Aukerman's Four Considerations

Nearly two decades later, I started to put the pieces of the puzzle together. It would start with a simple but powerful statement, “We are called to make disciples, not members.” That statement would lead me to reflect on and seek out a better understanding of what it meant to be a disciple. That, in turn, led me to study and reflect on the concept of servanthood. I realized that developing a more personal and authentic relationship with Christ required more than just attending worship, working in the church and simply believing in Him. I realized that living a Christ-like life required a different way of thinking, a different way of living.

C. Peter Wagner (2012) defines a spiritual gift as attribute given to each member of the body of Christ, according to God’s grace to be used for the church. Every believer possesses unique God given spiritual gifts. These gifts are given to us to further His kingdom and to bring Him glory. The Biblical reference to Spiritual gifts are found in four passages: Romans 12:6-8, 1 Corinthians 12:8-10; 28-30, Peter 4:9-11, and Ephesians 4:11. They are Leadership, Administration, Knowledge, Teaching, Exhortation, Faith, Wisdom, Prophecy, Discernment, Shepherding, Evangelism, Faith, Serving, Pastoring, Apostleship, Hospitality, Mercy, and Interpretation of Tongues. And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues (1 Corinthians 12:28, ESV).

An individual whose comedy I believe to be underrated is Scott Aukerman. The reason I love his work is because he never settles for lazy comedy. Instead of taking shortcuts to easy laughs, or even single laughs, Aukerman’s work characteristically pushes through with relentless sequences of jokes. This carefully orchestrated ruthlessness is in stark contrast to the characters he plays and the tone of his works, which are often unassuming, overly-manicured, and squeaky clean. He manages to make strange inversions and comedic faux pas feel natural and enjoyable, and that is not a characteristic I feel many people in comedy are experts in.

“It is worth pausing to consider why Jesus Christ chooses to use a church, His Church, to carry out His and His Father’s work.” – Elder D. Todd Christofferson

We are living in a time where for many the perception of the church is one of sitting in pews on Sunday mornings and a faith that does not leave those four walls.

First, pastors are called by God. Before one can answer this call, we must define what it means to be called. In the New Testament

In his mercy God has cast out every lesser god; yet still requires his people to agonize over the pain and suffering of others first and foremost in Christian worship. Pastors are obliged, therefore, to doggedly resolve difficult issues that pertain to worship without acquiescing to the congregational sensitivity. God requires assemblies to serve the disenfranchised optimally in the worship space first, and for this reason, assemblies need to hear teaching homilies concerning how to perform the demands of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in their ritual lives. Such teaching, in turn, clearly reveals how the Praxis of worship extends to private

God’s nature is to create. If we are going to be like God, we should focus on creating. The church must commence all ministry and service with prayer that God’s will might be accomplished through its efforts and that God will give the workers the love through the infilling of the His Holy Spirit to perform the outreach services that will be required. 2.

The body of the sermon was mostly centralized on the purpose of each and every one of us in the church, the saying everything happens for a reason and his view on it. He stated that every person in the church has a particular purpose. He used the example of a human 's body stating that every part of the body has particular purposes. He went further to say in the body of Christ some of us maybe the legs, the eyes, the mouth, and the eyes of the church.

Seeker Targeted, Theologically Grounded, Practical Equipping I feel these three are the most important because they are what make up the backbone of the church because it provides support for those who are attending. Its first goal is target a certain culture of people. Which then teaches them the bible based on theological teachings and beliefs, which will help give them a solid foundation. Which will lastly give them the ability to be equipped to go out and share the good news with others who are lost.

The seven gifts are Wisdom, Counsel, Fortitude, Piety, Fear of our Lord, Knowledge, and Understanding. While all of these are very important, the gifts that I would like to focus on are Counsel, Knowledge, and Understanding. The poster says that the gift of counsel “enables us to see and choose correctly what is the will of God”(“The Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost”). This means that having counsel allows people to make their own decisions based on what they think the will of God is. The poster also says that knowledge “points us to the path to follow and the dangers to avoid in order to reach heaven”(“The Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost”). By saying this, the poster is conveying the idea that the holy spirit gives people knowledge of what is right and wrong, so that people have full knowledge of what their actions could result in. Finally, the poster says that understanding “helps us to grasp the truths of religion, as far as necessary”(“The Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost”). This means that by allowing people to know the full truths of their religious beliefs, people are given the choice to whether or not they will continue in their religious beliefs. Through this poster, it can be seen that the Catholic faith believes that people are given gifts through the holy spirit that enhance knowledge of the

The trend of today’s preachers has a tendency to lose site of the man or cause one to bury oneself in his own agenda and/or organization calling it God’s plans. Men are God’s method; the church is looking for better methods, but God is looking

A person’s calling comes from the Lord and every Christian has at least a primary call (“by God, to God, for God”) . Generally speaking we are all called as Christian to love God, love each other, and to share the gospel. On the other hand not all of are called to do this in the same way. You see this throughout the new testament as though we are all part of the body called “The Church” each person is a not a foot or hand or so on. As define in The Call, “special calling refers to those task and missions laid on individuals through a direct, specific, supernatural commination from God.” For somebody to be called, he or she must first understand that there is a Caller. The Caller (God) calls us to both a corporate call and an individual call.

understand my call to ordained ministry as the same as other baptized children of God. My calling is, however, to the ministry of Word and Sacrament. This is to proclaim the gospel and administer the sacraments according to

Many modern Christians sincerely desire to not only understand spiritual gifts, but also aspire to see the Spirit of God work through them in their churches and around the world. The problem, however, is that they are often bombarded with the next book, sermon, or class challenging them to know and use their spiritual gifts. For many, however, this has been a source of much frustration and angst, and for others it has resulted in pride and deception. The question that must be asked, which identifies the problem this paper will seek to address is: “Are spiritual gifts, as they are currently perceived, in line with what the New Testament writers intended them to be?”