Tag: 1 John 4

• “Look How They Love Each Other!”

  And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother. 1 John 4:21 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. Colossians 3:15 This Summer, my younger daughter is living with my older daughter (and her husband and their dog) while she does…

  Blake

  July 1, 2014

  Church Unity, conflict, Genuine Community, missional, The Church’s Influence

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• Why We Reconcile with Each Other

  As the glory of the Lord entered the temple by the gate facing east, the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the temple.  Ezekiel 43:4-5 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. 1 John 4:12 Do you…

  Blake

  May 20, 2014

  Church Unity, Genuine Community, Reconciliation

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• Becoming the Haters

  Tuesday Re-mix –  If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.  1 John 4:20 “You can safely assume you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out God…

  Blake

  February 14, 2012

  Christian Accountability, Church Unity, conflict, the revolution

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