GETTING RID OF STUMBLING BLOCKSRomans 14.13-23Romans: The People Grace Creates – Part 9 of 11 v. 1 “… don’t argue about disputed matters.” (csb) v. 13a “Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer …” (esv) v. 13b “… decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.” (esv) WE REMOVE STUMBLING BLOCKS BECAUSE … WE VALUE MORE THAN Just Actions v. 14 “… nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean.” (esv) v. 15 “For if your brother is…
WHAT MAKES A CHURCH WELCOMING?Romans 14.1-12Romans: The People Grace Creates – Part 8 of 11 v. 1 “Accept him whose faith is weak …” (niv) Mark 7.19 “… he declared all foods clean.” (esv) Colossians 2.16–17 “… a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath … are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.” (esv) v. 6 “The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God, while…
When God Leads His ChurchExodus 11-15 Reading through that lens led me to observe some steps by Israel that we may very well see in our church when we decide to get serious about letting go of our agendas, and letting God lead us in His; and where that begins is in the leadership… Throughout history, one observes that when a need in God’s people arises, God raises up a human instrument to perform His will. When honest biographies are written, it’s clear that all of these men and women…
