"Forgiveness" Tagged Sermons
This past month, we’ve been studying some of what God’s Word has to say about Practicing the Way of Peace. Today we will be jumping ahead to the teachings of Jesus on the topic of conflict resolution. He addresses the issue of conflict and reconciliation on several occasions throughout the four gospels. Most of our…
We are starting a new sermon series this morning—“Practicing the Way of Peace.” This five-week series will be focused on the biblical principles concerning conflict resolution. As we live our lives, conflicts are bound to happen—there’s really no way to avoid them. The question, then, is not how can we avoid them but how should…
In Acts 13:22, the Bible describes David as a man after God’s own heart—a man who was obedient to God’s will. Think about that for a minute… What do we know about King David and how he lived his life? There are many positive attributes and exploits that we could list here, but for just…
Last week, we were studying from the first half of Galatians 5. We learned that we have freedom in Christ, but that there’s a paradox in that the freedom we have in Christ is the freedom to do what is right. The problem is that we often choose to do what we want rather than…
Our journey through the One Another statements of the New Testament takes us today to Paul’s letter to the church at Ephesus. In order to fully understand the original intent of this passage, we must consider the context–or the text that goes with our text. When we do this, we discover that Paul is focusing…
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…