Tag: Love

Godly Little Letters, part 2. Looking again at the letter of 1 John we take a deeper look at one of the signs that Jesus lives in us, that we love one another.

Ruth, chapter 2: Life is full of patterns and random events. God is good and sovereign over all our choices and provides for our every need.

Ruth, chapter 1: When life deals us bitter blows there can be a build-up of resentment and pain, but we learn from the story of Ruth and Naomi that God can bring us through the toughest of times.

Incomparable, part 3. Looking at 1 John 4: God reveals his love through his identity, incarnation and initiation of relationship with us.

Part 4. We’re not just here to have a healthy body, a healthy church, with a loving community. We’re here to love others, to give ourselves and bring life, right to the ends of the earth.

Part 3. It’s easy to love in the abstract, from a distance, and talk about “changing the culture” or “changing the world”. But when you’re confronted with real people up close, with all their flaws and irritations, it highlights the … Continue reading “Love Eastbourne: Everyone”

Part 2. Love is the beating heart of the Christian life—not just a vague, abstract concept—but a real love for Jesus.

Part 1. Love is at the absolute centre of everything we do as Christians. Dave Holden, who heads up our New Ground family of churches, shares four foundations of love.

Faith, favour, inclusion and blessing occurs not because of our best efforts but because of his kindness. Where the world would tell us to work hard and earn our rewards, grace doesn’t wait for us to get our life together.