Church Is Messy: Take Truth Seriously and Give Grace Relentlessly

In this continuing series of looking at the mission, vision, and values of Autumn Ridge Church, Rick and Svea turn their attention to values one and two: Take truth seriously and give grace relentlessly.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:10 Eight values at Autumn Ridge Church. Why do we have them?
• 05:14 Values one and two: 1) take truth seriously and 2) give grace relentlessly.
• 06:45 We happily place ourselves underneath the authority of Scripture - even if it means we're out-of-step with culture.
• 08:28 Is it possible our understanding of truth could change?
• 11:39 What does it look like for followers of Jesus to follow the truth?
• 13:42 What does "Speak the truth in love" mean?
• 16:00 Truth at the expense of grace and grace at the expense of truth: both are damaging.
• 19:31 Giving grace relentlessly.
• 21:02 What is grace?
• 23:14 How do we want to be experienced?
• 25:13 How do grace and truth intersect with each other?
• 31:03 Two actions step to take truth seriously and give grace relentlessly.