The certainty of faith is utter assurance because it depends upon nothing of your own. It is entirely trusting that God is a propitious, pardoning God—the God who justifies sinners by forgiving them.
07/16/26
When standing in line, or when the commercial comes on, or when a moment of boredom comes, fast and pray instead of reaching for the screen. Be reminded that the world is not an oyster to be shucked, but a place where the gifts of redemption are already open.
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07/11/24
This week, when you go to church, take a moment to reflect that you are being summoned by a loving Father, hands full of gifts he wants to give.
06/28/24
To embrace our creatureliness is to affirm the truth that we were created to worship.
06/12/24
Moltmann is gone now, but his theology will continue to provoke and provide.
06/10/24
God does not give us an undebatable answer to suffering. Instead, God suffers, too.
12/25/23
Christ’s birth, he shows us, is entangled with human pride and sin, which is overcome by God’s love.
11/13/23
A brief summary of Augustin'e view of friendship is followed by some quotes by Augustine
11/10/23
Scent plays an important role in our memories and the story of Scripture
10/31/23
1517 Resources to help Celebrate Reformation Day
09/13/23
We have to “remember” that God remembers us. He has not fallen away. For God to remember us means he is working for our good; a restoration.
06/01/23
When we forget that we live by promise, that's when the danger tends to creep in. Because failing to embrace promise means we usually fall back into notions of luck, or even worse--into works.
04/13/23
Paul thinks the consequences of Christ not being raised are worse for those who believe than those who never did if it were to be true Christ was not raised.
02/14/23
Zephaniah has given us something more visceral to help us understand the love of God: the sound of salvation.
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