TLC tender love and care in koinonia is God being through us. TLC comes from God our Father, his Son Messiah Jesus and the Holy Spirit. When we walk worthy of God’s calling, we participate in tender love and care. We thrive in rich interpersonal relationships, mutuality and interdependence with our family and with other brothers … [Read more…]
The TLC—tender love and care—of koinonia is God being through us. In the TLC of koinonia we thrive in rich interpersonal relationships, mutuality and interdependence. We love one another in word and deed, encourage one another, teach and admonish one another, give and receive edification, exhortation and comfort, sharing our lives and resources with one another. … [Read more…]
Sticking together as God’s new creatures walking in this world is through the blessing God has blessed us with, which help each one of us in our sticking together with one another. God fits us together in the unity of the Spirit. “There is one body and one Spirit, even as you also were called … [Read more…]
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” John 13:34-35 Messiah Jesus spoke that new commandment in the setting of the Passover Supper, … [Read more…]
10 Marks of a Healthy Church. Combining elements of both the institutional and the charismatic perspectives, such a model of renewal assumes the fact and the value of some form of the institutional church as well as the need for repeated renewal through more or less distinct renewal movements. The problem is to conceive of … [Read more…]
By Howard Snyder In contrast to traditional views, the Bible describes the church in the midst of culture, struggling to maintain its fidelity while tainted by the corrosive acids of paganism and Jewish legalism. This view is sharply relevant for the modern age. We will look briefly at three essential aspects of the biblical view. … [Read more…]