Gardendale Church of the Nazarene Podcast

Today we wrap up the first four commandments. These commandments are sometimes called 'The Vertical Table'. They provide us a roadmap for attuning our life to God's. In the fourth commandment, we learn that God cares about our time and our rest.

The third commandment is deeper than merely not using the Lord's name as a curse word. We are God's people and our worship and ethics must align with God's story.

The second commandment is"You shall not make for yourself a carved image." In many traditions, this commandment is coupled with the first commandment, "You shall have no other gods." At first glance these commandments seem redundant, until we understand that God knows us and our desire to worship. The question is, do we worship our Creator or the idols of this world?

Today we begin our series on the Ten Commandments. The commandments begin with a foundational commandment, "You shall have no other gods before me." What does it mean to have no other gods?

As we wrap up our series, "The Fellowship of Love", we discover that we have been given a new freedom to live as freed people in Christ.

Holiness is an important theological concept for Nazarenes. Sometimes we miss a central truth- we cannot make ourselves holy. Today, we are challenged to allow God to make us holy.

Love works, but you have to work at it! We are people of relationship. That doesn't mean that it is easy to live in relation to those around us. We are, however, called to love one another.

We wrap up our Kingdom Habits series. The final habit is to begin identifying yourself as a missionary—a sent one—by journaling the ways you’re alerting others to God’s reign. Weekly Challenge: I will journal throughout the week all the ways I alerted others to the universal reign of God through Christ.

“Learning Christ” helps us understand Jesus better and provides the tools for appropriating His example into our lives. Weekly Challenge: I will spend at least one period of the week learning Christ.

The table is the great equalizer in relationships. When we eat together, we discover the inherent humanity of all people. Weekly Challenge: I will eat with three people this week, at least one of whom is not a member of our church.