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God has designed our closest relationships to be one of the primary ways he sanctifies us as his people. They are like m...
08/31/2026

God has designed our closest relationships to be one of the primary ways he sanctifies us as his people. They are like mirrors—showing us who we really are. And they are like furnaces—refining the sin and brokenness that exists in our hearts. The people God has placed closest to us are one of God’s favorite means of making us more like him. God uses these relationships for your good and for his glory.

As you can see, first our passage deals with children. In verses 1-3, Paul gives us two commands and two reasons for keeping those commands. First, the commands. Command #1—verse 1: Children, obey your parents in the Lord… (6:1a). Command #2 verse 2, quoting the fifth commandment: “Honor your father and mother…” (6:2a). Obey and honor. Those are the commands. Now the reasons why. Reason #1—verse 1: for this is right (6:1b). And reason #2—verse 3, still quoting the fifth commandment: “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land” (6:3).

According to the Old Testament, God is to be honored because he is weighty and worthy. But God also commands his people to honor their parents, because that is a way that they can honor him. Because a parent’s responsibility is so awesome, Paul gives them—specifically father —an additional command. When Paul writes to fathers, he urges them: don’t abuse your power and authority. 6:4. Your power and authority, fathers, though real—it should be used to serve your children, not abuse them. It should be used for their discipline and instruction, not your selfish ambition.

📸: Catherine Wood

The weeks ahead are filled with opportunities to Treasure Christ, Grow Together, and Live On Mission. Here are the dates...
08/26/2026

The weeks ahead are filled with opportunities to Treasure Christ, Grow Together, and Live On Mission. Here are the dates for your September calendar.

The Bible teaches us that singleness possesses a remarkable and unique power. A power that, in some ways, is even greate...
08/23/2026

The Bible teaches us that singleness possesses a remarkable and unique power. A power that, in some ways, is even greater than the power of marriage. That’s what 1 Corinthians 7:25-35 teaches. We can summarize what God says here with a sentence. In these verses, God says that Christians should be content in Christ Jesus, whether in singleness or in marriage—but singleness is better.

Paul gives us two reasons why singleness is better than marriage. The first is that singleness frees you to live for the world to come. Singleness is better than marriage because singleness frees you to live for the world to come. The second reason singleness is better than marriage, singleness frees you to live with undivided devotion to the Lord.

In a world that idolizes marriages… Among people who believe that fulfillment can’t be found apart from an earthly love story… Among people who believe that true joy must mean family and children and a loving spouse… Single Christians who are content in their identity in Christ through their singleness can display radical satisfaction in what Jesus has done for us in the gospel.

📸: Joe Finney

The power of the gospel is best revealed to the world and experienced by believers in the community it forms and transfo...
08/18/2026

The power of the gospel is best revealed to the world and experienced by believers in the community it forms and transforms. The church is not a place but a people, a living fellowship of God’s adopted sons and daughters. Through this fellowship, God intends to reveal the message of his gospel to the world.

This fall, we are excited to invite you to three specific opportunities to Grow Together at Life Church: Life Groups, Women’s Life Bible Study, Men’s Life Bible Study.

Whether you're joining a life group for the first time or returning as a long-time member, we ask everyone to register online for Life Groups. https://www.lifechurchnc.com/grouplife

Before eternity began, Christ set his affection on his people. He looked into the epochs of time and space still uncreat...
08/16/2026

Before eternity began, Christ set his affection on his people. He looked into the epochs of time and space still uncreated, and he loved his people. He did not wait until we first loved him. He did not wait until we were lovely. He loved us before the first molecule in the first cell in the first organism was even a reality. Jesus Christ is the only person you will ever meet who will truly love you without any strings attached. He is the only person who will really love you no matter what.

In Ephesians 5:25-33, Paul says that Christ’s eternal love and sacrificial death had a purpose: to cleanse and sanctify us for himself. We are sinners! We’re dirty! So Christ must cleanse us, too. How does he do that? By the washing of water with the word. Within the church, the ministry of the Word of God has a cleansing effect. Like a bride being washed before she dresses on her wedding day, the Word of God, as it is preached and taught and believed and applied, transforms us and makes us clean.

