can help me become a happier person.(July 07, 2011) Download it! (13.2 MB)
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  Living in the Present

  Happiness comes from staying focused on the present instead of being mired in the past or being anxious about the future.(July 01, 2011) Download it! (7.6 MB)
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  Adversity Management

  By following Jesus we get the added benefit of becoming people who manage stress and adversity better.(July 01, 2011) Download it! (11.1 MB)
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  Relationships

  Strengthening our relationships through serving others helps lead us to happiness.(June 16, 2011) Download it! (11.6 MB)
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  Positivity

  Following Jesus leads me to the attitude and optimism that also leads to happiness.(June 15, 2011) Download it! (11.4 MB)
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  Spirit

  How to be filled with The Spirit in a world that is full of spirits.(June 02, 2011) Download it! (10.7 MB)
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  Angels and Demons

  Angels and demons are real. Demons are part of the spiritual darkness and angels are God’s messengers and representatives.(May 26, 2011) Download it! (12.0 MB)
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  Paranormal Activity

  The “spirit realm” is real and all around us all the time, and we should be neither afraid nor overly interested in it.(May 23, 2011) Download it! (10.0 MB)
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  Home Run

  How we raise our children has ripple effect far into the future.(May 15, 2011) Download it! (12.4 MB)
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  Home Base

  Parents are called to be intentional about raising their kids to follow Jesus by establishing a family culture of spiritual formation through blessing, grace, and spiritual disciplines.(May 07, 2011) Download it! (14.2 MB)
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  Home Team

  The most important dream/goal we can have for our kids is to be 3C Christ-followers. For parents to play their/our part, we have to model for our kids privately what we claim to be publically.(April 29, 2011) Download it! (15.2 MB)
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  God Wins

  The Resurrection is the triumph of God over the ultimate enemy--death. It’s a victory we must put our faith and hope in, even when it seems that God will not win in our lives.(April 21, 2011) Download it! (11.7 MB)
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  God Disappoints

  God’s heroism often doesn’t take the form we want, so we have to deal with disappointment in our expectations of Him.(April 14, 2011) Download it! (11.5 MB)