In this week’s five-part blog series on Ezekiel 37:15-28, we have been observing God’s desires for his people. So far, he expressed his desire for his people to be unified, to be cleansed, and to live under the rule and reign of King Jesus. God has one more desire for them. Look at Ezekiel 37,Continue reading “How to live in a covenant of peace with God and others – Ezekiel 37:15-28, Part 5”
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The uncomfortable necessity of unity – Ezekiel 37:15-28, Part 3
Have you ever had the unsettling experience of being in a conversation and having very little idea of what the other person is talking about? You think to yourself, “I am embarrassed that I don’t know about this. It seems like I should have known about this.” I’ve had that feeling in my local ministerium.Continue reading “The uncomfortable necessity of unity – Ezekiel 37:15-28, Part 3”
The important meaning of Ezekiel’s sticks – Ezekiel 37:15-28, Part 2
In Ezekiel 37:15-28, we learn that God has asked Ezekiel, the Saturday Night Live prophet, to do one final skit. Start by reading verses 15-17, where God describes the skit. Here’s a summary of the skit. Ezekiel is to take two sticks. On one stick he writes the word “Judah,” which is name of theContinue reading “The important meaning of Ezekiel’s sticks – Ezekiel 37:15-28, Part 2”
Ezekiel’s final skit – Ezekiel 37:15-28, Part 1
When I was in youth group, I’ll never forget something that happened at a youth retreat. In the middle of one of the sessions, my youth pastor stopped the retreat and told us that he knew there was disunity in the group. I was a newbie, in 9th grade, and this was my first highContinue reading “Ezekiel’s final skit – Ezekiel 37:15-28, Part 1”
A failed youth group merger? – Ezekiel 37:15-28, Preview
In the fall of 2003 Faith Church’s youth group merged with the youth group of our sister church. Well, we kind of merged. What led to the merger was that our sister church, at the time, was renting space from a local Christian school, and their rental arrangement was not conducive to having a consistentContinue reading “A failed youth group merger? – Ezekiel 37:15-28, Preview”
How God helps us love – Love One Another, Part 4
Editor’s Note: This week we welcome David Hundert as guest blogger! In this week’s five-part series on one of the most repeated phrases in the New Testament, “love one another,” we’ve leaned that it is no small task. Perhaps at this point you’re wondering, “That’s a lot! I don’t know if I can do that.”Continue reading “How God helps us love – Love One Another, Part 4”
When you disagree with your church, you should stay? – Current Events Q3 2021, Part 5
What should you do when you disagree with your church, or with the people in your church? In the previous post, I referred to a podcast that lists three options. 1. Stay, but don’t speak up. 2. Stay and work for change. 3. Leave. If you haven’t read it already, check out the previous post,Continue reading “When you disagree with your church, you should stay? – Current Events Q3 2021, Part 5”
A Purple Church does not have class or gender preferences – Current Events Q3 2021, Part 3
Churches should be purple! What is a purple church? In the previous post, we learned that a purple church is not colorblind. We have been studying the purple church, as Paul describes it in Galatians 3:26-28. The next phrase Paul uses to describe the purple church is that it is neither slave nor free. SlaveryContinue reading “A Purple Church does not have class or gender preferences – Current Events Q3 2021, Part 3”
A Purple Church is NOT colorblind – Current Events Q3 2021, Part 2
Have you heard that phrase? “We should be colorblind!” People suggest, when it comes to ethnicity, being colorblind is what is desirable. Just see the person, not their skin color, right? It sounds good, but I have three colorblind sons, each with varying degrees of colorblindness, and I can tell you that visual colorblindness meansContinue reading “A Purple Church is NOT colorblind – Current Events Q3 2021, Part 2”
Why we are a Purple Church – Current Events Q3 2021, Part 1
This past November 2020, I preached one of my quarterly current events sermons right before the election. Earlier in the year, as I was planning the preaching schedule, it seemed wise to have a current events sermon the Sunday prior to what was shaping up to be a major political event. Of course, any presidentialContinue reading “Why we are a Purple Church – Current Events Q3 2021, Part 1”
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