Risking Love for our Neighbors, Strangers, and Enemies
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy. ‘ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray...
Loving Each Other
“We love because he first loved us. Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love...
Active Love
“Whoever says, ‘I know him,’ but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. But if...
The “Big Picture” Command
“Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this...
Love is Where it All Begins
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.“ Deuteronomy 6:5 “There is...
Scattered
“After they had further proclaimed the word of the Lord and testified about Jesus, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem, preaching...
Simon
“Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was...
Samaria
“Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went. Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the...
Scared and Scattered
“On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout...