BCC Values #2 – The Word – Following the Bible as a Guide Book to Life
Our second value is the Word – following the Bible as a guidebook to life.
Our second value is the Word – following the Bible as a guidebook to life.
I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
Mercy is the withholding of deserved punishment. It’s holding back on the judgement, even when someone else deserves it. It’s showing forgiveness even when it’s not received. And it’s what God desires in us.
I am who you say I am.I have what you say I have.As I take hold of your wordlet your word take hold of me.As your word and action are one let my word and action be one and be as one with you.
I grew up in a church like BCC, but went to Catholic primary school. I remember feeling that the lead up to Easter was really sad and solemn. Christmas was joyful and exciting, Easter was sad. I felt sorry for Jesus as a child that all of these horrible things happened to him. The stations…