Tag: father

• The Way Back to Relationship

  Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.  Luke 15:11-12 There are three main characters in Jesus’ story of the prodigal in Luke 15: the father, the younger son and the…

  Blake

  January 30, 2018

  Christian Accountability, Church Unity, conflict, Forgiveness, Reconciliation

  betrayal, confession, family, father, Forgiveness, Jesus, Luke 15, prodigal, rebellion, Reconciliation, relationship, son

• Who Gets to Determine Our Identity?

  So he asked Jesse, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse answered. “He is tending the sheep.” Samuel said, “Send for him; we will not sit down until he arrives.” 1 Samuel 16:10 For you created my inmost being;     you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because…

  Blake

  June 18, 2015

  Christian Accountability, Discerning God’s Will Together, leadership, millennials, missional, Spiritual Formation

  1 Samuel 16, black, clay, conservative, David, father, female, gender, identity, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Jesse, king, liberal, male, potter, Psalm 139, race, Samuel, sexual, white

• “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

  1 John 4, Aramaic, brother, Christian, church, colossians 3, discipline, father, Greek, John, kingdom, Latin, love, parent, Paul, Pax Christi, Pax Romana, peace, Rome, sister