Philemon: Step #4 The Transgressor

Philemon: Step #4 The Transgressor

Philemon: Step #4 The Transgressor We have been discovering the differences in the three parties involved in conflict throughout Pauls letter to Philemon. This week we will look at Onesimus, the transgressor, and see how the forgiveness that Christ offers can free us...
Philemon: Step #4 The Transgressor

Philemon: Step #3 The Reconciler

Philemon: Step #3 The Reconciler In the last few weeks of our journey through Paul’s letter to Philemon we have learned we must acknowledge what is right before addressing what is wrong, and that our motivation for forgiveness must be love. Over the next three...
A Child of God/ 1 John 3:1-3

A Child of God/ 1 John 3:1-3

A Child of God/ 1 John 3:1-3 Happy Father’s Day! What does it mean to be a good father? Rather than compound a list of things you can do to ‘be the best dad,’ we are looking at what it means to be a child of God. Long before we identify as fathers,...
Philemon: Step #4 The Transgressor

Philemon: Step #2 to Forgiveness

Philemon: Step #2 to Forgiveness Last week we looked at the first step on the path to forgiveness which is before addressing what is wrong to acknowledge what is right. This week we discover the second step on the path to forgiveness: our motivation. Paul writes to...
Philemon: Step #4 The Transgressor

Philemon: Step #1 to Forgiveness

Philemon: Step #1 to Forgiveness As we launch in to our new series through the book of Philemon, we explore the first step on the path to forgiveness. Forgiveness is often difficult and requires much of us, but we often go about it in ways that are unbiblical or...