Love U
Wrapped up our Love U series today.
Last week I talked about one of our core values at NCC: love people when they least expect it and least deserve. This weekend I flipped the coin. John 1 says Jesus was full of grace and truth. He was the perfect combination of both. Grace means I'll love you no matter what. Truth means I'll be honest no matter what. Grace without truth is a relationship with no backbone. Truth without grace is a relationship with no heart. But when you combine grace and truth, you've got the catalyst for growth.
All of us need someone in our lives that can get in our face and speak the truth in love. It's the only way we'll grow past our spiritual blind spots. It goes by lots of different names, but Scripture tells us to rebuke, reprove, correct, and exhort one another. It is one of the least practiced spiritual disicplines. And when we do it, we often do it in unbiblical ways so it is more hurtful than helpful. So I shared seven practical and biblical keys to rebuking someone.
We'll post the podcast and webcast on Tuesday.
Last week I talked about one of our core values at NCC: love people when they least expect it and least deserve. This weekend I flipped the coin. John 1 says Jesus was full of grace and truth. He was the perfect combination of both. Grace means I'll love you no matter what. Truth means I'll be honest no matter what. Grace without truth is a relationship with no backbone. Truth without grace is a relationship with no heart. But when you combine grace and truth, you've got the catalyst for growth.
All of us need someone in our lives that can get in our face and speak the truth in love. It's the only way we'll grow past our spiritual blind spots. It goes by lots of different names, but Scripture tells us to rebuke, reprove, correct, and exhort one another. It is one of the least practiced spiritual disicplines. And when we do it, we often do it in unbiblical ways so it is more hurtful than helpful. So I shared seven practical and biblical keys to rebuking someone.
We'll post the podcast and webcast on Tuesday.
4 Comments:
Good relational insight Mark.
Love your blog.
Hope you are doing well with all the traveling and speaking.
Take care.
John Bishop
John,
Sure hope we cross paths soon. Way overdue!
Mark
loved the LOVE U series, love you humbleness as a pastor. If there is one fault that I can find with the series, it would that it was too short. Can you do it again?
I really enjoyed the Love U series,if there is one fault that I can find with it, it would be that it was way too short...can you do it again?
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