Brennan Manning pointed out, “One of the most shocking contradictions in the American church is the intense dislike many disciples of Jesus have for themselves. They are more displeased with their own shortcomings than they would ever dream of being with someone else’s. They are sick of their own mediocrity and disgusted by their inconsistency.”…
Last week, we talked about what it means to love one another with authentic love. We studied from Romans 12 and talked about the kind of love we must have: Our love must be genuine. Our love must be evident. Outdo one another in honor. Be persistent in our prayer. Be compassionate to those in…
As we embark on this journey through the “One Another” Commands in the New Testament, I want us to not lose sight of the prevailing goal of this series —we want to Unite People to One Another. In order to make that happen, we must learn how to get along with one another. The first…
So far in this series on Connecting People to God, we have talked about showing people the light of Jesus Christ and pointing them to the truth of the gospel. As we continue this series, we’re going to focus on teaching people about the love that God has for each and every one of them.…
If we pay attention, there are signs all along our routes that will give us instructions on where to go and how fast I am allowed to go on the way, but there are a lot of people out there that never pay attention to the signs or choose to ignore the signs altogether. Last…