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| Breathing life into your preaching and worship | July 2004 | ||
JUST RELEASED  Oxygen Volume 7 This Month's Articles:
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Beyond Restorationby Renée HarmsThe Gospel of John ends with a rather candid and surprising interaction between Peter and Jesus after the resurrection. Three times Jesus asks Peter if he loves Him, three times Peter states emphatically that yes, of course he does! This is an important moment between two friends. Peter especially must have been feeling a sense of awkwardness and deep shame, knowing he had just recently turned his back on Jesus in His time of greatest need; and this was now compounded by his new understanding of who Jesus really was. In this moment of reconciliation, Jesus offers His unconditional forgiveness, as both His friend and Savior. Jesus wasn't trying to reassure himself that Peter loved Him, He already knew Peter's heart. This was for Peter's sake—an affirmation and restoration to discipleship. But then Jesus takes Peter beyond just restoration. Three times He responds to Peter's avowals of love with a simple command: "Feed my sheep." Jesus was asking for more than a declaration. In essence He asked, "What do you really mean when you say you love me? And what are you going to do about it?" Read the Complete Article: Beyond Restoration | |
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Anthony Coppedge is heavily involved with Fellowship Church in Grapevine, TX. He has been speaking at technology conferences since 1995, and frequently contributes to magazines such as Church Business Magazine, Sound & Communications and Pro A/V, and is a featured columnist with Church Production Magazine and Lifeway.com’s Technology Channel. Oxygen Multimedia is proud to feature Anthony in our multimedia technology section.
Another quarter has passed and our summer installment of Oxygen has made it onto the shelves. This volume is loaded with more powerful visuals and exciting new features. Volume 7 incorporates many of the ideas that you have given us. We started by building our art list based on your suggestions. Some of you asked for images built around parables of the Bible. So, we have created graphics for The Sower, and a 2 image set of The Wide and Narrow Gates. Also, based on your feedback, we have included 5 worship graphics specifically designed for some of the top worship songs. You will find beautiful, inspiring graphical renditions of songs like Open the Eyes of My Heart and Better is One Day. Volume 7 also includes an expanded and improved version of our Sermon Design Center. This powerful interface enables you to create any combination of images and backgrounds in a matter of moments. Volume 7 includes even more extra features as well You will find a small video piece and some fresh new background fades that are perfect for increasing the impact of your slides. We are currently offering a customer appreciation discount of $10 off of your regular member pricing. This makes Volume 7 an amazing deal at $79.95 for all 450+ images, backgrounds and pre-built templates. Look at all Volume 7 has to offer and receive your discount at Volume 7 Special Offer! Free Multimedia Tools: Introducing a PowerPoint presentation designed specifically for your church board meeting! This short yet informative slide show will help educate your board members about church multimedia and how it significantly increases the impact of your message. It also explains how your church can get involved with Oxygen's premier program, which allows you access to virtually unlimited content throughout the year. Let the board know how Oxygen will make it easy and cost-effective to add powerful, scripture-inspired visuals to your sermon or worship service. Even if you don't need board approval, but want more information regarding the effectiveness of multimedia, this presentation is loaded with great facts Download your copy of our Multimedia board presentation! *To Download right click on the link above and choose save target as
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