Having finished our discussion on Jesus’ radical view on family, it is important that we (now) consider its application to our everyday lives. In other words, that we understand what doing family according to Jesus it looks like. With regard to the world’s values or expectations, conversations with outsiders, and fellowship with those not welcomed […]
10 Truths That Have Had the Greatest Impact On Me as a Young Christian
Experiencing God’s love and blessings in this life, and getting to heaven someday, requires loving and obeying Him. Being courageous, speaking and standing up for God, is not optional. Jesus will be ashamed of those who are ashamed of Him. The Covenant Community are those I am to be sharing my life with. The hardest […]
Matthew 9 – Part 3: The Rarely Recognized (And Often Questioned) Actions Of Ministers And Ministries Appointed By God
Chapter eight’s theme/title/topic of Submission To God provided the perfect follow-up to Jesus’ corrective sermons on the Law, holy habits and the gospel (in chapters 5 thru 7) since this (submission to God) is the key to applying and accomplishing those things. Submission to God is also what produces ministers and ministry appointed by God. […]
What You Need To Know About Trusting God – Part 2
Trust in God (the confidence you place in God to take care for you as the One Who is perfect in wisdom and understanding, love and power, righteousness and faithfulness to deliver on His promises ): Is a commitment based on the facts of who God is and what He has said or done not […]
What You Need To Know About Trusting God – Part 1
Trust in God (the confidence you place in God to take care for you): Is a commitment based on the facts of who God is and what He has said or done not how we feel. (Hab 3:16-19; Luk 22:41-44 w/1Pe 2:23; 1Pe 4:19 w/5:6-10 commitment to the facts requires actively recalling those facts (as […]