What does the love of Christ mean for us? Well, the first thing that I will say is that the love of Christ gives shape to every Christian’s love for every person on the planet. Yes, our passage says that husbands should love their wives as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. But earlier in Ephesians 5— look at verse 2: Walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God (5:2).

The good news is that Christ died for people who would not and could not keep his commands. He died for broken, messy husbands. And broken, messy wives. He loved us before we were lovely. To make us lovely.

📸: Faye Atkins

Teachers, students, and staff, we are praying for you as you return to school.
08/12/2026

Teachers, students, and staff, we are praying for you as you return to school.

Thank you to all of the volunteers who came out to serve as part of Love Salisbury School Spruce Up Day!
08/10/2026

Thank you to all of the volunteers who came out to serve as part of Love Salisbury School Spruce Up Day!

Ephesians 5 brings us to the topic of marriage, and especiallygender roles in marriage. Verses 22-24 answer three questi...
08/09/2026

Ephesians 5 brings us to the topic of marriage, and especially
gender roles in marriage. Verses 22-24 answer three questions that a wife might ask about her marriage and about her relationship with her husband:

One, what is a wife to do? Ephesians says, “Wives, submit to your own husbands…” (Eph 5:22). Two, how is a wife to do that? Ephesians says, “as to the Lord” (5:22b). Three, why is a wife to submit to her own husband as to the Lord? The answer, according to Ephesians, owes to who God is, what marriage is, and what God is doing in the world (Eph 5:23-24).

The context of this passage is the Holy Spirit-filled submission that all Christians are called to from Ephesians 5:18. So yes, wives submit to their husbands in a unique and powerful way. But that is built on a foundation of mutual submission that should exist in any Christian marriage wherein husband and wife are filled by the Spirit. The beauty of this passage is that it doesn’t leave us staring at husbands and wives. It lifts our eyes to Jesus. The perfect Husband. The faithful Bridegroom. The One who loved his Bride so much that he gave himself up for her.

📸: Emily-Beth Le

The sermon text on Sunday covered challenging issues in our culture about gender, s*x, and marriage. During the benedict...
08/04/2026

The sermon text on Sunday covered challenging issues in our culture about gender, s*x, and marriage. During the benediction, Pastor James recommended a resource that he has found helpful as a parent and a pastor: What Do I Say When…? by Andrew T. Walker and Christian Walker.

“We live in a deeply confused, rapidly changing culture, and navigating such a world has never been harder for young people and never more perplexing for parents. Questions surrounding popular cultural beliefs demand biblical answers.

This guide helps busy parents quickly and effectively respond to their children's questions on a wide range of hot-button topics, including abortion, s*xuality, transgenderism, technology, political engagement, and others. Each chapter features age-appropriate conversation prompts to help parents proactively cultivate biblical truth within their child's heart and equip the child to engage with the surrounding culture with wisdom and discernment.”

Last week, we ended with Ephesians 5:21: “submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ” (Eph 5:21). Next week, ...
08/02/2026

Last week, we ended with Ephesians 5:21: “submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ” (Eph 5:21). Next week, we’ll pick up in Ephesians 5:22: “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord…” (Eph 5:22). In other words, we are about to wade into some of the most controversial and challenging words in Scripture. So, today we went back to the beginning: Genesis 1 and 2.

The first thing that our passage reveals is that gender distinction and identity are a fundamental part of God’s beautiful design for humanity. The distinction between male and female is created, not learned. Gender doesn’t come from us; it comes from God. The second thing we see is that this created, not learned, distinction between men and women is something God intended for humanity’s good.

One of the enduring messages of Genesis 1-2 for us is that: God designed humanity in his image; therefore, he defines human identity. God designed humanity as male and female; therefore, he defines s*x and gender. God designed marriage; therefore, God defines marriage. God has designed these things; therefore, God defines how they work. God’s design for these things is good and gracious. We have fallen short. May the Lord’s kindness lead us to repentance.

📸: Joe Finney

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