By Jeff Deuble
The Bible affirms the amazing love God has for us. This love is demonstrated in the gift of his Son to be our savior: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John ...
Disagreeing Without Disintegrating: What Acts can teach us about the common conflicts of church life
Western culture is devoid of healthy conflict. In our movies, action heroes fight the bad guys to the death. In online discussion, we sling slurs: “Nazi!” “Fascist!” “Libtard!”, but in person, we frequently just go along to get along, telling ourselves that we don’t want to ...
Christianity Is A Team Sport: Paul, Philemon, and the Hard Work of Living at Peace
Reconciliation is the central theme of the book of Philemon, as well as the enduring legacy of Paul’s mission. Reconciliation between God and humanity and here, reconciliation between Christians.
It’s like this: Onesimus, slave of Philemon, has run away. He encountered ...
The Apostle Paul’s love for God’s people shines brightly in his communication with Philemon and offers us an exemplary model of Christian love and leadership to emulate.
Philemon 1:1. Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon our beloved ...
2 Corinthians 5:18-19. Now, all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. Namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has ...
God Does Not Cancel, He Calls
Cancel culture is one “in which [people] gain prestige for identifying small offenses…, and then publicly ‘calling out’ the offenders.… Call-out culture … award[s] status to people who shame or punish alleged offenders.”1 In twenty-first ...
