Restoration Church

How To Love | Racism And The Church

Karen Bowman and Chandra Gray join Justin for a conversation on racism, bias, roadblocks, and the ministry of reconciliation through "Be The Bridge."

How To Love | Making Room At The Table

Hospitality in the New Testament literally means "loving the stranger." How might we - like Jesus - be a welcoming presence to the world around us? 

How To Love | Prayer And The Work Of Love

Surrounded by the enormity of the needs in front of them, Jesus tells his disciples first to pray. For those of truly seeking to love our neighbors well, we'll start there too. (Matthew 9:35-38)

How To Love | Freedom Might Not Be What You Think.

Americans can have radically different definitions of freedom. But the Bible makes clear what true freedom is in the kingdom of God: loving our neighbor as ourselves. (Galatians 5:13-14)

How To Love | Loving God With Our Minds

We're surrounded by information and content. That's why we need to be filled and refilled through immersing our mind in the Scriptures - not just for information, but formation. 

How To Love | Do Our Bodies Matter?

Jesus tells us to love God with our whole selves - including our bodies. As we look to the Scriptures, we see that our physical reality is part of God's restoring work in both our present reality and our future hope. (1 Corinthians 6:19-20)

How To Love | The Aim Of Our Heart

How do we love God with all of our heart? It begins by being honest about our desires, our longings, and our emotions - and the ways we offer our worship to lesser gods. In the words of one theologian, "learning to love God takes practice." 

How To Love | He Loved First

God doesn't just have love or feel love. God is love. And that love works to dispell our fears and form us into the image of Jesus as sons and daughters of God.  (1 John 4:16-19)

How To Love | Habits Of Love

Jesus said we'd be known by the love we have for one another. But this love doesn't happen by accident. We need intentional, consistent habits as a community that help us become the kind of family God has called us to be. (Matthew 22:37-40)

Pentecost Sunday | New Family, New Mission

As we close out our 36 week journey through the Scriptures together we've called #Restoried, our narrative culminates in the coming God's Spirit, giving birth to the family we call Church. (Acts 2:1-11)