We live in a world that's expert at building walls — tribe, class, party, race. The church is supposed to be expert at something else.In this third message of the Loving Our Neighbor in a World of Hate series, Pastor Steven Merritt walks through Scripture to show what a family adopted by the same Father actually looks like — and how two family resemblances can't be faked.Whose are you? Then look like Him.

Despite what we see every day in social media and in the entertainment industry, LOVE is more than a sentiment. Love is a choice that leads to action. Love is also hard. Maybe that is why so many choose to just say the words and go through the motions. Love is often painful. In this second message of the Love Our Neighbors in a World Full of Hate, Pastor Steven Merritt outlines the shape of that love, and tells us how we live out love like that.

We live in a world that is full of hate (and envy, lust, greed, etc.). It is why we have such difficulty getting along with one another. It is an old story though. There is an answer to this problem, and the solution is older and more powerful than the problem. But we must look at the problem first, in order to appreciate God's solution. I this first message in the series Loving Our Neighbor in a World Full of Hate, Pastor Steven Merritt takes us back to the beginning of the problem. It is not just any story, it is our story.