The quote comes from Dr. King’s sermon “Loving Your Enemies.” Delivered at Dexter Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, on November 17, 1957, “Loving Your Enemies” was one of Dr. King’s favorites. In it, he insists that loving one’s enemies could ...
Matthew 5:43-48 says: “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you ...
“And He said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments depend the who...
then you can’t possibly raise “good Christian kids.” People have told me that I should have stayed at home until the girls are in at least junior high. I heard a sermon by Tony Evans aboutKingdom Women. HE is preaching on the proverbs 31 woman....
True love respects others’ right to choose, and will not take advantage of his neighbor. Given these two quadrants, it is no wonder that the conservative position tends toward strong national borders, and also a strong military. The Pathology of Imbalanced Liberal Ideology Whereas leaning ...
I am sure that over the 16 years I had children at camp, it was not always bright and sunny on check in day, but that is what I remember. I remember the sun shining and everyone so happy to be at camp. Camp is a place for your children to learn independence in a controlled atmos...
be direct with God. Jesus told us a bit later in that same sermon (Matthew 7:7-11 The Message) “Don’t bargain with God. Be direct. Ask for what you need…don’t you think the God who conceived you in love will be even better [than how you would provide for your kids]?”. ...
Did you or your children ever watchMr. Rogers’ Neighborhood?If so, I am sure you still remember his song,“It’s a Wonderful Day in the Neighborhood”as he asked,“Won’t you be my neighbor?”He was always so gentle and comforting, and what a safe place he made the world seem!
If we really believe as people of faith that creation is good, do we just admire it’s beauty and wonder, or do we work to protect it, too? Isn’t caring for Creation part of loving God, neighbor, and self? I’m daily striving to do better and better in caring for Creation. Join...
But it can also be our collective inconvenience for the greater good of the few, such as using a portion of our taxes to help provide for those in need. Or the one individual sacrifice that helps one other person, such as taking time to rake a neighbor’s yard. Or the collective incon...