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Love one another
7 Ways to Be a Friend According to the Bible
People lack friends, and they suffer for it. They are doing life alone, and that is hard. We need to learn to be friends again, and the apostle Paul teaches us how in his first letter to the church in Thessalonica.
Organic Christian Living in the Local Church
A mechanistic church mindset is a counterfeit to an organic church mindset. How should Christians approach programs and extracurricular activities as they seek to nurture organic love and service in the body of Christ?
Finding Renewal of Heart and Faith this Christmas Season
How can a person still find joy in the Christmas season when facing a variety of emotions and difficult circumstances? Here are three ways.
“As God in Christ Forgave You” — Ephesians 4:31-32
How can honest self-reflection contribute to improving our relationships?
“No Division in the Body” — 1 Corinthians 12:25-27
What does it mean practically that Christians are members of Christ’s body?
The What, When, and Why of Exhorting One Another
In Hebrews 3:13 we read that believers are called to “exhort one another every day.” What is exhorting, when should we do it, and why is exhorting so important?
Navigating Friendship in the Local Church
It’s easy to bring lofty ideas of friendship into the church, oftentimes in a way that is unfair to others, causing us to neglect the body of Christ for not meeting our unreal expectations.
Did Authoritative Male Headship Exist in the Garden of Eden Before the Fall?
Increasingly, some Christians are claiming that no authority structure existed in Adam and Eve’s relationship in the garden of Eden prior to their fall into sin. Is this true?
The Christian’s Dual Citizenship: When the Ethics of Heaven and Earth Collide
In the first century Christians were not treated as well as Roman citizens. Where Rome demanded allegiance through aggression and superiority, followers of Jesus both then and today depend on a power that comes from the Sovereign King himself.