Sermons on “Love”
Galatians 6:1-10
Paul begins wrapping up his letter to the Galatians with practical advice for how to live in love through faith. He advises a model of both communal accountability and individual responsibility for sin. Bonnie discussed how we put this advice into practice to pursue a disciplined life of freedom in Christ that is better than any rules-based religion can be.
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Love (God) is All You Need
Sequoia discusses the love of God and gives us practices to deepen our ability to love.
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Galatians 4:1-11
Paul continues explaining to the church in Galatia what it means to be saved through faith, not compliance with the Old Testament law or any other set of rules and rituals. He uses adoption as a metaphor and urges his readers not to regress to relying on law to relate to God. Bonnie discussed how Christians should examine whether our own habits and practices are good for our faith and how the Holy Spirit brings us a rest and reassurance in our relationship with God that rules can’t provide.
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The Old Testament and the Law
Paul continues explaining to the church in Galatia why Christians are not bound by the Old Testament law. He addresses questions about why the law was given and how it functioned. Bonnie discussed how Christians should relate to the Old Testament today and how love fulfills the law.
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1 Corinthians 9: 1-29
The Christian Life should not be preoccupied with protecting or demanding our “rights” but rather we should be willing to sacrifice our prerogatives for the sake of others. Hear why Paul might have refused to accept pay for his ministry and what that has to do with us.
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Listen, Submerge, Invite – Traveling House Church
Third Way’s Traveling House Church shared their multi-year journey of listening, submerging, and inviting. This process caused them to hear the cry of the refugee and become supportive friends to a Karen family who recently arrived in our neighborhood directly from a refugee camp.
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A Very Loving Father and His Two Imperfect Sons – Kim Becker
By looking at the parable of the prodigal son, Kim shows that the kingdom of God is not structured around boundary lines that designate who’s in and who’s out. Instead, the kingdom is centered on Christ, and individuals are to be oriented not toward boundary lines, but toward Jesus. As these false boundary lines are erased, loving relationships can be experienced by individuals who may not have the same beliefs or lifestyle. This love is
reflective of God’s generous and forgiving nature portrayed in the parable through the father’s love for his two imperfect sons.
Loving Our Enemies – Greg Boyd
Greg Boyd shares that the perfect picture of God’s love is demonstrated in Jesus’ self-sacrificial act of love on the cross for his enemies. Thus, when Jesus teaches in the Sermon on the Mount to love our enemies, he actually means it. Instead of retaliating against our enemies, followers of Jesus are to see our enemies as having unsurpassable worth, and to love them in the same way Jesus demonstrates his love for us.
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Moving from Law to Love – Josias Hansen
Josias makes the point that Jesus did not simply make a new law. The context surrounding Jesus’ teaching on the Law points to the fact that what Jesus taught and enacted was far different from and far greater than the Mosaic law.
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Tasty and Bright – Terri Churchill
Terri Churchill brings out the profound meaning of Jesus’ claim that his followers are the salt and light of the world.
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