#1 - Kickoff

Alpha Kickoff – Talk #1

John 10:1-21

“Christianity, Boring, Untrue and Irrelevant?”

Introduction

• Kickoff of Alpha
• Doing something different
• Cursillo, YATEC, TEC, Harp & Bowl, etc.

Message in the passage

• Vs 1 – Amen Amen
• Vs 2-5 – Shepherd/Sheep relationship
• Vs 6 – they didn’t get it
• They didn’t see Jesus as the shepherd
• Vs 7 – Amen, Amen (again)
• Vs 8-9 – repeats himself again

Vs 10 – This is the Key

• The thief comes only to…
• Kill
• Steal
• Destroy    
• Shepherd give to the FULL (perissos),
• In excess, exceptional, beyond the norm
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