Tag Archives: Relationships

Hatred died

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Mel Wild

14Our reconciling “Peace” is Jesus! He has made Jew and non-Jew one in Christ. By dying as our sacrifice, he has broken down every wall of prejudice that separated us and has now made us equal through our union with Christ. 15Ethnic hatred has … Continue reading →

Posted in Identity, Love | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Jesus, Relationships | 6 Comments

Learning how to love like Jesus

Posted on April 14, 2021 by Mel Wild

“Who is my neighbor?” That’s what the religious scholar asked Jesus in Luke 10:29. What follows is a fascinating study in human nature. Last time, I talked about “Loving our Samaritans.” This is a continuation on that theme. In Luke … Continue reading →

Posted in Father Heart of God, Grace, Love | Tagged Christianity, Jesus, Loving our Samaritans, Relationships, The Good Samaritan | 8 Comments

Loving our Samaritans

Posted on April 10, 2021 by Mel Wild

Jesus loves the people we hate. He also loves the people who hate us. As you probably can tell, I think that the neo-Marxist ideologies of the radical left are evil and cancerous. But I don’t feel that way at … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith, Grace, Love, Sonship | Tagged Christianity, Evangelism, Jesus, Legalism, Love your enemies, Loving our Samaritans, Relationships | 15 Comments

Will we follow Holy Spirit or our confirmation bias?

Posted on February 23, 2021 by Mel Wild

One of the challenges for us as followers of Jesus during this pandemic is maintaining a vibrant faith while not being able to meet in the normal way. This is why I believe God is re-training us during this season … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith, Rest of God, Sonship, Worship | Tagged Christianity, Following Jesus, Holy Spirit, Relationships, Spiritual growth and health, The Church, The Living Word | 12 Comments

Facilitating the discovery of Truth

Posted on February 16, 2021 by Mel Wild

Mark Twain once said, “The two most important days in your life is the day you were born and the day you find out why.” Finding out why ultimately leads to discovering the truth about who we are. It’s this … Continue reading →

Posted in Grace, Identity | Tagged Christianity, Communication, Relationships, Truth | 6 Comments

What compassion looks like in “fly over” country

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Mel Wild

Okay, I just have to share this video. I actually cried when I first saw it because it was so moving and in such stark contrast to all the anger, divisiveness, hatred, and violence we’re seeing on the news these … Continue reading →

Posted in Grace, Love | Tagged American heroes, Cajun Navy, Christianity, Compassion, Culture, current events, Farmers helping farmers, Hurricane Laura, Relationships | 2 Comments

The source code of heaven is Love

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Mel Wild

When we pull back the veil, we find that everything in heaven operates, at its most fundamental level, on God’s other-centered, self-giving love. This is important because living from heaven allows backward-compatibility, like the latest software upgrade. What I mean … Continue reading →

Posted in Heaven on earth, Love, Rest of God, Sonship | Tagged Christianity, Jesus, New Covenant, Relationships, Spiritual maturity, transformation | 2 Comments

Love is all that will remain

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Mel Wild

Our learning how to be loved by God and loving others with His love is the only thing we’ll ever do that will last in the end. All our other life pursuits will ultimately be found to be insignificant by … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian apologetics, Love | Tagged Christianity, Law and the Prophets, Other-centered love, Relationships, Success in life | 3 Comments

This is what Love (actually) looks like

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Mel Wild

Last time I talked about what difference Jesus makes. He not only saves us from ourselves, He answers the deepest longings within us. We’re all looking for love and when we encounter Jesus we find a love that changes everything. … Continue reading →