For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5 so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. – Romans 12:4-6 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. – 1 John…
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“Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up. It is not rude, it is not self-serving…” – 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 “Love your neighbor the same as you love yourself. These two commands are the most important.” – Mark 12:31 Do The Right Thing! Here…
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I couldn't help but chuckle yesterday when I learned that the national spelling bee was decided on a word the country at large can't pronounce, can't define, and can't use in a sentence let alone practice.
Read more Can you spell “koinonia”? And – more importantly – do you live it?
This is what Jesus was talking about when he said that the world will know that we are Christians when they take notice of how beautifully we love one another. That's supposed to be the neon sign that tells the truth about who it is that we follow.
The goodness that Good Friday makes possible is foundational to practical Christianity. If we are not excellent to each other, then Christ is not alive in us.
As Christians our marching orders are clear, and they have nothing to do with bickering, backbiting, shouting others down, rudeness, unkindness - and worse.
Read more if you’re rude and hateful, you’re not following Jesus…
Jesus was as clear about this as he was about anything: "The world is going to be convinced of the truth about me - my life, my words, my invitation to know God - only to the extent that you all (y'all - the church) demonstrate authentic love - in effect modeling this love as a vibrant community, an invitation, a living testimony to grace" (John 13 - author paraphrase).
We were created for community by the Father, we were equipped for community by Jesus, and we are called into community by the Holy Spirit.
When they keep you in the hospital longer than expected it's for a reason. So, having documented the reason, by definition the burden of proof becomes more, shall we say, burdensome
World Communion Sunday. It's about being the church. It's about taking in, and committing ourselves to, and actually practicing the Jesus quality of love...
