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Mark D. Roberts

“I’m okay with Jesus being a great teacher and even somehow a heavenly revealer,” a man once said to me, “but I’m just not into this whole notion of Jesus being God. I have a hard time with that one.” Sound familiar? Have you ever heard this? Maybe even said it yourself? Or maybe you…

In my last post I confessed that I am by nature someone who avoids conflict. Thus, I am wired not to obey the teaching of Jesus with respect to confronting one who sins against me. Nevertheless, in my effort to obey my Lord, I have sometimes experienced healing and reconciliation that makes that effort more…

I have come to the end of this series on what to do if someone sins against you. I have done my best to interpret the teaching of Jesus on this subject with accuracy. I’m sure I have made some mistakes along the way. But I believe I have rightly rendered the basic sense of…

Abundant Joy! READ Psalm 4:1-8   You have given me greater joy than those who have abundant harvests of grain and new wine. Psalm 4:7 When have you felt really, really joyful? When have you been so full of gladness that you just couldn’t keep it inside? Perhaps it was on the day of your…

I thought it would be fun to share a few more photos from my summer vacation. These were taken by my son, Nathan, who has quite an eye for photography. I’m hiking near Dingleberry Lake in the High Sierra (Sabrina Basin outside of Bishop, CA). My daughter and I are hiking down to Ruwau Lake,…

With this post I am finishing my series: What To Do If Someone Sins Against You: The Teaching of Jesus. You can find this whole series in logical order here, if you wish. Let me review the basic steps outlined by Jesus in Matthew 18:15-18: Step 1: Go and privately point out the fault to…

Yesterday I set up the question: How do we apply the teaching of Jesus about confronting someone who sins against us . . . in the digital age? Since it can be much easier and safer to communicate with someone by means of cell phone, email, and other digital technologies, does this give us a…

Jesus says that if someone sins against you, you’re to go to the person when you can be alone and point out that person’s fault. This seems clear enough, even if we’re not all that happy about it. But how might we apply the teaching of Jesus in a digital age? Jesus’ instructions about what…

So far in this series we’ve focused on the main question: What should you do if somebody sins against you? The answer, in a nutshell: Go to that person. Even though you’re the wronged party, you should initiate reconciliation, according to Jesus. This runs contrary to the popular wisdom that says, “Look, I’m the victim…

So far our investigation of Matthew 18 has turned up the following guidance for what to do if someone sins against you: Step 1: Go and privately point out the fault to the wrongdoer.If Step 1 is successful, you have won back the offender.If Step 1 is not successful and the offender won’t listen to…
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