Posts with the tag “unity”

Man would plant a little, but God plants much. Man rations, but God overflows. The wilderness is not dressed up for show, it is filled with a forest that should not exist together in a place so barren that no one can deny Who has done it. The nations will see it, and they will reckon with it. “That they may see and know, may consider and understand together, that the hand of the LORD has done this” (Isaiah 41:20, ESV).  Read More

The church likes its heroes tidy. We like our narratives linear. We prefer Paul the trailblazer, Barnabas the encourager, Mark the gospel-writer. But when they collide—when a young man deserts his calling, when two apostles can no longer walk together, when the mission itself gets divided—we squint and shift and move quickly along.  Read More

They are quiet, these two. Assumption and her sister Presumption move quickly, feeding on half-truths, imagined offenses, and misheard words. They do not announce themselves with loud accusations or wild gestures. They simply slide into the spaces left unspoken, filling the voids with whispered falsehoods, twisting shadows into supposed truths.   Read More

Of course, anytime you have a group of imperfect people living in transparency and speaking truth to one another, there is bound to be friction and tensions will rise. Disagreements and hurt feelings are inevitable on this side of eternity. However, amid differences, we must make every effort to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace   Read More

When believers come together in unity, with faith and expectation, amazing things can happen  Read More

Today’s cultural narrative of tolerance often reduces people to members of groups, ignoring their individual identities. In this view, someone’s character, tolerance, bias, or beliefs come solely from their group, not their personal stance or choices. However, the Church of Jesus provides a contrast.   Read More