Part 4: Christmas Eve

From Philemon v17-25, with Gerald Griffin.

“Wounds they fester, hearts withdraw, This is family? We see the flaw.” If you know the pain of Christian community, you can relate to some of what’s happening in the letter to Philemon. Pastor Paul doesn’t offer a quick fix, but rather gives Philemon and Onesimus a radical Christian practice. From Philemon v15-25.

Paul, thru Philemon, dares us through praying and asking, to truly live the Kingdom of God here on Earth. From Philemon v1-25.

Paul’s letter to Philemon invites us, in the midst of a noisy, chaotic culture, to die to self, and look up so we can truly see and take part in God’s Kingdom. From Philemon v1-25.

Jude tells us that we contend for the faith by keeping ourselves in God’s love and by showing God’s mercy to those around us, remembering that we need the help of God and our community to keep us faithful to Jesus. From Jude v20-25, with Gavin Bennett.

Who we follow matters. Jude v3-19, with Gavin Bennett.

Dr. Nijay Gupta joins us to provide an introduction to the short but powerful exhortation of Jude who encourages the church to live in the balance of strong commitment to orthodoxy and a life of compassion.

God's redeeming love is redeeming the whole world, both in the book of Ruth and for us now. From Ruth 4v18-22, with Bethany Allen.

In the final act of Ruth, the fullness of God's redemptive power, the renewal of all things, is unveiled through the marriage of Boaz and Ruth. From Act 4, with Bethany Allen.

How God redeems his people through the unseen, and often uncelebrated, decisions of faithfulness and fidelity made in our private lives. From Ruth 3.