In Jesus, God acted first, even when we were dead in our trespasses and sins (Eph. 2:5).
Yahweh who is pierced and mourned in prophecy is Jesus who is pierced and mourned in fulfillment.
There is indeed a responsibility for the church to share the gospel in the world, but never at the expense of the church’s charity and mercy for those neighbors who are nearby.

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Prayer is not just about asking for things. It's about receiving what has already been given to us in Christ.
Human history, our history, is the story of two Adams with two very different encounters with the devil.
The hardest thing you and I will ever be called to do is to believe that it is done already, that it really and truly is finished.
Jesus stands before the disciples as the bridge between heaven and earth, and between Old Testament and New Testament.
Forty days after giving birth, Mary, along with her husband Joseph, presented their firstborn Son at the temple and "bought" him back with a sacrifice of two small birds. This is known as the "Presentation of Our Lord."
I think the problem with the idea of eternity is that we do not have any direct experience of it, but we encounter enough of its possibility to be unsettling.
All of Scripture, every last syllable of it, is meant to drive us to "consider Jesus," the One who comes to "make us right" by gifting us his righteousness.
Jesus not only healed her daughter, but he also gave himself to her. Wherever she went from then on, he was with her.
We assert, we herald, the truth about God becoming King of the world in and through Jesus of Nazareth alone. It is our public announcement.
The sign of the cross, according to the earliest centuries of Christians, is “the sign of the Lord,” and every baptized Christian was “marked” with it.
The usual acclamation when one becomes King is: “Long live the King!” But this King of kings, this son of David, has come to die.
Hains offers a novel yet simple contention: Luther is most catholic where he is boldest.