The Priority of Reconciliation
Unity Insights | Posted on November 16, 2023 at 8:55 AM by Jeff Bennett
If you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. – Matthew 5:23–24 – Religious people tend to believe that religious rituals are what [...]
God Causes Growth
Unity Insights | Posted on October 19, 2023 at 8:12 AM by Jeff Bennett
Neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. – 1 Corinthians 3:7 – When Christian leaders compete with one another, or when their followers compare them against one another, disunity results. Proudly boasting of what God accomplishes through us is divisive, and it arrogantly diverts glory to us [...]
Walking in the Daylight
Unity Insights | Posted on February 9, 2023 at 7:50 AM by Jeff Bennett
Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. – Romans 13:13 – When the Lord redeemed us from sin and death, He called us out of the darkness into the light (1 Peter 2:9). God shined on our hearts and [...]
Christ’s Death Allows Us to Be Holy
Lent Series | Posted on March 17, 2022 at 7:29 AM by Jeff Bennett
As we continue our Lent series, this week, we’re looking at an important aspect of the Christian life: holiness. The path to holiness begins with a new standing before God. As Christians, the apostle Paul calls us “God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved” (Colossians 3:12 ESV). The truth is stunning. Not simply that God chose [...]
The Priority of Reconciliation
Unity Insights | Posted on October 14, 2021 at 7:09 AM by Jeff Bennett
If you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. – Matthew 5:23–24 – Religious people tend to believe that religious rituals are what [...]
God Causes Growth
Unity Insights | Posted on September 23, 2021 at 8:01 AM by Jeff Bennett
Neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. – 1 Corinthians 3:7 – When Christian leaders compete with one another, or when their followers compare them against one another, disunity results. Proudly boasting of what God accomplishes through us is divisive, and it arrogantly diverts glory to us [...]
Walking in the Daylight
Unity Insights | Posted on January 21, 2021 at 7:12 AM by Jeff Bennett
Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. – Romans 13:13 – When the Lord redeemed us from sin and death, He called us out of the darkness into the light (1 Peter 2:9). God shined on our hearts and [...]