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Church Is Messy: Take Truth Seriously and Give Grace Relentlessly

Church Is Messy: Take Truth Seriously and Give Grace Relentlessly

Update: 2025-07-23
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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.
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Church Is Messy: Take Truth Seriously and Give Grace Relentlessly

Church Is Messy: Take Truth Seriously and Give Grace Relentlessly

Rick Henderson and Svea Merry