Tag: How to follow Jesus

Digging in Deeper: Romans 12:9

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“Let love be without hypocrisy. Detest evil; cling to what is good.” (CSB – Read the chapter)

What does it look like to follow Jesus? It looks like living as if He were Lord. Okay, but what does that look like? We want details. We want specifics. We want to know what kinds of things we should be doing on a day-to-day basis. Thankfully, Paul’s letter to the believers in first century Rome, and especially chapter 12, is a thing. Starting here in Romans 12:9, and running through the rest of the chapter, Paul gives us a bullet list of characteristics that should define the lifestyle of a follower of Jesus. All told, there are 25 commands here. Let’s start walking through them, one at a time.

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Digging in Deeper: Galatians 5:6 Part 1

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“For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.”
– ‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5:6‬‬ (ESV – Read the chapter) 

Have you ever done an escape room? It’s one of the latest social trends sweeping American culture. The idea is that you have been locked in some room and in order to get out you have to work through a series of clues to find the right key. These aren’t just blank rooms with envelopes on a table, though, they are richly decorated with clues seamlessly worked into the decorations. And each room has its own theme running the gamut from cute and quaint to intense and frightening. The idea has even hit it big enough that you can buy a board game version at your local store. 

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