Community

The Bible says we all need to be immersed in Christian fellowship to thrive!

Community & Our Transformation [7 pages]
All the teachings about spiritual growth in the Bible are in the context of community. God uses our participation in intimate relationships and the broader church community as a means of growing us. We do we need this? Why are we obligated to this?

Who Will Water Your Flower? [8 pages]
Topical sermon, as part of a series on the value of biblical community, elaborating on how community contributes to spiritual growth. This is one of my earliest sermons. I had short notice and was forced to interact with two movie clips [I had to rent the movie before I could write the sermon!].

Acts 2.42-47 sermon [8 pages]
Does the first church example provide lessons for the successful church of today?

Community Leading to Spiritual Growth [8 pages]
I tried to fit too many things into this sermon, but each piece has value. Overall, this is about growing to be a spiritual leader, someone who thrives because of biblical community and helps that community thrive.

Our small group in Dallas after the first year

Hebrews 10.24-25 NET: And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works, not abandoning our own meetings, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and even more so because you see the day drawing near.

Conflict Resolution [8 pages]
How can we resolve conflict biblically?