If not understood rightly, extended family can be a good man’s greatest hindrance. Family members often try to make a person feel guilty for going where they should go, being where you should be, and doing what you should do. They often even make your involvement with the people of God a test of your […]
I Thessalonians 4:9-10 Now as to Love of the Brethren
Christian love just won’t quit. Christian love is counter-intuitive. It is not based on the desirability of it’s object. It can seem reckless and dangerous. It is vulnerable. In the world’s estimation it is foolish; because it gives even when it doesn’t get. Listen as Pastor Matt shows four aspects of Christian love from I […]
I Thessalonians 1:1-6 Recognizing the Family
I love the thoroughly biblical Michael Horton quote, ‘A church is not a group of friends you’ve picked, it’s a group of brothers and sisters God has picked for you.’ You cannot pick your family physically and you cannot spiritually either. But there are traits in our physical DNA that reveal our linage, and there […]
