Conspiracy of Kindness(#2): Developing a Heart of Kindness and Compassion :: Don Bromley :: July 29, 2007 :: http://www.annarborvineyard.org/ Jesus is saying that the ultimate mark of a transformed life is a compassionate heart. The writer named John, on of Jesus' followers, writing to the early church says: "If you say that you love God, and you don't love the people around you, you're a liar." We love God insofar as we are loving other people.

Conspiracy of Kindness (#1): Introducing the Father's Love :: Donnell Wyche :: July 22, 2007 :: http://www.annarborvineyard.org/ Kindness outreach, or servant evangelism is a way of demonstrating God’s love for people by introducing them to the Father’s love through simple (and sometimes practical) acts of kindness. These simple acts of kindness open the door for people to receive the love of a caring and involved creator. Rom 2:4; 1 Tim 6:18; Eccl 11:6.

The Art of Being Yourself #5: Loving Yourself and Living for Others :: Don Bromley :: July 7-8, 2007 :: http://www.annarborvineyard.org/ Jesus is talking with his friends, his students, and two of them have been saying they want to sit on his right and on his left when he becomes King, because they want to be in great glory with him.

The Art of Being Yourself: The Disparity Between the Self You See and the One You are Becoming :: Ken Wilson :: June 30 - July 01, 2007 :: http://www.annarborvineyard.org/ The Art of Being Yourself + not settling for the lowest common denominator you + a quest, involving struggle + occurs in the dynamic tension between hope and disappointment HYPOCRITE: The one thing no one wants to be Matthew 23: 1-28 hypocrite: Gk. hupokrite; an actor, stage player; a dissembler, pretender, hypocrite Jesus used the word for those who pretend to be paragons of religious piety while hiding a different reality within. A word that many people misapply.