As the spiritual war around us rages on, we must remember that we have an enemy to resist, a brotherhood to remember, and a final victory to anticipate. God is with us in the battle!
The Church (the people, not the building or the organization) is meant to be a safe place to heal from the attacks that come at us from a hostile world. In order to become that, each Christian must treat all the others in a counter-cultural way, refusing to get involved in a war of retribution…
When we get stuck in a mess we don’t know how to come back from, God shows us His grace by teaching us how to truly repent; we start by calling our sin what it truly is, then change our actions, trusting in His goodness to take care of us. SHOW MORE …
Sharp disagreements happen in church all the time, even between believers who are very committed to Jesus and to His mission. Upside-down thinking wants us to react to this by pulling away from one another, but Paul challenges us all to stay together long enough to resolve our differences, with the help of the church,…