What is love? Our culture has many ideas about love. Here’s a great medley of some famous love songs. How do these songs describe love? So many love songs. What is your favorite? How does our culture describe the word “Love”? I LOVE Pizza! Really? What does someone mean when they say they love pizza? Continue reading “What is love? – Fruit of the Spirit, Love – Part 2”
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James Dean, long strides and the Holy Spirit? – Fruit of the Spirit: Love, Part 1
One of my parents’ neighbors is quite a character. He’s lived on their street before my parents moved there in the mid-1980s, and he is probably about 5 years older than me. He has classic car hot rods, and during his late teens and 20s he would rev the engine every morning before going toContinue reading “James Dean, long strides and the Holy Spirit? – Fruit of the Spirit: Love, Part 1”
God is______? – Fruit of the Spirit: Love, Preview
If you had to describe God in one word, which is impossible I know, what word would you use? Pause reading this, think about it, maybe write down the word, and then come back to the email. What word to you land on? Holy? Pure? Trinity? Jesus? Perfect? All-powerful (or its fancy synonym, “omnipotent”)? AnotherContinue reading “God is______? – Fruit of the Spirit: Love, Preview”
Hope for the condemned – Easter 2022, Romans 8, Part 2
What do you do when you feel the anxiety and the pain and the stress of condemnation from people? Other people can sure be condemning, can’t they? Maybe you have a family member, a co-worker, or a classmate that is like that. They might even be a church member, someone you would call a friend,Continue reading “Hope for the condemned – Easter 2022, Romans 8, Part 2”
You can be set free to love – Galatians 1:1-5:15, Part 5
Do you find it hard to love some people? Maybe there are people you really struggle with? Keep reading because there is hope! Because Jesus died and rose again, we can be free! Look at chapter 4:1-7. Because of Jesus’ death and resurrection, Paul says, we can receive the full rights as sons and daughtersContinue reading “You can be set free to love – Galatians 1:1-5:15, Part 5”
God’s heart to stop oppression – Ezekiel 45-48, Part 2
This week as we study Ezekiel 45-48, we are following these chapters as a map to God’s heart. In Ezekiel 45, verses 8-12, we see God’s heart very clearly in another way. Notice verse 8 where we read God say that the princes must not oppress the people. Who were the princes? God is referringContinue reading “God’s heart to stop oppression – Ezekiel 45-48, Part 2”
God’s passion for relationship with you – Ezekiel 38 & 39, Part 3
How passionate is God about being in relationship with you? How much does he love you? Do you ever wonder about this? Does God seem distant? Keep reading, and I think you’ll find out how God really feels about you. So far in our study of Ezekiel 38, we’ve learned about the vast armies ofContinue reading “God’s passion for relationship with you – Ezekiel 38 & 39, Part 3”
How to practice peace and defeat pride – Love One Another, Part 3
Editor’s Note: This week we welcome David Hundert as guest blogger! As we learned in the previous post, one way to apply the principle of “love one another” is to make it our goal to strengthen each other’s faith. Why is this important? How can we remember to do this? To attempt to answer thatContinue reading “How to practice peace and defeat pride – Love One Another, Part 3”
One of the most repeated words in the New Testament – Love One Another, Part 1
Editor’s Note: This week we welcome David Hundert as guest blogger! The television show, Ted Lasso, is about an American football coach attempting to coach an English soccer team. Lasso often brings his unique style to the locker room, and in one episode it seems he borrowed from a famous Allen Iverson press conference thatContinue reading “One of the most repeated words in the New Testament – Love One Another, Part 1”
When a heart grows cold – Ezekiel 35-36, Part 1
Many years ago, my wife Michelle and I sat in the living room of a young couple listening, somewhat shocked, as only one year after having done their pre-marital counseling and wedding ceremony, one of them said to the other, “I don’t feel love for you anymore.” The other spouse burst into tears. How isContinue reading “When a heart grows cold – Ezekiel 35-36, Part 1”
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