Church discipline, confrontation, excommunication. These are words most of
us would rather not hear from the pulpit. But they come straight from Jesus
in Matthew 18:15-20, wrapped in love, not harshness.
This week we press into what it actually means for the church to pursue a
brother or sister caught in sin. We lean on Chrysostom and Augustine, we
draw the line between sin and personal preference, and we land on the
promise that when the church does this hard reconciling work, Christ
Himself has promised to be present. Because the church that confronts does
the very ministry of the Reconciler, and in doing so, we are conformed to
His image.
29 Sept 2026
Ministers of Reconciliation | Keep the Fire Burning
A fire tended only for its own warmth eventually goes out. A fire carried outward keeps burning because it has purpose. This week we close the Keep the Fire Burning series with 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 and Matthew 5:14-16. God has not just reconciled us to Himself. He has entrusted us with the ministry of reconciliation. Every conversation with a neighbor about Jesus, every prayer for a coworker, every moment we choose to name Christ instead of staying silent is another piece of wood on the altar. The fire is meant to be seen. And we are the ones commissioned to carry it into the darkness.
22 Sept 2026
Authentic Community | Keep the Fire Burning
Most Christians who struggle with community are asking horizontal relationships to do vertical work. They are hungry for what only God can give and have been asking a spouse, a friend, or a small group to be their ultimate source. And when the horizontal cannot deliver, the relationships collapse under a weight they were never meant to carry.
This week we press into authentic community as the overflow of a healthy vertical, not a substitute for it. Because when your relationship with God is right, the horizontal overflows into shared life, open homes, thick skin toward offense, and a love the world will recognize as the mark of Christ.
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