Reconciling The Holidays – 2 Corinthians 5:11-21
November 26, 2023
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“We are People Helping People Experience a Jesus-centered Life.”
Today’s message focuses on 2 Corinthians 5:11-21, where Paul shares the transformative love of Christ with the people of Corinth. Paul is in defensive mode due to false teachers, accusers, haters, and wicked people attempting to taint the gospel message and the character of Paul.
Paul does not attempt to sway the people by crafty sermons but rather the transforming love of Christ. He says Christians are conduits, agents, and ambassadors for Christ and share the ministry of reconciliation. Pastor Harold shares the parable of The Abbot and Hermit to help visualize and resonate with how powerful the transforming love of Christ truly is.
Lastly, Paul reminds us that we are no longer labels of this or that; we are a new creation reconciled at the foot of the cross. We are one body with the mission of helping others experience a Jesus-centered life. By sharing the transforming love of Christ, we can help transformation happen for ourselves, our families, places of employment, churches, community, and the world.
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- Harold Long
- Reconciling The Holidays
- 2 Corinthians 5:11-21
- Amends
- Charles Dickens
- Christ
- Church
- Faith Community
- Hellen Keller
- Home
- Jesus-Centered
- Jesus-Centered Faith
- Jesus-centered life
- Jesus-Centered Living
- Jesus-looking God
- Love
- Love and Service
- Ministry of Reconciliation
- Parable: The Abbot and The Hermit
- Peter Scholtes
- Reconciliation
- Reconciling The Holidays
- They'll Know We Are Christians By Our Love
- Transforming Love of Christ
- Work Place
- Hillsboro UMC
- Transformation UMC
It Just Ain’t So
November 6, 2022
- Harold Long
- Dear Friend
- Luke 20:27-38
- All Saints Day
- Amends
- Charles Wesley
- COVID-19
- Dear Friend
- Delusion
- Excluded
- Four Big Pillars
- Halloween
- It Just Ain't So
- Jesus-Centered
- Jesus-Centered Faith
- Jesus-centered life
- John Wesley
- Love
- Meditation
- Prayer
- Reconciliation
- Sandy Beach
- Suffering
- Wounded
- Hillsboro UMC
- Transformation UMC
Today we unpack Luke 20:27-38 from the CEB. We look at “All Saints Day,” the subject of resurrection from a Jewish and Christian perspective, and lastly, address a famous Mark Twain quote through the late great Sandy Beach, author of “Dear Friend: Meditation and Journal for your Spiritual Journey.”