Aug 31
2018
Actions speak louder
Words and speech can be cheap if they aren’t backed by action and truth.
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COOL YA JETS
“So why are you now trying to out-god God, loading these new believers down with rules that crushed our ancestors and crushed us, too? … So what are we arguing about?” Acts 15:10-11 MSG
Keep ReadingThe Apostles and the “Uttermosts”
“God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us. He did not discriminate between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith” (Acts 15:8, 9).
Keep ReadingBoundary Lines and Border Crossings
… we should not trouble those gentiles who are turning to God … (Acts 15:19).
Keep ReadingOn Purpose, For a Purpose
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do (Ephesians 2:10).
Keep ReadingAug 30
2018
Seek the Source
Today’s passage circles back around diagnostically. If we feel no pity when faced with a brother or sister in need, something has gone wrong with our relationship with God.
Aug 29
2018
An Emotional Response
Compassion is the most important action in the face of need.
Aug 28
2018
Radical Generosity AND Beautiful Humility
As a church community, we are blessed to have some in our midst who have material possessions and others who are in need.
Aug 27
2018
Beyond Charity
We need help to move toward real love. Our love-compass is broken. It spins and spins in circles because the magnetic power of our own neediness overwhelms everything in our orbit. We need Jesus to settle us so that we can love.
Aug 10
2018
For Complete Joy
Proclaiming the good news about Jesus Christ completes our joy. It satisfies some need deep within us. It terrifies and blesses us. And it can change the world.
Aug 9
2018
For Fellowship
The purpose of proclamation is connection: connection with each other and, ultimately, with God. Fellowship.
Aug 7
2018
A relaxed reading of the text
Try letting the Holy Spirit guide your reading today
Aug 6
2018
Person, not Idea
A co-opted Jesus is not Jesus. He doesn’t work for our political or philosophical schemes. He stands on his own feet. Mash him together with the rest of that and you’ll lose him altogether.
Aug 2
2018
The Real Deal
Jesus breathes new life into us as his love invites us to live with him in a larger, clearer, brighter world.