Tag: Matthew 5

• 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

• When Gathering Together Does More Harm than Good

  Tuesday Re-mix – In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good. In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it.  I Corinthians 11:17-18 I once worked with a…

  Blake

  May 17, 2011

  5 Principles of Unity, Church Unity, conflict, Forgiveness, Genuine Community, leadership, Reconciliation

  1 Corinthians 11, church, communion, community, conflict, Jesus, Lord’s supper, Matthew 5, Paul, Reconciliation

• Through Kingdom-colored Glasses

  Tuesday Re-mix – This is a popular post from last year, updated and resubmitted for your consideration and comments. I was 40 years old the first time I put on a pair of reading glasses.  I had stubbornly defied all the predictions that I would never make it out of law school without needing glasses…

  Blake

  May 4, 2010

  missional, Spiritual Formation, The Church’s Influence

  beatitudes, church, glasses, Jesus, kingdom, Matthew 5, righteousness, sermon on the mount