Lance Brown

Jesus gave what we call the Great Commission to the all the disciples, collectively. Certainly, each of us bears responsibility to reach lost people and help them grow as disciples.  In our western culture, I wonder how often we immediately think of reaching out to our friends as a solely individual endeavor.

In our series theme: Sowing Seeds, Growing Gardens. We are looking at how to reach out to lost people, those who don’t yet know Christ. We looked at the importance of simple care for people and simple words. This week we’ll look at practical kindness.

Have you experienced the heartbreak of relational failure? This week we’ll look at “the woman at the well,” a nameless woman who knew repeated relational failure. How did Jesus relate to her? What was He trying to do for her, and build in her?

Jesus loves people far and wide. He loves the ones who are far from Him, and loves the ones who are near. He has tasked His people with reaching the lost. One of his most well-known parables is the parable of the soils. It is a metaphor for some of the dynamics that go on…

Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity.  Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. When we think about sharing our faith, we usually go in the wrong direction right at the beginning.. .

This week, we’ll look at the workplace, through the lenses of Paul’s words to masters and slaves. More on work, tomorrow. As to slavery, the bible, at no point, ever endorses slavery as a divine ordinance in the same way as marriage, the family, the Sabbath, or government. Also, slavery is not pleasing to God. No…