Blueprint Church

This is the first half of an incredible sermon by Pastor Dhati Lewis. Unfortunately the file became corrupt in the recording process. We included his sermon outline below. Pastor Dhati intros his message by sharing the history of Blueprint Church and our calling as a local church in a gentrifying community. He later brings the message back to Romans, emphasizing Paul’s posture, purpose, and passion in regards to seeking partnership with the Churches in Rome.

We embark on the beginning of our new mega-series, Fluent, a deep dive into the Book of Romans. In this sermon podcast, Pastor Dhati gives a detailed overview and framework for the Book of Romans, and highlights two major themes that are woven throughout: righteousness and reconciliation.

In this mini-sermon, Pastor Dhati breaks down what a Missional Community is, and what it is not.

When we read the Bible with Christ-colored lenses, we see the person and work of Jesus throughout the entire narrative. Book Resources: Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones The Big Picture Story Bible by David Helm The Biggest Story by Kevin DeYoung

One of the great spiritual blessings and resources that God has blessed us with are friends- brothers and sisters in Christ, other believers, the body.

What makes prayer explicitly Christian is not the fact that we pray, but who we pray to. It’s not just prayer for prayers sake, it’s prayer to our Father.

We faithfully manage our time, talent, and treasure as resources for God's purposes.

We intentionally seek to make disciples where we live, work, and play.

We are family. And as family, we actively take responsibility for one another.

The Gospel reshapes our identity. We think, speak, and live as people who have been made new.

Michelle shares both challenges and encouragements of parenting her African-American teenage son in response to the fears and concerns of today. She also shares about her family's experiences of living in a community of believers that have opposing views, and their successes of educating their neighbors about how to respond to recent events.

Kevin King shares about how the book "Divided by Faith" helped their ministry, Common Ground Ministries, to create conversation and prepare their Summer student interns for social change.

Husbands, a call to love your wife is a call to sacrifice for her. Can you honestly say that you love your wife if your actions and deeds don’t show it? Christ is calling you to die to any self-centered way of thinking that would prevent you from sacrificing your preferences, rights, time, energy, and desires for the good of your wife.

Every Christian marriage should be a sign post pointing to The marriage of Christ and the Church.

Having a healthy relationship with God will produce healthier relationships in the body of Christ. Healthier relationships in the body of Christ, will allow us to have healthier marriages. One of the key ingredients to healthy relationships is mutual submission.

In the wake of the tragedies that have sobered us all week, we take some time as a church family to weep with one another, to confess to one another, to pray one for another, to commit to one another.

Being rendered to God means being responsible for God’s family.

When the bible suggests that image is everything, it means that the image of God is the filter through which we discern everything and gives ultimate purpose and significance to our lives. We are to design our lives from the image already in us in order to be a revelation of God to the world.

Christ calls us to “do business”, and doing business is summed up in the lifestyle of a Generous steward. Generous stewards are called to faithfully manage all of their time, talent, and treasure as resources for God’s purposes.

When our relationship with Jesus changes, so does our relationship with money. The pull of money and greed may be strong, but the pull of Christ is stronger.