You & the Stranger
The God Who Turns Up the Heat
September 6, 2020
All that glitters is not gold;
You can’t judge a book by its cover;
Clothes don’t make the man; and
It’s what’s inside that counts.
These familiar figures of speech are clever ways of saying that things are not always as they seem.
We’re wrapping up our summer series, Stranger Things, this weekend. Over the past couple of months, we’ve been taking a look at the different ways God shows up as a stranger in stories throughout the Bible. In the process, we’ve been reminded, again and again, that our assumptions, preconceptions, or observations may not always lead us to what is true. We’ve been challenged to examine our own responses to the stranger, the marginalized, the different; and to that which is uncomfortable, unexpected, or outside our comfort zone. The goal has been to deepen our understanding of the heart of God toward people…all people…and to be willing to challenge ourselves to live out His heart more faithfully and authentically. Our vision as a church is to love God and love people. We love God best when we love people with an authentic, radical, risk-taking kind of love; the kind of love that changes hearts and transforms lives.
You can’t judge a book by its cover;
Clothes don’t make the man; and
It’s what’s inside that counts.
These familiar figures of speech are clever ways of saying that things are not always as they seem.
We’re wrapping up our summer series, Stranger Things, this weekend. Over the past couple of months, we’ve been taking a look at the different ways God shows up as a stranger in stories throughout the Bible. In the process, we’ve been reminded, again and again, that our assumptions, preconceptions, or observations may not always lead us to what is true. We’ve been challenged to examine our own responses to the stranger, the marginalized, the different; and to that which is uncomfortable, unexpected, or outside our comfort zone. The goal has been to deepen our understanding of the heart of God toward people…all people…and to be willing to challenge ourselves to live out His heart more faithfully and authentically. Our vision as a church is to love God and love people. We love God best when we love people with an authentic, radical, risk-taking kind of love; the kind of love that changes hearts and transforms lives.
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