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Month: January 2020

Called to Something Better

You are jealous of one another and quarrel with each other. Doesn’t that prove you are controlled by your sinful nature? Aren’t you living like people of the world? (1 Corinthians 3:3, NLT) Followers of Jesus Christ are not to live like people of the world. We are not to live in envy, strife, and division. These vices belong to worldly people, not to those...

Pursue Peace

Let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another. (Romans 14:19) Peace doesn’t happen by accident. We must pursue the things that make for peace. Human beings naturally quarrel and manipulate to get what they want. However, it takes effort to resist our impulses, rest in the gospel of peace, and pursue the things that produce...

Those Who Are Forgiven Must Love

“Her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.” Luke 7:47 Jesus was dining at a Pharisee’s house when a sinful woman came and washed His feet with her tears, dried them with her hair, and then anointed them with fragrant oil. The Pharisee was upset. If Jesus were truly a prophet, then...

Cultivating Unity

It’s 2020, and we begin our year with some solid, practical advice from the Prince of Preachers. The Be United in Christ Outreach Ministry exists to teach and promote Bible-based Christian unity. We hope to bring about real change in the body of Christ. Listen to Charles Spurgeon, in his sermon “True Unity Promoted”: “Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond...