Pressing On Through Persecution
Three truths we must remember to press on through persecution: Remember Your Identity Remember Your Context in this World Remember Your Mission
Relating to Family and Friends (Selected Scriptures)
I. God’s Love Must Shape Our Love II. God’s Love in us Builds Trust in our Relationships
Episode 51: Loving the Difficult
“When you’re saved, you’re not just getting a perfect Father in heaven who is loving you perfectly and endlessly, you are getting thousands of imperfect siblings on earth, and nobody will treat you just the way you would like. But that is part of God’s perfect design to help us display his love, and better […]
How Can I Pray for my Oppressed Neighbor?
Philippians 2:3 tells us to see others as more significant than ourselves. This mindset is a vital aspect of empathy in which someone else’s story, the valley of suffering they are in, their genuine needs, and who they are as a person are more valuable to me than my own life. This is the mind […]
Episode 44: Strengthening and Growing Community
“As a church family, we have to fight the pressures of the culture and the deceitfulness of our hearts that tell us not to get too close right now and not to share too much right now. But if we are truly to love one another and look out for their greatest good, then we […]
Episode 29: Grief and Lament
“Our close relationships, when they are at their best, bear this image of Christ to us. Like Christ they hear us, care for our tears, accept us, and don’t offer quick fixes or silver linings. Yet through prayer and sensitivity, they are somehow able to take us by the hand and journey with us toward […]
Relationship-Building Questions for Couples in Quarantine
As we enter another month of “Shelter-in-Place,” we want more than survival stories for our marriages and relationships. We want stories of the love of Christ on display and how God used this season to help us grow more in displaying our Savior’s love to one another. One vital way to build our understanding of […]
Episode 12: Loving Our Spouse During the Coronavirus Season
“Finally, we must remember, that the greatest challenge we face in loving our spouse during this season is our own sinful heart. At the end of Matthew 5, Jesus says that it’s most natural for us to always return evil for evil and to only love those who love us. But what makes Christ’s love […]
Love in the Face of Loss (2 Corinthians 8.1-5)
Episode 2: Faith and Fear
“God is not wringing his hands, he is not running around stock piling supplies, he is sitting on his throne, he is in his holy temple. The universe is not frantically held together by a busy, nervous God. God has seen every war, every natural disaster, every disease, he sees every relationship in your life, […]
