This message focuses on imago Dei (the image of God):
You were created in the image of God.
The person who annoys you (the person you struggle with) is created in the image of God.
The person who doesn’t look like you (or is different than you) is created in the image of God.
The person you hate (or at least don’t like) is created in the image of God.
During the final point, I reference a painting as well as an article. The article (which contains a picture of the painting) can be found at https://reknew.org/2007/11/washing-osamas-feet-2/. To be clear, I’m not saying that it was wrong for a country to take the actions that it did, but I do agree with the overall gist of the article. And as I mentioned in the message, when I first saw the painting, I didn’t like it (I still don’t), but it made me stop and think – and eventually say, “You know, that probably is what Jesus would do.”
As a final note, as with all of my messages, the views expressed in the messages are mine and not necessarily those of The Life Church (or Texas Leadership).
Kevin Roe 