Tag: heart

• No Church is an Island

  Thus says the Lord, “By this you shall know that I am the Lord: behold, with the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water that is in the Nile, and it shall turn into blood. The fish in the Nile shall die, and the Nile will stink…  Exodus 7:17-18 For he…

  Blake

  March 19, 2015

  5 Principles of Unity, Christian Accountability, Church Communications, Church Unity, Genuine Community, leadership, missional, the revolution

  community, connection, Exodus 7, hardened, heart, influence, island, Jesus, John Donne, Matthew 5, Moses, Pharaoh, plagues, world

• Church Leaders and Our Hard Hearts

  Tuesday Re-mix: So, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion,     during the time of testing in the wilderness, where your ancestors tested and tried me,     though for forty years they saw what I did. That is why I was angry with…

  Blake

  August 26, 2014

  leadership, prayer

  Christ, church, communication, faith, hardening, heart, Hebrews 3, humility, Israel, leader, pastor, prayer, psalm 95, rest, sermon, shepherd, Spirit, Word

• Pursuing Peace

  Tuesday Re-mix: Turn from evil and do good;     seek peace and pursue it.  Psalm 34:14 If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.  Romans 12:18 I am still thinking here about the very difficult debates raging through the church today over the same-sex issues and what scripture says (or what…

  Blake

  April 8, 2014

  Books that Changed Me, Church Unity, conflict, Discerning God’s Will Together, leadership, Peacemakers, Reconciliation

  Anatomy of Peace, Arbinger Institute, Christian, church, conflict, confrontation, conversation, gender, heart, LGBT, marriage, Matthew 7, peace, Psalm 34, Romans 12, same-sex, scripture, truth, war