This sermon was videotaped at the Highland Street Church of Christ in Memphis, TN. Ron Clark was asked to speak and presented an overview of Agape’s story October 2009.

The Agape Story

Sermon at Agape Nov. 13, 2011. Why Do We Plant Churches?

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These sermons were given at various conferences or guest speakings by Ron Clark from the Agape Church of Christ.

• Sermon at Park Plaza Church of Christ in Tulsa, OK: The Better Waythe-better-way
• Jesus Comes Home: Come Home Jesus
• Thinking Like Jesus
• Is There Room at the Table?

“Man In A Grocery Store,” from Am I Sleeping With the Enemy?

Eating With Jesus: Sermon Series on Hospitality and Evangelism

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In Acts 1 Jesus tells the apostles to wait for the promised Holy Spirit from God. Once it comes they/we are to become witnesses (Acts 1:8). In this sense it seems that there is to be no more waiting. The Spirit came, the Spirit empowered, the people of God witness. Seems like a simple plan doesn’t it?

I listen to people today talk about “waiting for God’s leading…” “waiting for direction from the Spirit…” or “looking for the guiding of the Spirit…” Seems like people talk alot about waiting, but the Spirit is already here, already working, and, in a sense, waiting for us to catch up.

This point was driven home to me today. I would say that God thumped, prodded, and worked on me in a typical way.

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When a boy cries, his father trains him in the way of the ancients. He is taught to “man up” and rejects anything feminine in his life. Thus he begins the process of becoming a man in the image of his culture. This transformation comes at the expense of his own calling to be in God’s image. However, men and women were both created in this divine image and were meant to live in harmony rather than enmity. Recently, influential Christian writers and leaders have suggested that men have become too “feminized” and need to return to their calling to be “real men.” Clark believes that this “new masculinity” is indeed a return to the way of the ancients. Drawing from his experiences as a minister, sexual and domestic violence advocate, and community leader, Clark suggests that Jesus came to redefine masculinity and resist the cultural view of manhood, power, and oppression.

“Are men to be strong, tough, and raging? Or compassionate, empathetic, and caring. Ron Clark takes you through Biblical and cultural history providing a thought provoking case for what real manhood is. This book will definately challenge you to think through whatever paradigms you may have instead of simply accepting the status quo.”
Eric and Jennifer Garcia, Founders Association of Marriage and Family Ministries

“Ron Clark is one of the leading voices among male clergy in the struggle to end men’s violence against women and children.  This book contains all of the qualities of courageous honesty, wisdom and humility that make him such an effective educator and leader.  Women and men  – inside and outside of Christian communities — will find great insight and compassionate teaching in these pages.”
 Jackson Katz, Ph.D., creator of the video Tough Guise, and author of The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help.

Am I Sleeping Flyer

Sunday morning was a very powerful Sunday. Elsie came with her boyfriend and mother as we greeted them with hugs. You see, the Monday before her 7 month old baby, Christopher, had died due to SIDS. Elsie had been homeless, moved to Dignity Village, and finally was able to leave and get her own apartment. She had never done drugs, and loved her new baby. She had been a regular at Agape and we all loved Elsie, Christopher, her mom Cindy, and many friends she brought to church. This death had hurt all of us.
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The Better Way: The Church of Agape in Emerging Corinth