Sublime

We are heirs of “the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints” (Jude 3) but also enjoined to “become all things to all people, that [we] might by all means save some” (1 Cor. 9:22 NRSV).

daily encounters large and small, we are challenged to remember that our animating commitment is to love others, and that our personal mandate is to grow in love.

Episode AI notes

1. In reflecting on a difficult situation, the speaker decides to embrace a spiritual lesson of taking risks and getting their suit dirty as a man of God.




2. Listeners are encouraged to find the issue in the world that grabs their heart and sparks inspiration. They should focus on what the Lord has put on their heart and not get involved j

I don’t believe God wants our church life to be centered on buildings and services. Instead, God wants our churches—whatever specific forms our gatherings take—to be focused on active discipleship, mission, and the pursuit of unity.

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The bending of the mind by the powers of this world has twisted the gospel of grace into religious bondage and distorted the image of God into an eternal, small-minded bookkeeper. The Christian community resembles a Wall Street exchange of works wherein the elite are honored and the ordinary ignored. Love is stifled, freedom shackled, and self-righ

Our task is to display the richness of what Jesus offers his people in believing a gospel that creates a sense of belonging we can experience nowhere but in the church and a behavior that will allow us to live in line with and more fully experience the God who created us.

We don’t know the kind of shared suffering Peter is referencing, though. I wonder how much humility could be afforded the Western church if we acquainted ourselves more with the suffering of the church in the two-thirds world. Suddenly Monday morning pop-ins don’t seem like such a big a deal. Let us stand with our brothers who are being slaughtered