One might say that the first statement of the Reformation was that a saint never stops repenting.
Wisdom and strength require bootstrap-pulling and the placing of noses to grindstones.
“If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed” (John 8:36).

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The phrase “works of the law” has an antithesis when it comes to righteousness—faith. What keeping the Law could not do, the gift of faith does.
We can appreciate what we have received from God, we can receive it all as free gift, but only when we stop investing in fool's gold.
We need to hear the gospel because it is good news that is not from you, or about you, or because of you.
Stoicism’s opening premise fails to understand that, from its conception, the heart is a thorny bramble.
Christ is not an idea. He isn’t a concept. He isn’t a religious notion or sentiment. He isn’t a product. He is the Savior, flesh and blood.
This is an excerpt from “All Charges Dropped! Devotional Narratives from Earthly Courtrooms to the Throne of Grace,” written by Haroldo Camacho (1517 Publishing, 2022).
My words are peanuts compared to the porterhouse of God’s Word.
Being the baptized just may be the last, great resistance.
The legal record of debt for our sin was canceled because Jesus satisfied the legal demands for us by his life, death, and resurrection.
God’s goodness spoke a promise of peace and mercy to the bewildered, a promise that rings out to this day.
Vilification of the other is married to the justification of the self.
In Jesus, the most totalizing summary of the law becomes the gospel of the one made perfect through obedience.