A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.
-Prov 17:17
"Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends."
-John 15:13
“True friendship thrives when, before God, each one is more aware of his debts than his rights.”
- Ray Ortlund
"The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are."
-C.S. Lewis
"As genuine human beings, from Genesis 1 onward, we are given the mandate of looking after creation, of bringing order to God's world, of establishing and maintaining communities. To suppose that we are saved, as it were, for our own private benefit, for the restoration of our own relationship with God (vital though that is!), and for our eventual homecoming and peace in heaven (misleading though that is!) is like a boy being given a baseball bat as a present and insisting that since it belongs to him, he must always and only play with it in private. But of course you can only do what you're meant to do with a baseball bat when you're playing with other people. And salvation only does what it's meant to do when those who have been saved, are being saved, and will one day fully be saved realize that they are saved not as souls but as wholes and not for themselves alone but for what God now longs to do through them."
- N. T. Wright (Suprised by Hope pg. 199-200)
| Title |
Notes |
Love, Unity, and Doctrinal Precision  |
Nathan Pitchford |
Life Together: Called Into the Community of the Church  |
Tom Ferrell (15 Lectures) |
Mere Friendship: C.S. Lewis on a Great Joy  |
David J. Theroux |
With a Little Help From My Friends  |
Michael Haykin - Our culture is not one that provides great encouragement for the nurture and development of deep, long-lasting, satisfying friendships. Such friendships take time and sacrifice, and the busy world of the early twenty-first century West... |
Buildings for Community  |
Tim Keller (.pdf) |
Colossians 4:7-18 - With a Little Help from My Friends  |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
Small Group Life in the Power of God's Promises  |
John Piper - Hebrews 13:1-6 |
The Sacrifice of a Shared Life  |
John Piper - Hebrews 13:16 |
Treasuring Christ Together (Part 1) - 1 Peter 2:1-12  |
John Piper |
Treasuring Christ Together (Part 2) - 1 John  |
John Piper |
Treasuring Christ Together (Part 3) - Hebrews 13:14-16  |
John Piper |
Treasuring Christ Together (Part 4) - Hebrews 13:14-16  |
John Piper |
Friends and Foes in the Church (Part 1) - 3 John 1-8  |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
Friends and Foes in the Church (Part 2) - 3 John 9-14  |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
A Meal Says More than You Think  |
Jonathan Leeman - With hospitality, we proclaim to the world the incarnation of Christ, God’s grace in salvation, the unity of the church, and a Christian’s participation in the life of Christ. And to Christ himself we say, "I love you..." |
Ecclesiology and Ethics in 1 Corinthians (.pdf)  |
Richard B. Hays |
Colossians 3:12-17 - Living Together When Christ Is All in All  |
John Piper |
The Fellowship of the Body (Part 1) - 1 John 1:1-7  |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
The Fellowship of the Body (Part 2) - 1 John 1:1-7  |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
Unity of the Church: The Sin of Schism  |
John MacPherson |
Reaching the Elusive Urban Young Adult Postmodern Longing for Community  |
Greg Johnson |
Guidelines for Christian Conciliation  |
peacemaker |
A Treatise of Christian Love  |
Hugh Binning |
Prayer for Brotherly Love  |
A.W. Pink Gleanings from Paul |
Love One Another With Brotherly Affection  |
John Piper |
Of Communion of Saints  |
Robert Shaw |
Relational Commitments  |
Peacemaker Ministries - A way for a church to make a mutual commitment to work together to pursue unity, maintain friendships, preserve marriages, and build relationships that reflect the love of Christ. |
Aurelius Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, on Friendship  |
Augustine the Friend |
One Anothering  |
David Fairchild |
The Problem With Communitarianism  |
J. Budziszewski |
Christian Community, Friendship and the Quest for Accountability  |
Michael Spencer |
On friendship and the church, No. 2  |
Sean Michael Lucas |
On friendship and the church, No. 1  |
Sean Michael Lucas |
On friendship and the church, No. 3  |
Sean Michael Lucas |
Three Principles of Discipleship (Part 1)  |
exchanged life |
Covenant Relationsships  |
Keith Intrater |
One God, One Lord, One People  |
N.T. Wright - Incarnational Christology for a Church in a Pagan Environment |
The Predestinating Love of Christ: A Foundation of Christian Community  |
J.W. Hendryx |
1 John 3:12-18 - True Christians Love One Another  |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
Judging Others  |
J. R. Miller |
Friendship, Courtship & Marriage (13-Part Seminar)  |
Capitol Hill Baptist Church |
Christian Friendship in the Fourth Century  |
Carolinne White |
Using Small Groups to Fight Sin  |
Corby Megorden |
Befriending Timothy  |
Owen Strachan |
Friendship Counseling, Part 1  |
David Powlison |
Friendship Counseling, Part 2  |
David Powlison |
Friendship Counseling, Part 3  |
David Powlison |
The Bonds of Brotherhood  |
R.C. Sproul |