Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he...
Restoration in a Transformational Community 10: Of All the Stupid Choices, Why Sin? In “You’ve Got Mail,” Tom Hanks’ character plays the ‘worst version of himself’ at one point in building a relationship with his future love. He is shot through with remorse almost...
Restoration in a Transformational Community 8: Learning from Jesus How to Be a Safe Person Another truth that Apostle John’s story shows us about being safe is that you cannot be put off by the nature of the sin the person committed. Shocking though it may seem to...
Restoration in a Transformational Community 5: You’re the Guy! In many cases, restoration has to start with a “Nathan moment.” I have worked with numerous people in restoration who assumed that the people caught in sin referred to in Galatians 6 had...
Restoration in a Transformational Community 3: What is Restoration? My first exposure to restoration of sinful people took place at the church I attended during my college years. I was dumbfounded first when a lovable church member got mixed up with ‘the other woman’...
