Next Level Relationships
Jan 07 2018 • David Morrow, Greg Boyd, Nicole Bullock
When asked to name the greatest law of the 613 in the Old Testament, Jesus summarized all of them with two simple commands: love God and love others as yourself (Matthew 22:36-40). In other words, the Kingdom is all about relationships, and at the center of healthy relationships is agape-love. But what does agape-love actually look like? In this series we will look at how to move deeper in our relationships with others with the hope that we will experience transformation into the image of Jesus.
Sermons in this series:
During this final sermon in our Next Level Relationships series, Greg and Kevin have a conversation where we learn about the cycle of conflict. They discuss why we find it so easy to get pulled in, and more importantly, some tools from Jesus that we can use to short-circuit the cycle.
Topics: Conflict,
Discipleship,
Reconciliation,
Relationships
Why is it so easy to blame others when we are in conflict? In this fifth sermon of our Next Level Relationships series, Greg looks at what our brains and bibles can tell us about blame and how to navigate conflict.
Topics: Conflict,
Relationships
Conflict is the “elephant in the room” of all relationships – we either want to ignore it or focus completely on it. Yet as Kingdom people, how do we deal with conflict in ways that reflect Christ on the cross? In the fourth week of our series, “Next Level Relationships,” Osheta Moore shows us how to tell better stories about those who seem like our enemies, while seeing each other as fellow image-bearers of God, and never enemies.
Topics: Community,
Conflict,
Reconciliation,
Relationships
In the third sermon of our The Next Level Relationships series, David Morrow looks at the critical role that listening plays in healthy relationships. Dave discusses three challenges to, and three lessons for effective listening.
Topics: Prayer,
Relationships
This week we explore vulnerability, and how we all tend to use the serpent’s tools of hiding and idolatrous performance to protect ourselves from judgment and shame. We learn that Vulnerability is the only onramp to real connection with others, and is also the key to enabling us to receive our life and fullness from God alone.
Topics: Community,
Controversial Issues,
Justice,
Reconciliation,
Relationships
We tend to break the world in to sacred and secular, but in reality this is a false dichotomy. No matter where Jesus was or what relationship he was in He was fully present as a walking talking embodiment of the Kingdom of God. Instead of walking around with hungry hearts using others in an attempt to fill up our need for security, significance, and worth, we are called to mimic Christ in all our relationships by being filled by our relationship with the Father and letting that overflow to those around us.
Topics: Identity in Christ,
Kingdom of God,
Relationships
