Our Mission Statement says we are a church that is Connecting Communities and Changing Lives. It speaks the core of our living the Christian life. It emphasizes it is to be done together. I was recently reading a book by Lyle Schaller titled Looking In The Mirror. One of the chapters addresses the type of [...]
The concern for believers is that we make progress in the right kind of love. Whitney rightly concludes that we too often find our investment in love to be in the natural affections. In Romans 1:31 and 2 Timothy 3:3 (The ESV translates this heartless, the KJV without natural affections) we find this natural love [...]
One of the most significant marks that Jesus identified about His disciples was that of love. In John 13:34-35, He gives a new command, "Love one another . . ." There are a number of verses in the New Testament that emphasize this priority. See these listed here. John 15:12; John 15:17; Romans 12:10; Romans [...]
See also: Multiply by Francis Chan and Disciple by Bill Clem. Actions related to the "One Anothers" of the Scripture (Some of the passages are negatives – to be avoided) Rom. 12:10 Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. Rom. 12:16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate [...]
And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and [...]
It has been a long time since my last blog and I can't seem to get this topic of Love off of my mind. It has been resonating with me for several weeks and God has me circling the issue during these weeks. I want to share a brief outlook on 1 Corinthians 13, but [...]
Last Sunday I referred to the need for married couples to focus on the necessity of covenant-keeping should they keep their marriage healthy. It is that covenant that is the foundational element for keeping their marriage strong, healthy, and vibrant. We don't often tend to talk about covenant anymore, because the concept has been supplanted [...]