A Call to Sonship Men on Fire Community Retreat
Aparecida Document 2007 Encounter Community Formation Mission
The Good Man Club
He died to make dead men live. Jesus did not die to make bad men good. He died to make dead men live.
A Pastoral Letter to the Men of Phoenix Into the Breach A Pastoral Letter to the Men of Phoenix Thomas J. Olmsted Bishop of Phoenix
Is this all Jesus had in mind for us? I’m a good man. I never killed anyone. I never robbed a bank. I hardly ever get drunk. I go to church. I pay my taxes. I vote. I get along with my neighbors. I work an honest day. I remember my wife’s birthday. I go to my kid’s soccer game. Is this all Jesus had in mind for us? Do good. Get good. Do bad. Get bad
Jesus is the only Savior of the world. The Rich Young Ruler Jesus is the only Savior of the world.
Evangelli Gaudium ~ The Joy of the Gospel
The Culture of Encounter
Nicodemus Visits Jesus at Night
The Key to a Life of Encounters Baptism in the Spirit The Key to a Life of Encounters
Romans 8 Sonship Awaits
Discussion Starters: What does it look like when a man believes in God, but he lives his life as if God doesn’t matter? What does it mean to have God as Father and to be his son? Have I been living as a slave, a servant or an employee and not as a son…in what ways?
The Crucifixion of Saint Peter Caravaggio Culture of Surrender The Crucifixion of Saint Peter Caravaggio
Condemnation
YOU are the funnel Orphan Spirit Lies Surrender Obtuse Spirit Lies Revelation Revelation Orphan Spirit Lies YOU Gifts are the funnel Surrender Gifts Obtuse Spirit Lies Grace Grace
Discussion Starter: What lies have I believed that limit my surrender to God? In what ways do I rely on myself and my natural abilities? How does that limit God using me to build the Kingdom?
The Glory of God is Man Fully Alive Becoming “fully human” is the goal Saint Irenaeus
Jesus is the measure of cultural worth
What we have talent and resources to do on our own
The GAP What God is calling us to do What we have talent and resources to do on our own
Jesus invites us to live in the GAP To invade the impossible To become fully human and fully alive It is the free gift of grace That propels us into the GAP
If you want, you can become all flame.
Holy Spirit, I need more of You! Come, Holy Spirit. Come great fire of love. Enkindle in us the fire of you love. Transform us that we may become the image of God’s only Son. Make us holy, holy, as you are holy.
Led by the flesh The mind led by the flesh is enslaved.
Romans 8 – He who lives according to the flesh... ... has mind set on fleshly desires. ... is death. ... is hostile to God. ... does not submit to God’s law, nor can he do so. ... cannot please God. ... does not belong to Christ. ... will die
The mind led by the Spirit is life and peace.
Peter, do you love me?
Romans 8 – He who lives according to the Spirit... ... has his mind set on what the Spirit desires. ... has his mind governed by the Spirit in life and peace. ... is in the realm of the Spirit. ... has Christ in him and the Spirit gives life. ... is a son of God. ... is adopted to sonship and can say “Abba, Father.” ... is a co-heir with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
The Splendor of Truth
Our life in Christ is not one of “do’s and don’ts,” but an adventure in authentic freedom. Embrace that freedom in order to place your life at the service of Christ, beginning in your home and radiating into the world.