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 - April 3, 2024
Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes is a book that addresses some of life’s most challenging questions. The world is broken and crooked. The image of God now lives outside of Eden. Because of sin, life can be frustrating, perplexing, and vexing. Moreover, we are prone to pursue emptiness. Solomon, the wisest, richest, and most sensual king in Israel's history looks at life—fallen, under sin, and cursed—from a purely human perspective apart from God and declares it to be futile, vain, and empty. This important work of wisdom proclaims that the best of earthly experiences, philosophy, wealth, and success result only in emptiness if they are ends in themselves. It shows that satisfaction cannot be found in life under sin. And it calls all to fear and trust God in and through all of life. The substance of life is found only in God—apart from Him all is vanity.
Scripture References: Ecclesiastes 1:1
