A New Way of Thinking by Ethan Sayler
Here is a blog post from a pastor I attended college with. His name is Ethan Sayler. He hits on several things I have been pondering the last few months. Hope you enjoy! A New Way of Thinking “Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God” Romans 15:7 (ESV) Last Sunday I began a series of sermons here at Memorial Presbyterian Church on the New Life in Christ, focusing then on Ezekiel 36:26-28, how we recieve a New Heart from God to replace our hearts of stone. In God’s mind-blowing way, and with no contrivance on my part, the sermon tied in so well with the “Midweek Message” which I wrote about being a loving congregation. One of the reasons why the church has a hard time being the kind of loving community that Christ intends for us to be is our cold and wandering hearts. This week, I am preaching on what it means to receive a New Mind from God, a mind not fixed on the things of the flesh, but on the things of the Spirit (Ro...