Our Resolute Hope Podcast

Amid the wreckage of broken relationships, we need courage, a drive from the heart, to move toward restoration and to believe that God will do just as He promised … He will make all things new.

Relationships are costly.  And when they’re broken, it’s so very easy to simply discard them.  But Christ’s life in us desires to pay the cost for restoration, using the currency of forgiveness, compassion, acceptance, and love.

When conflicts occur, we often pray for things to go back to how they were.  But what if more is possible?  This is how Paul approached Philemon, encouraging him to let God rebuild his relationship with Onesimus in an unprecedented way.

Rather than demanding obedience and conformity, Paul's approach to restoring relationship between Philemon and Onesimus took a radical approach, one built on honor, trust, and protection ... all hallmarks of Christ's life in us.

Frank and John’s podcast series on the One Anothers goes from the classroom to the real world.  Join them as they consider how Apostle Paul worked to restore a tricky relationship in the  early church.

Agape is a pure, willful, sacrificial love that deliberately desires another’s highest good.  Said another way, it’s the most redemptive, constructive, and honoring thing we can do for someone.  It’s God’s love in us and through us to others.

Forgiving one another is a command meant for our good.  Frank and John discuss the need for forgiveness, the consequences for refusing to do it, common counterfeits, and most importantly how to do it.

Forgiveness is a great idea, until it’s time for you to do it.  Then it can seem almost impossible.  But Christ’s life empowers us to do the supernatural … to forgive completely, just as the Lord has forgiven us.

All believers can struggle and veer from the path of righteousness.  When this happens, we’re to shepherd them, tenderly show their error, and remind them of the truth while doing all we can to protect them.

Vilifying, defaming, and accusing people unjustly have become common in the church.  As partakers of the New Covenant, we’re to speak life, with words seasoned with salt that preserve, protect, and restore others.