Half Truth #5: Love the sinner, hate the sin. Flip the script: Love your neighbor. Love your enemy. Love one another as Jesus loves you. Jesus is God Incarnate, came to save sinners, and calls us to love God and one another. As soon as we pay more attention others’ sin rather than focusing on […]
Half Truth #4: God said. I believe it. That settles it. Flip the script: With faithful interpretation, God speaks through the words of Scripture to teach, guide, shape, and encourage us. Scripture is the primary source of the revelation of God, but Scripture is always interpreted with an understanding of who wrote it, when, and […]
Half Truth #3: God won’t give you more than you can handle. Flip the script: God helps us to handle the adversity and struggle we face in life. Though we want to encourage one another in tough times, attributing struggles to God isn’t helpful or faithful. Assuming that anyone should be able to “handle” struggles […]
All Church Worship Brainstorming Monday, August 8, 2022 at LHUMC 12:00 noon Potluck 12:45 – 3:30 p.m. Brainstorming for Worship “Half Truths: God Helps Those Who Help Themselves and Other Things the Bible Doesn’t Say” September 4 – October 2 (5 Sundays) We’ve heard certain phrases all of our lives, but in Adam Hamilton’s book, […]