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Love fulfills the law, parts 1 and 2

Lynne Baab • Friday June 12 2026

Love fulfills the law, parts 1 and 2

Overall theme for the next few weeks: God’s law is love

Lesson 11: Love fulfills the law, parts 1 and 2 (1 Corinthians 13:8-13; Romans 13:8-10)

Key verse: The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not covet”; and any other commandment, are summed up in this word, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Romans 13:9

Stepping into the Word

Four rivers flow together to form the Jordan River. One of the rivers originates in northern Israel in a spring in Banias, a town known as Caesarea Philippi in Jesus’s time, where Peter was the first person to call Jesus...

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Communal discernment of the heart of the Gospel, parts 3 and 4

Lynne Baab • Thursday June 4 2026

Communal discernment of the heart of the Gospel, parts 3 and 4

Overall theme for January to July: God’s law is love

Lesson 9: Communal discernment of the heart of the Gospel, parts 3 and 4 (Acts 15:1-21)

Key verse: “God, who knows the human heart . . . has made no distinction between them and us.” Acts 15:8-9

Keeping God’s grace at the center

The discussion at the Jerusalem council is grounded in two events in the early years of the church. In his speech in Acts 15:7-11, Peter refers back to the dramatic series of events described in Acts 10, when God gives Peter a vision of all food being “clean,” a reference to Jewish dietary laws. Peter...

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Obituary David A. Baab

Lynne Baab • Thursday June 4 2026

Obituary David A. Baab

David Allen Baab

January 1, 1946 - April 9, 2026

Obituary by Lynne Baab

My talented artist husband passed through the doorway to the next life on April 9, 2026. His memorial service was live streamed, and the recording is on this webpage. A tribute to Dave and his art is here.

Dave was born in Wooster, Ohio, 20 minutes after midnight on New Year’s Day, 1946. He was the first baby born in his county—the county’s first Baby Boomer—so he got his photo in the newspaper.

Dave’s father, Hubert, was a machinist who taught himself engineering. Later in his career, he designed expandable vehicles, like...

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Communal discernment of the heart of the Gospel, parts 1 and 2

Lynne Baab • Thursday May 28 2026

Communal discernment of the heart of the Gospel, parts 1 and 2

Overall theme for the next few months: God’s law is love

Lesson 9: Communal discernment of the heart of the Gospel, parts 1 and 2 (Acts 15:1-21)

Key verse: “God, who knows the human heart . . . has made no distinction between them and us.” Acts 15:8-9

Stepping into the Word

Communal decision-making is seldom easy. Families who try to decide together about the location for a vacation know this. Anyone who has participated in committee meetings at work or at church has experienced this.

Kerry and Jamie serve on the board of their church, and they have found that they frequently have different perspectives. Kerry, a long...

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