Russ Schlock

When did you begin to believe?

Commitments that create and maintain tender hearts in marriage:  Demonstrate Kindness and Generosity • Cultivate a humble and teachable heart • Remain Empathetic and Approachable • Practice Forgiveness and reconciliation • Keep God at the center...

What the bible says in regards to Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage. Facing the truth and accepting the Grace.

Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”  But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit. Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person...

The Law was: Civil (established a new nation). Cultural (establishing a unique people). And Covenantal (establishing a new relationship between God and His people). 

Consumer vs Covenant Love

Jesus asks disciples to be different from everyone else: more poised, less threatened, more relaxed, and less unbelieving. This behavior may be possible for persons who believe in ultimate justice - in a living God. For believers in Jesus this...

Love your enemies, and Pray for those who persecute you.

Jesus taught that anger is a powerful response to injustice, it expresses caring, and that it needs boundaries.

"You are the salt of the earth. But if a salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot."