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August 8, 2025

The Hinge of Mercy

We’ve talked about the five doors of love. But now we have to talk about the key. Because truthfully, many people know about agape love. They’ve studied it. Preached it. Cried over it. But they still haven’t become it. They still can’t get through the doors. They try. They serve. They press in. But they keep ending up on the other side of love, staring at a door that won’t open. Not because they aren’t passionate. Not because they don’t believe. But because they haven’t picked up the key.

August 1, 2025

Door 5: Identity Affirmation – Love Calls Forth Who You Really Are

This is the final door I want to touch upon for now. But it’s not the end of love. It’s the beginning of walking in it. If the first four doors built the house, this one turns the lights on. It shows you what all the previous ones were building toward. It’s the moment when love becomes creative. Prophetic. Transformational. It doesn’t just serve. It doesn’t just speak truth. It doesn’t just offer mercy. It doesn’t just endure. It declares newness. It helps reveal identity.

July 31, 2025

Door 4: Joyful Endurance in Weakness. Love Stays When It’s Messy

We’ve been walking through the five doors of love. Not poetic ideals. Not romantic gestures. These are the real thresholds of Kingdom love. The kind of love that heaven builds with. The kind that Jesus walked in. The kind that transforms people instead of simply tolerating them. These doors aren’t always beautiful at first glance. They don’t always look impressive. But they are holy. Because each one leads deeper into the heart of God.

July 10, 2025

Door 3: Radical Forgiveness – Love Lets Go of the Scorecard

Some people can quote 1 Corinthians 13 like a script, but carry offense like a spreadsheet. If we are honest, we have all been tempted to run the numbers. Who said what. Who apologized. Who didn’t. Who showed up for us. Who disappeared when it mattered. But here’s the problem. Agape love doesn’t run tabs. It tears up the receipt.

July 1, 2025

The Second Door: Speaking the Truth in Love

We live in a time where the word “love” is often confused with emotional safety, and where “truth” is often weaponized as a means of control. But in the Kingdom, love and truth are never in competition. They are in a sense, covenant partners. When love matures, it does not avoid truth. It walks in it. And it speaks it plainly.

June 28, 2025

The First Door: Proactive Passion – The Initiating Nature of Mature Love

When the love of God matures in a believer, it does not wait. It moves first. In apostolic work, we often teach that assignment flows from identity. But in the dimension of love, we discover that agape both reveals and activates identity. The love of Christ is not reactionary. It is not passive. It is intentional, directional, and driven by obedience to the Father.

June 27, 2025

The Problem of Love: Why the Church Must Return to the Doors of Agape

This whole pursuit comes from a conversation I have had with the Lord over the last 6 months, where He asked me, “What does an apostle of love look like?” Shocking question among a shaking world. It is no doubt that we are living in a decisive hour. This is not just a time of shaking. It is a time of separation.

May 7, 2025

Belonging at Tables

With God's help, we are contending for the authentic New Testament Church— A people who live surrendered to Jesus, share life through covenant with Him, and fulfill His assignments together. We do not join East Gate simply by attending services or signing membership papers. We are formed here through a living process—through interaction with four key tables where Christ is at the center. Each table shapes how we belong, how we grow, and how we worship. Here’s how it works:

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