How Can I Reconcile with Someone Who Hurt Me?
Mercy Me - Pt 6 - God doesn’t want us to simply forgive people in our hearts. He wants us to find ways to reconcile. He wants unity in His family. This passage is often interpreted as a manual for church discipline. But it doesn’t say, “If anyone in your church sins,” it says “If your brother sins against you.” It’s a recipe for reconciliation among brothers.
We read the stories of the biblical Disciples, but what does it look like to follow Jesus when He’s no longer visible to us?…
Whether we know it or not, what we all long for is a true King. Israel had a history of terrible rulers, and they were living in the aftermath of their incompetence and corruption. But Isaiah foretold a coming King who would…
We believe that our relationship with Jesus should lead us to invest in people to display His love and grace. In Scripture, we see examples of these kinds of relationships.
A true disciple should be growing in Christ. But how? We must make Jesus preeminent in every aspect of our lives. Colossians is a guidebook on how to accomplish that.
We often call this chapter “God’s Hall of Faith.” But the author of Hebrews wasn’t trying to simply honor these great heroes of the past. He was showing us that it was their hope in the fulfillment of God’s future promises that enabled them to live triumphant lives. He wants us to recall their stories, and so in this series, we will. Can we live focused on the future, as they did?
On the first resurrection Sunday, the disciples were sitting terrified behind a locked door. Then Christ showed up and took away their fears. He didn’t change their circumstances, but…
We rarely read the prophetic books of the Old Testament, or if we do read them, we read only the “hopeful” portions. The majority of them just seem irrelevant…
Every so often in Scripture, characters or writers interrupt themselves to talk about how great God is. We call these passages “doxologies.” The word comes from…
Everyone knows that Jesus was born in Bethlehem. But that city is the site of several other big events, all of which teach us about the God who sent salvation that first Christmas.
Joshua is a difficult book. It’s brutal, leading to some tough questions about why God would command such…
Grit is not a biblical word, but is based on two biblical concepts: steadfastness (I will not be moved) and endurance (I will not be stopped). “Grit is doing what you don’t want to do, to be what you want to be.” We need grit especially today…
Most people fail to realize that Revelation is a letter to seven churches that actually existed…
These days, people think they can define God on their own terms. Of course, it has always been that way…
Jesus didn’t save us so we could live in survival mode, just hoping to make it through each day…
You can’t love God unless you love people. And love is a verb, not an emotion, so you can’t love people without getting involved in their lives…
The Church in America seems like it’s on its way out. Why? Young people are leaving. Ask them why, and they say…
