{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"First Baptist Arlington Sermons","title":"Walk This Way . . . Together! - May 25, 2025","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2192,"description":"Dennis R. Wiles \nFirst Baptist Arlington \nMay 25, 2025 \nFlourishing Together \nFirst Baptist Arlington \n2025 – 2030 \n \n2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ \n1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) \n \nSPRING 2025: Walk This Way! \nApril 27 – May 31, 2025 \n \nBe perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. \nJesus (Matthew 5:48) \n \nWalk This Way . . . Together! \nColossians 3:1-17 \n \nTheme for 2025:\tFlourishing Together: Rooted in Christ \nTheme for 2026: Flourishing Together: Transformed on The Jesus Way \nTheme for 2027: Flourishing Together: Impacting Our World for Christ \nSix Domains of Human Flourishing \nHappiness and Life Satisfaction \nMental and Physical Health \nMeaning and Purpose \nCharacter and Virtue \nClose Social Relationships \nMaterial and Financial Stability \nWINTER:\t\tHappiness and Life Satisfaction \nEASTER:\t\tEaster! \nSPRING:\t\tCharacter and Virtue \nSUMMER:\t\tMeaning and Purpose \nAUGUST:\t\tMental and Physical Health \nFALL:\t\tClose Social Relationships \nMISSIONS:\tMissions! \nADVENT:\t\tAdvent! \n \nCHARACTER AND VIRTUE – Colossians 3 \n-Love is the greatest virtue! \n-As our character is transformed, we exchange vices for virtues. \n-Our character is expressed through virtuous living in community with fellow believers. \n \nLife in the Kingdom of God is meant to be lived in community. The virtues listed in Colossians 3 are relational in nature. In other words, the practicing of virtuous living takes place in the context of community. We are to treat each other according to the ethic set forth by the New Testament. Virtuous living emerges from a redeemed Christian character. Our character is also shaped by our decision to live fully into a virtuous life. When we do so, we live in such a way that is beneficial to others. This is a blessed life. This is actually what is known as . . . flourishing! \n \nBELONGING: In the Body of Christ, we all belong to Jesus and all human barriers erode in the face of this Age to Come reality! \n \nBELIEVING: We are joined...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/UAbjbO_BQA3R5XEsQj1SCg2lWzYdffFGQbPeYIvJPQ8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM0Mjg4LzE2NjM1/OTk5NzAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}