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 - May 8, 2019
Hell: Understanding God's Justice
Those who do not understanding justice do not understand hell. And this is not a non-Christian problem—understanding God’s justice is imperative for a healthy Christian worldview. The essence of hell is final justice—ultimate, divine justice. Nevertheless, it is hardly recognized today. We live in culture that measures justice by self and not God. We live in a culture that has been spoiled by divine grace. As a result, the mindset of most suffers a condition that we may call justice inversion. When we fail to see grace as grace, we inevitable see justice as injustice. Guilty men call God’s justice injustice because they think they deserve grace. In this session, we begin examining the nature of hell by first looking at it as a banishment from God. The implications are very significant and terrifying. The focus of this session centers on the key of understanding hell, namely that it is the outworking of punitive justice.
