“If you love me you will do what I want you to do. You will do what makes me happy”.
Try raising your children this way…
Yet, this is the meaning of love for the vast majority of people today.
God has another way of looking at love…
“I will love you, and I will serve you by doing what is good for you, what is good according to the teachings of Jesus, whether you want it or not.”

How does God work through us? With insights from Dallas Willard on job, calling, work, and life. Reflecting on what it means to be an extension of God in the world.

In a public discourse marked by lying and toxic shaming, it is refreshing to know God gives us the responsibility to bring sacred words into our relationships. We consider two key ways God uses us in this capacity:
1. God gives us sacred words to help others become more of whom God created them to be.
2. God gives us sacred words to give courage (“en-courage”) others.

When God is behind words, they bring healing and not hurt.

Seeking the truth at all possible cost, with courage and consideration is the mark of what we are about as God’s people…This means saying, “No!” quite a few times…
We oppose any thinking not based on reason and reality. In the ideologies being forced upon us, we are saying, “No!” quite a bit lately…