Sermons About Conflict
Living on Earth as Citizens of Heaven
Since we as Christians are sojourners and exiles on this earth, we need have different priorities. In today's sermon Elliot encourages us to be excellent in all things for the ever-watching "Gentiles" who surround us, and to do all as to please the heart of God.
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Discovering Our Vision and Mission
Continuing our series on Two Things You Shouldn't Talk About (religion and politics), Elliot focuses this week on how to discover our vision and mission.
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Experiencing Peace
Do you live a life of peace or chaos? Here we look at how the Prince of Peace - Jesus - helps us not only how to have peace with God, but peace with others.
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Where to Start the Conversation
Combining religion and politics is something not to be treaded lightly upon. In today's sermon we go back to Psalm 46 for the way we as Christians should approach this year's, and ever other, election or drastic change of current events.
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The Gospel in Action
Paul's letter to Philemon is a wonderful example of how we can apply the gospel to everyday problems. One of the applications we see in this letter relates to relationships, especially those that have conflict. There is a rift in the relationship between Philemon and his slave Onesimus. And Paul wants the two of them to be reconciled. And so he not only encourages reconciliation, he also explains how God empowers that reconciliation. And in doing so, he helps us see how God can empower reconciliation and forgiveness in our own relationships and how God gives us others to encourage us to live in the way God empowers us to live.
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The Gospel in Action
Learn by listening how to incorporate the gospel into every detail of daily life.
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A New Mindset as Citizens of Heaven: Philippians 4:2-9
Our relationships, responses and mindset display our citizenship.
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Resolution
Conflict in a marriage is unavoidable. However, resolution will only happen when both persons care enough to work hard to achieve it. Conflict can happen thru accident. Resolution happens on purpose. What can couples do to bring about resolution?
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Building a Garrison of Peace
Conflict is a common issue in any church or ministry. In the Philippian church, 2 strong ladies were engaged in some sort of dispute that was public enough to reach the ears of the Apostle Paul in jail. Paul interrupted his letter here to encourage them to find a solution and encourage others to see them as true believers whose names were written in the "book of life." In the bible, there are 2 books of life - 1) the book of the living - a book that you can be blotted out of and 2) the book of eternal life - a book that you cannot be blotted out of. In light of this, Paul says to us that there are to needs you have to garrison your life. The first need is to know that this garrison in your life is a garrison of peace. Here, Paul encouraged the women - Euodia and Syntyche - to reconcile and called alone a true companion to assist in the reconciliation process. Secondly, Paul tells us how to build this "garrison of peace" in our lives by giving several imperatives for peaceful living. These imperatives include: 1) Rejoice always, 2) Be Gentle, 3) Don't Worry, 4) Pray 5) Trust in Peace. There is a marvelous progression that Paul's imperatives bring, and what grace they would mean for the Philippians and us as they are implemented.
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