A Still More Excellent Way: The Path of Love (Part 2) (1 Cor. 13:4b-c)
In the Community of Faith, Consider One Another (Hebrews 10:19-25)
Purposeful Suffering (John 15:1-11)
Key idea: We find joy in our sufferings when we embrace Christ’s loving purposes behind them. Four truths to inform and shape our theology of suffering: I. Suffering is not the whole story, but part of the greater story of redemption II. Suffering is not meaningless, but has greater purposes Applications: A. We embrace suffering by […]
Mark 2:13-17
A Still More Excellent Way: The Path of Love (Part 1) (1 Cor. 13:4a)
A Healthy Helplessness (John 15:1-11)
Summary – Apart from Christ, we cannot live the Christian life. Key Idea: To live for Christ we must abide in Christ. I. The Priority of Abiding in Christ: We must abide in Christ over anything else. “I am helpless, and the world offers no hope” A. I am helpless… We need a humility that is […]
Fruit of the Spirit: Gentleness
A Still More Excellent Way: The Priority of Love (1 Cor. 12:31b-13:3)
Where is God? Where are You? (Psalm 37:1–7)
Key Idea: Waiting upon the Lord in difficult circumstances requires faith born from a transformative relationship with Jesus Christ that re-prioritizes the believer’s desires.
Caring for One Another (Philippians 2:19-30)
Context: Caring as Echoes of Christ (Philippians 2:1-11) Philippians 2:1-11 isn’t just exhorting us to be positionally humble, but that humility has a direction – it moves toward others. And it has an origin – Jesus. Our caring are echoes of Christ. Key Idea – We echo the mind of Christ in counting others more significant than […]
