We shift gears for Thomas’ remaining time at Circle to look at 6 verbs of what love is. Today we talk about that love is active, actively pursuing as God pursues us, actively responding to each other with what we actually need, and actively seeking the best thing for each other.
Easter Sunday 2021 with a non-traditional text. A man tells Jesus he’ll follow Jesus wherever He goes, yet Jesus challenges his commitment. The apostles find themselves in a storm, and them in front of two demon possessed men. Happy Easter? In fact, these texts tell us a lot about the Easter story, and why the
As Jesus continues the Sermon on the Mount, He begins to focus in from the general view of the Kingdom citizen into the practices, specifically the hypercritical practices, of the leaders around Him, with addressing giving, prayers, & fasting. Today we look at giving & praying, and look at how the Lord’s Prayer reorders our
After the introduction of the Kingdom Portrait of the Beatitudes, Jesus then delves into practical living, what the influence of salt and the beacon of light looks like among those who believed in Scripture. But Jesus just doesn’t teach new things or encourage, but He takes Scriptures that have been misapplied and redefines them for
When Jesus began His sermon, He didn’t start with a story, or a joke, or a poem, He started with a radical image – the Beatitudes. The Beatitudes are somewhat often misinterpreted as to their purpose and what Jesus meant by them, but what do they tell us about who Jesus is, who we are,
