Former location of "The Kingdom of the Heavens" blog, written by an incurable fool who is trying to become a holy fool!
We, together, are the salt of the earth. We season our world, making it taste good to God. And individually we are to have salt in ourselves–the salt of peace within and among ourselves. Salt is something we are, not something we do. And salt that has lost its flavor is sand in the saltshaker, It was never salt in the first place.
The theme of this installment is a question Paul asked the church in Corinth: 1 Corinthians 6:5 (WEB) While the process Jesus described in Matthew 18:15-20 (see previous series of installments) is the ideal procedure, the one most likely to produce reconciliation–which is the goal of all such procedures–the New Testament is not rigidly inflexible in demanding that only this…
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choosing not to forgive, Divisions in the Church, Forgive as we forgive, Forgiveness and Unforgiveness, God was never our enemy, Love each other, Must Trust God to Enter, Quarrels, Reconciliation, Refusing to hear, Restoration of God's Image, Restoration of our Relationships, The Kingdom of the Heavens, Trusting sight over God's words, What is sin?