PEACE and POWER

[Carl Thomas Gladstone]

::The Conversation::                                       May 9, 2006 In the next few weeks I'd like to travel through some foundational components to living as radically as Jesus always intended us to. The First: PEACE and POWER John Wesley once wrote, "When we say, 'Believe and thou shalt be saved,' we do not mean, 'Believe, and thou shalt step from sin to heaven, without any holiness coming between...but, believe and thou shalt be holy; believe in the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt have peace and power together." (Works, Sermon 25, "Sermon on the Mount, 5,") The life of a self-professed, practicing Christian is one that moves from a sense of one's own salvation through Jesus to the sharing of that good news with others in the service and love you offer them.  This is a life lived between Ephesians 2:8-9 and James 2:14,17 [look it up!] For all of us the peace that God's grace provides should bear fruit as the power of God allowed to through us for God's economy of justice, love, and mercy. With the power of peace, Carl Today's link Former links Freecycle Volunteer @ The NOAH Proj. The Food Jesus Ate Foot Washing Traveling Prayer Paths of JC The Penny Project Homeless Super Bowl Party King Britt Presents: Sister Gertrude The Modern Exchange Plowcreek, living collaboration Barna READ GALATIANS 5:6 - In language evoking the controversy over circumcision in the earliest church this letter reminds us that the truest measure of our devotion to Christ is that faith expressed in love.  How have you expressed your faith by showing love lately?

Upcoming Events Information Sundays, May 7, 14, 28 LATE NIGHT BIBLE STUDY, 10 PM @ Dick O'Dows in Bham Topic: Your Cheatin' Book - Infidelity in the Bible Thursday, May 11 Emerge Community Worship/Coffeehouse, 8 PM Mondays, May 8, 15, 29 LATE NIGHT BIBLE STUDY, 8 PM @ Sweetwaters in Royal Oak Topic: When Scriptures Kill - Murder in the Holy Bible Worship * Concerts * BibleStudies/Trips *

*For those new to this email list - each Thursday I send an e-message to students and young adults connected with BHAM First UMC, and with the developing EMERGE worship community for young adults.  These emails are meant to stay in touch with you, encourage you in your Christian journey, and pose some faith-filled questions that might spark some email correspondence.  If you have any questions about this list, just drop me an email at the address above. Peace.

.::Carl Thomas Gladstone::. 
Deacon, First UMC: Birmingham
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