We are blessed so we can be a blessing
The second word in our BEG series that challenges us to BUILD others up, ENCOURAGE others, and GRACE others is Encourage. It is interesting to me how many of our
Read MoreWhat Ephesians says about Building Others Up
– By Ron Simkins We’ve been talking, thinking and praying about the Lord making us a “community of beggars” – people who daily accept as our assignment from God the
Read MoreA different way to respond to one another
– By Ron Simkins Recently, our teachings at New Covenant Fellowship have been focused around what it means to BEG—Build other up, Encourage others, and Grace others—and how counter-cultural it
Read MoreEncouragment: Much more than ‘being nice’
– By Ron Simkins I have been claiming for several weeks now that being a community that wants to be encouraging is one of the most counter-cultural, Jesus-like things we
Read MoreWhat does encouragement look like?
– By Jim Linder As a pastor and teacher I want to be a good communicator. I know I sat through many class lectures in college as well as many
Read MoreAn Alternative Culture: Learning to BEG (Part II)
– By Ron Simkins In last week’s blog post, I was encouraging us to become a “community of beggars” and to be humble enough to “beg” as individuals—Build others up,
Read MoreAn Alternative Culture: Learning to BEG (part I)
– By Ron Simkins What is “Jesus’ Way of Living?” It seems clear in some respects, if we look at the counter-cultural way Jesus lived and what he taught. However,
Read MoreIs there a third way to do relationships?
– By Ron Simkins In Homer’s myth, Odysseus had to choose which deadly sea monster he and his fellow sailors would confront—Scylla or Charybdis. A more recent saying that captures
Read MoreFreedom always has two sides
– By Ron Simkins The Biblical writers are insistent that “freedom” always has two dimensions, not one. Freedom is always both freedom FROM & freedom TO. Another way to say
Read MoreMary, who the Risen Jesus Knew By Name
– By Ron Simkins We don’t know much about this particular Mary, and much of what most people think they know isn’t true (there is no real evidence, for instance,
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