THE THESIS: “God is light, in Him there is no darkness at all.” In the ruin of this world, our loving God is asking us to shine his light throughout all of our spheres of influence.
THE SCRIPTURE & SCRIPTURAL RESOURCES:
5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all[b] sin.
8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.
Acts 2: 42-47 The Fellowship of the Believers
42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
1 Corinthians 12:12-27 - Unity and Diversity in the Body
12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by[a] one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. 14 Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.
15 Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19 If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” 22 On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, 24 while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, 25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.
THE NEWS & COMMENT:
No, there is no wave of Christian nationalism, just as there were no armies of white nationalists mounted outside Washington, D.C., to dislodge the figurehead.
Jesus didn’t do this. This is good only for entertainment and dopamine hits. This will not save a soul and may lose yours.
[AUDIO] - LANGUAGE WARNING: John Doyle confronts parents outside of the Children’s Drag Show in Dallas, TX.
. . . if we can’t act with Christian love, we need a place where we can remember how to feel it and grow it.
Yes, this man is a murderer . . .
[AUDIO] - Fauci speaks at U-M commencement, warns against 'normalization of untruths'
. . . but, I have met countless doctors, nurses and others in healthcare who are aware of
. . . all of the beauty Denzel discusses still exists. It’s all still out there. God created it for all of us.
[AUDIO] - Denzel Washington's Life Advice Will Leave You SPEECHLESS
MUSIC REVIEW:
[AUDIO - language warning] - Turn Off The News (and Build A Garden)
How I learned to love the ruin