Are people what matter most in our churches? Is love permeating everything we do? Are we allowing our churches to change as new people connect and contribute? Are we translating our message in way that we can be understood? Are we allowing character to control our creativity? The Scriptures challenge us to focus on people, loving, serving, relevance, and character.Â
 How can we personally live out these core values from the Scriptures?  How can we help our churches connect to these principles?Â
Jan 30th, 2006 at 6:03 am
Thought provoking message. Was challenged thoroughly. There is a background electronic hum in the audio that has not come through on previous downloads. Thanks for providing the Word in this portable media!
Jan 30th, 2006 at 2:58 pm
The part about winning a debate against an unbeliever really impacted me. There have been so many times that I have felt like I should win because, after all, I’m right.
-Albert
Jan 30th, 2006 at 8:23 pm
I am currently a full-time student working on my Pastoral Studies degree. I am planning on planting a church. When I listened to this message my heart was impacted by the message. I heard exactly what God has put on my heart. Thanks for doing what you do!!!
Jan 30th, 2006 at 8:48 pm
A great message, especially the emphasis on love being the most important ingredient. The only area I struggled with is the line between communicating in a relevant way and losing the distinctive command to be the pure bride of Christ. I’ve seen people use relevance as a license for sin, and yet far more use purity as an insulator against the world. Well worth giving this message a second listen.
Jan 31st, 2006 at 8:23 am
Greetings from Stockholm, Sweden.
I heard about you from my cousin who attends your meetings. I really like what I hear.
Podcasting gives me great opportunities to hear good sermons.
Sadly, the last minutes of each session disappears.
I am taking my family over soon - we´ll stop by.
(Have you had any german “hymn comments”?)
Jan 31st, 2006 at 7:32 pm
Micke, sorry for the troubles on your podcast. I am not sure why that is happening, but we will look into it. Glad you are all enjoying it!
Feb 1st, 2006 at 2:51 am
Greetings from Motherwell, Scotland. Loved this podcast. Really touched my heart. I find your core values inspirational but, more importantly, your love for Jesus and for people shines through.
I’ve blogged you to spread the word with my people.
Peace,
Thomas
Feb 1st, 2006 at 7:23 am
I am cross country at Lakeland, Fl working on a degree in church ministries. This message is universal. It resonates with everything God has been planting in me and should resonate with the heart of every believer. Thank you Mosaic for following Christ. If you like the teaching at Mosaic then try listening to the Mars Hill teaching also. www.mhbcmi.org
Feb 1st, 2006 at 12:49 pm
What a tremendous message!
Just curious, could you please tell me the context of this “Core Values” message? The date is 1/23, which was a Monday, and it seems longer than the usual message. Was this a Sunday sermon? A new member orientation? What does “Rapid Advance Series” mean in the title of some of these podcasts?
I’m asking because I plan to point my colleagues in ministry to this message, and I’d like to be able to tell them the context of its delivery.
Blessings on your ministry.
Feb 2nd, 2006 at 8:51 pm
Something that Erwin said has really stuck with me. He said, “The church is more concerned with stopping sin than releasing the potential in us!â€? WOW! Aint that the truth. It is so much more powerful to know that I was created for something great, and not just that I was created a sinner. That’s an important distinction.
Feb 2nd, 2006 at 11:02 pm
Thanks for listening!
Richard, Erwin had just shared a similar message at Leadership Advance, our annual leadership training for our volunteer staff (leaders don’t retreat, that’s why we call it our “Leadership Advance” rather than retreat). He shared the message for everyone on Jan. 22nd. We generally send out the podcasts on Monday, as long as there are not technical problems, hence the date being listed as 1/23. Finally, “Rapid Advance” has been the series we are doing on Sundays. We are hitting some of the basics we feel everyone in our community needs to hear. It was longer since he covered all 5 of our core values.
Thanks for spreading the word! Chasing Daylight begins Feb. 12th!
Blessings,
Eric Bryant
Navigator, Mosaic
Feb 4th, 2006 at 6:15 pm
I’m also losing the tail end of the podcasts. I think it might have something to do with iPods and the VBR encoding that Mosaic is using. Looks like there was a bug in the past that was supposedly fixed, but I’m not so sure now.
Feb 4th, 2006 at 10:41 pm
are the problems with the podcast happening while playing through itunes or ipod? we’re trying to replicae this technical issue so that we can resolve it. i checked the mp3 file itself and it seems to be fine. any other issues can be sent to me at webmaster@mosaic.org
melvin
Feb 5th, 2006 at 3:06 am
heyho, greetings from cologne, germany, europe and thanks for this podcast. i really enjoyed to listen to the core values and finding it inspiring for what we do here in building a community.
did erwin mention wood as the third core value? or did i just miss it? ;-)
by the way, germany is well known for fine arts, good songs and all the stuff. just to mention j. s. bach. anyway, i have the same issue, listening to the podcast on my ipod cuts of the end, but if i listen to it in itunes, it is fine …
micha
Feb 6th, 2006 at 8:27 am
Hey
I have the same problem when i play the podcast on my iPod. it works fine in iTunes though.
I have to say that i look forward to getting the podcast every week (even if the last minute cuts off). Thanks so much for all of your hard work and for making this available to anyone anywhere.
Wayne
Feb 7th, 2006 at 11:20 pm
I’ve got the same issues with losing the last minutes of the podcast. I haven’t listened all the way through with iTunes, only with my iPod Mini.
Thanks for looking into the problem. Erwin always gets to a really good final point and then it’s gone.
Feb 8th, 2006 at 1:13 am
Melvin, Thank you, thank you, thank you for all of your hard work on the Podcast! So many of us are blessed (and challenged) by these Podcasts! Pastor Jon Tyson, his family, and other members of Origins NYC love them!
Feb 25th, 2006 at 3:58 pm
I can no longer find the Core Values podcast in itunes. It was removed from my ipod and itunes library by mistake. Where can I find it.
Really enjoy your podcast
Mar 2nd, 2006 at 5:36 am
No, I’m not from Russia, but from Sweden. this message still moved me, connected to me at a “gut level”. this is what the church needs, this is what I need…