Resolving Everyday Conflict
Conflict is common. It’s common to all people and it’s common to all of life. It’s usually experienced in our ordinary interactions with an overbearing boss, a challenging colleague, a difficult neighbor, a moody teenager, a complaining spouse, etc. Conflict is common but applying the gospel to our conflicts is not. Most of us hate conflict. So we either respond with dysfunctional conflict avoidance or dysfunctional anger. Either way bitterness and callousness set in. Though we want to deal with conflict in a more God-honoring, people-loving way we often do not know how to.
Resolving Everyday Conflict is a nine-week study, based on the book by Peacemaker Ministries, that seeks to unpack key biblical principles for dealing with conflict resolution and cultivating healthier relationships. It is a Christ-centered study that presents powerful and practical answers to everyday problems. Whether you’re struggling in a relationship at home, at work, at school, or know someone who is, this study offers help for living out the gospel in our relationships.
Workbooks are available for this study (from our Wednesday night service – 7:00pm each week). If you would like to purchase a copy, please email the church office. Cost per book: $5. I addition, you can also pick up the book copy of the original material from Peacemaker Ministries: Resolving Everyday Conflict here.
Manny Pereira - January 29, 2020
Man’s Will: Free or Fettered
The true controversy of predestination has to do with the human will. Man starts with himself and in perceiving himself free to choose whatever he wills, has great difficulty with the idea that God’s will is sovereign over his own. Free will, or autonomy, is a most basic assumption. But the biblical revelation of God and His will is often not given adequate consideration in the discussion. Before one can rightly understand divine election, one must rightly understand the relationship between the will of man and the will of God. This session serves as an introduction to the compatibility of divine sovereignty and human responsibility.
