Jesus communicated love by listening, by touching, and by showing up.

Conviction occurs when a life is changed by Christ, constrained by Christ, and is continually displaying the character of Christ even in an ever changing corrupt culture.

The writing on the wall

He wants us to be the warning signs of conviction in a corrupt culture.

Biblical preferences will not stand up against the persuasive pleasures of this world and its corrupt culture. Therefore, we must have biblical conviction. Conviction comes from a connection with God and the presence of the Holy Spirit.

Conviction in a corrupt culture cultivates the great commission, calls to God in a community of prayer and praise, credits God for His power, and is commended too and surrendered to the kingdom of God.

If all we have when it comes to our Christian belief system is a strong preference, then our strong preference to follow and honor God can be corrupted by a mere persuasive, worldly, and corrupt argument.

A gospel community resorts those who are caught rather than ridicules those who are corrupt.

Free people fight and free people grow as they fight.

"May we be a church that serves, may we be a church that loves, may we be a church that uses our freedom that we stand firm in immovable because Christ has set us free, we are free indeed."