The Tipping Point
little things make a big difference
what is a tipping point a it’s the moment where everything
changes, the unexpected becomes expected, the boiling point,
the over flow,
the moment something small
turns into something huge
Trends
Hush puppies a in 1994 Hush puppies were on thier way
out, down to beening sold at only mom and pop shoe stores and
outlets. 30,000 pairs a yeat turned
into 430,000 in 95 and 1.6 million in
96
Examples Air jordans, cut jeans, lance
armstrong braclet, Ray charles cd
tripled in sales week after grammys]
Attitude / Behavior
New York city crime ain 1992 New York
city was rated the most dangerous city in the
united States, in just five years crime fell 64% and in 97 New York
was rated the safest Big city in the world.
Columbine ain the six months afer Columbine schools in the
use reportes over 5000 bomb threats up 500%
Companies / Products
ipod / itunes aApple never intended to be
know more for music than selling computers. Sales of ipods in the fourth quarter of 04 were more than double than the
entire amount sold before than
what causes a tipping point.
The law of the few
Paul revere / William Dawes aApril 18, 1775 Rumors of a British attack had mount and Paul Revere made his famous midnight
ride to Lexington. William dawes started out at the same time
with the same message yet no one remembers him, in fact so few people came from
cities west of Lexington that most history
books state these cities were pro British.
Examples [ Adolf Hitler, Tiger woods,
Michael Jordan]
stickiness
Sesames st. /blues clues a a tv producer and a Harvard psychologist set
out to create a show that would give
under advanatged kids a head start in
learning by using interactive tv as a
way to teach basic color, letters, and
numbers.
context
Theenviroment, the timing, the people involed all have to join at
just the right time
Example: Isolation of a virus
Tipping the kingdom
Every Epidemic has a tipping point aJesus spent 17 years being
faithful in the small things, preparing for his life to tip into his
ministry.
Matthew 4:23 athis is the moment that Jesus ministry tips
“Fame” “Fame” in greek means akoe, hearing or have heard the
message of the thing, having a audience which has heard.
Jesus as the law of the few
[Matthew 1:21-22] I don’t know of anyone else whocould have
stepped into history to fill Jesus’ role
gospel as the stickiness.
[Matthew 8:1, 8:18, 9:8, romam centurion, lady who touches
Jesus’ cloak, the man who’s lowered throw the roof] Jesus’ message becomes additive because it goes aganist everything they
have ever heard.
Transition into context
[Matthew 7:28] Under the roman empire people were ready for
the message of Jesus
Personal Tipping
you can take the laws and rules that govern epidemics and apply
it to your self
8 Romans 10:9, 2 cor. 5:17
The tipping point of being a Christian, it’s the moment everything changes
9.You become the law of the few
there is only one person on earth with your fingerprints, your
DNA, your combination of skills. Talents, passions, and desires
10.The Gospel is always sticky
If Jesus wasn’t sticky none of us would be here tonight, no one
would go to summer camps, Jesus wouldn’t be in the news [time
man of the year]
The power of context
The time is now, until every person has a oppurtunity to follow
Jesus Christ.