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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 10, 2024

Song of Solomon

This portion of sacred Scripture is a divinely inspired love song. Love songs are among the oldest written artifacts of humanity’s ancient heritage. This is undoubtedly because of the power they possess to express the deepest of human emotions. More than a song, this is the “song of songs”—as in a superlative like “King of kings” or “Lord of lords.” It is explicitly identified as a song of Solomon, representing his finest of over one thousand (1 Kings 4:32). Its music extols marriage, celebrating the dignity and purity of God’s design of covenant love between one man and one woman for life. Yet its melody is not man-centered. Marriage interprets, and must be interpreted by, purposes much greater than itself or the sum of its parts. Nothing less than God’s relationship-creating-and-redeeming love captures this ode’s highest charm.

Scripture References: Song of Solomon 1:1

From Series: "Light for Life: Exploring God-breathed Glory"

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