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 - September 19, 2021
Stewards of Grace to Families
The church—Christ’s bride—is precious to Him, and that should be enough for us to treat her distinctively precious. Long before the church, God created the family. She too is beloved by God, though not in a manner that is to be confused or in competition with the church. The family was created by God as the first human institution. She is the building block of human society. She existed before sin and the fall but has suffered brokenness ever since. The church was created after the fall as a royal priesthood in Christ to minister healing and restoration to the families of the earth through the gospel. This message seeks to bring clarity to the relationship between the church and families within the church. Roles and responsibilities of the church are compared and contrasted to those of families. Biblical direction for both families and the church, as God’s family, is given. By God’s design, His bride is a steward of grace to the families of the earth.
