This week Pastor Russ reminds us that the gospel is about people. He warns us against marginalizing people we feel different from or disagree with, specifically the LGBTQ community and that we, as the church will not be the instrument of redemption and restoration we are called to be unless we are willing to be like Jesus, whose command for us in John 15:12-14 is this: "Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends. You are my friends if you do what I command."
